is the second book
which comprises Trilogy, written byas part of her young adult series. As
Collins describes the dystopian environment within which Katniss Everdeen (Kat) must survive and
succeed, she uses literary devices to help describe the intense, extreme and often devastating
events and circumstances.
Ais a comparison where two items, emotions, events,
settings or situations which ordinarily would not be relative to each other, are paralleled.
There are many examples of metaphor in this book and one is when, in chapter one, Kat says,
"I would try to forget the Hunger Games entirely. Never speak of them. Pretend they were
nothing but a bad dream." Here Collins is comparing the games to a nightmare.
gives human characterisitcs to inanimate objects, animals or, in this case, a process,
circumstance or action. In chapter twenty seven, Plutarch tells Kat that she is the motivation
behind what they do. Without Kat, there will be no purpose. She effectively gives life to the
revolution: "While you live, the revolution lives..." Kat is such an integral part of
the revolutionary process even without any specific involvement with the revolutionaries and so
it is discussed as if it is human and has its own personality.
Similes make
comparisons by revealing similarities between things, feelings, actions and so on by using the
word "like" or saying something is "as...as." In this quote from chapter
seven, Gale is trying to make Kat realize that her actions have been justified and inspiring
others is a good thing. He says, "Starve? Work like slaves?..." and reminds her that
she has created opportunity and hope where none existed. In chapter thirteen, we have ausing
"as," when Kat says,"I'm as good as dead now."
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