Symbolism Piece

Author's Note: In school we have been told to make a piece about symbolism and I have made my piece on the symbolism in the book, The Hunger Games, by: Suzanne Collins. If you're looking to find a book to help you understand symbolism, I would highly recommend, The Hunger Games.

Symbolism is a practice of showing things by symbols, or by using things with a symbolic meaning or person. To show my understanding of symbolism I have read the book The Hunger Games, by: Suzanne Collins. In The Hunger Games, it shows so much symbolism starting right in the beginning describing how there are 13 Districts in a place called Panem. In Panem it is supposed to be representing the United States in the future; therefore the 13 Districts are supposed to signify the states in America. Another example of symbolism is when Katniss had the mockingjay pin. This pin reminded her of home and her family. Did you know plants show symbolism too? Katniss' sister's name is Primrose. The plant rose stands for love. Katniss loved Prim so much that she volunteered to take Prims' place in the Hunger Games. Another interesting thing is that the name Peeta is a type of bread. Peeta’s family owns a bread shop and I’m guessing the author purposely made his name match what he does. One of the main characters in this book is named president Snow. When I hear snow I think of evil and mean. I also think of an old man with white hair. Another thing for symbolism is a young girl named Rue brought one item into the hunger games with her. The item she brought was a necklace with a star on it. The necklace reminded her of her family because their district was into farming and she made the necklace out of farming items. Lastly, at the end of the book Peeta and Katniss are the last contestants with another person named Cato. The game makers, which are people who control the things that happen in the arena of the hunger games, decided to put these monster dogs in the arena. There are 21 of these monster dogs and there are also 21 contestants that died. I feel as if every monster dog represented each dead contestant. It’s really interesting finding all this symbolism. I never really understood how much symbolism there really is in books and even movies. Going through the Hunger Games and finding symbolism has really made me get a strong understanding of what symbolism really is.