“May the odds always be in your favor” is a phrase that would launch Suzanne Collins and her book The Hunger Games into a world of success. The reward of a lifetime: glory, money, food, clothes and a home in the prestigious Victor Village await the winner of the Hunger Games, but the price to pay is high. Suzanne Collins published the first novel in The Hunger Games trilogy in 2008. After the novel's worldwide success, it was later adapted into a film by Lionsgate with Suzanne Collins serving on the development team as co-writer in 2012. With Collins' influence on the screenplay, the plot of the novel and the film are relatively similar; However, there are still some key differences between the novel and the film adaptation. Due to the immense detail in which the book is written, there are several differences and twists that convey a different set of emotions to someone reading the book or someone watching the movie. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins tells the adventure of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen. , who volunteered to take her sister Prim's place after she was selected to be one of District Twelve's tributes. Katniss is then forced to participate in a deathmatch tournament against other children. The novel takes place in Panem, a futuristic country built after the fall and destruction of North America. Panem is ruled by a highly controlled and rebellion-fearing government. “While the Capitol is a place of wealth, luxury, outrageous makeup, fashion, and marvelous technological advancements, the rest of the country is divided into twelve districts, each suffering from a poverty that leaves its residents living in destitution » (Alleva par. 3). After a failed revolt by district......middle of paper......detail of allowing the spectator to be omniscient, knowing what is happening in the arena as well as in the districts. Both the novel and the film have their similarities and differences that make them unique. The novel reigns supreme over the film version because it gives the reader a more complete idea of ​​what the world of The Hunger Games is really like. Works Cited Alleva, Richard. “Sentimentalized barbarism: 'The Hunger Games'.” Commonweal 139.9 (2012): gggggg21+. Expanded academics as soon as possible. Internet. February 4, 2014. Hanlon, John. “The Hunger Games: 10 differences between the film and the book.” ScreenRant. gggggggN.p., March 12, 2012. Web. February 4, 2014. http://screenrant.com/hunger-games-movie-book-jjjjjjjjjjjjdifferences-johnh-160474/“The Hunger Games Movies.” Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Student hhhhhhResources in context. Internet. 4. February. 2014.