Born in Hartford, Connecticut, 1962. Collins spent most of her early childhood moving because of her father’s job. Growing up in Indiana and Belgium, later attending the University of Indiana. Having a lot of writing and entertainment under her belt, she was influenced by her father’s military historian perspective on grim, and adult narratives that concerned genocide and biological warfare. This was through her intro to a series named the “Underland Chronicles”.

Thus inspiring her to make her most renowned work an a paramount of American literature: “The Hunger Games”. Published in 2008, it was a book that started a wonderful trilogy, and later an incredible film record breaking film adaptation. Collins focused “The Hunger Games” on showing the lengths that the rich and corrupt in government will take to maintain power over a weaker people. Binding them through violent tradition so that rich and powerful can be judge, jury and executioner. The story is viewed through the perceptive of 16 year old girl, Katniss Everdeen and her fight to survive and rebel against the corrupt and controlling Capitol.

While writing other books apart of this famous Hunger Games trilogy, her success was bountiful and unsurpassed unlike any other American authors. “The Hunger Games gained status and awards as it became an international best seller, being translated into over 55 different languages. Ever since september of 2008 its was New York best seller. Collins scored big on this book and its trilogy. Later, adapting her classics into full fledged films. With the help of Lionsgate in March of 2012, “The Hunger Games” movie aired bringing over 700 million dollars breaking multiple box office records. After realizing the success of this first movie, all of her books within the first trilogy were adapted into 4 movies, having her third book split into 2 separate parts. Collins became famous and prominent author is the scene of American literature through the success of “The Hunger Games”.

This brings me to my essential question: What extremes does a society go to maintain power? within “The Hunger games”

Quotes that I thought we’re important to story, and help bring attention an focus to my essential question:

“I lift my chin and stand as straight as I can. AThe cylinder begins to rise. For maybe fifteen second, I’m in darkness and then I can feel the metal plate pushing me out of the cylinder, into the open air. For a moment, my eyes are dazzled by the bright sunlight and I’m conscious only of a strong wind with hopeful smell of pine trees”( Collins 147).

This quote sets the scene and stress as Katniss is going to be thrown right into games head first, in a fight to the death to appease the Capitol and their twisted way of punishing kids to control their parents in the district.
Followed by:
“The I hear the legendary announcer, Claudia templesmith, as his voice booms all around me. ‘Ladies and gentleman, let the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games begin!’”

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To conclude, Suzanne Collins made a masterpiece of a book and trilogy through book “The Hunger Games”. By highlighting the political, violent, and war in a dystopian era of America. Suzanne had much success as her story connected with all groups of people teens and adults. She displayed how controlling and corrupt and government can be, and how nasty humans can be to have power over one another.