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Under the Veil of Science Fiction: Katniss’ Initiation in the Hunger Games Trilogy
YANG Chun
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2016.09.010
China Youth University of Political Studies, Beijing, China
The success of the Hunger Games trilogy to the young readers is its distinctive blending of science fiction elements with protagonist Katniss’ initiation. The trilogy suffices youth’s interest to embrace a fiction that dramatizes both realistic and fantastic portray of the world. Through depicting the intellectual and social development of protagonist Katniss who, after experiencing both defeats and triumphs in a dystopian world, Suzanne Collins successfully conveys the coming-of-age theme under the veil of science fiction in the Hunger Games trilogy.
the Hunger Games trilogy, science fiction, initiation, coming-of-age theme
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