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Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography contains summaries of four sources that analyze themes and characters in the young adult dystopian novels The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and The Maze Runner by James Dashner. One source is a psychological study that uses Freudian theory to examine how the main character Thomas develops leadership skills through managing his frustration in difficult situations. Another analyzes the depictions of aggression between the tributes competing in the deadly Hunger Games.

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Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography contains summaries of four sources that analyze themes and characters in the young adult dystopian novels The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and The Maze Runner by James Dashner. One source is a psychological study that uses Freudian theory to examine how the main character Thomas develops leadership skills through managing his frustration in difficult situations. Another analyzes the depictions of aggression between the tributes competing in the deadly Hunger Games.

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Annotated Bibliography

Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. 2014.

The Hunger Games, a book written by Suzanne Collins, takes place in a dystopian world

far in the far future. The main characters in The Hunger Games are Katniss and Peeta. In

the dystopian setting of The Hunger Games, after many natural disasters and the effects

of climate change, the world is separated into 12 districts - each with a specific job and

status. For example, district one, home of the capitol is the highest status, while District

12 is the lowest status with the citizens of this district being coal miners. Other districts

are fisherman, lumber, transportation, and more. Every year, the annual hunger games

take place, an event where two kids under the age of 18 are chosen to compete for their

lives in a specialized arena created by scientists until only one is left standing. This being

event taken place for the pleasure and entertainment of the capitol. Katniss Everdeen is a

girl from District 12, who volunteers for her little sister to compete in the hunger games.

Peeta, a baker's son is also chosen. After a few weeks of training, interviews, and ratings

by the capital, all competitors - known as tributes are placed in an arena. An artificially

produced natural environment with harsh conditions and dangerous animals, plants, and

more. After the countdown, the competitors take off getting supplies, and forming

groups/alliances - many being killed in the process. Peeta joins a group with tributes from

Districts One and Two, while Katniss chooses to work alone. Katniss' priority was to

explore the arena - at one point she gets too close to the edge and the capitol chases her

away with fire. Toward the climax of the book, drawing in the reader, a love story is

formed between Peeta and Katniss, after Peeta is injured and they start working together.

Though, their love is simply a play to get more funding and supporters from the capital.
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Soon, only them, a boy from District One, Cato, and a boy from District 11, Thresh.

Thresh gets killed by mutated wolf-like dogs and Katniss shoots Cato during an intense

fight. Only Katniss and Peeta are left and threaten to kill themselves with poisonous

berries unless both can win. It works and the capitol declares them both winners, freeing

them from the Arena and awarding them with a prize. Katniss and Peeta return to District

12 estranged after their false love was revealed. Although the first games were now over,

Katniss and Peeta were now being targeted by the capitol for their act of defiance with

the berries. This caused their journey fighting the capitol and escaping the grip of the

hunger games to far from over.

Dashner, James. The Maze Runner. Chicken House, 2013.

The Maze Runner, like The Hunger Games, takes place in a futuristic dystopian society.

Thomas is the main character in The Maze Runner, joined by other characters that live in

the Glade. The Glade is the courtyard - surrounded by a huge labyrinth of mazes. Dazed

and without knowing his whereabouts, Thomas is dropped in the Glade. Thomas soon

finds out where he is when he is informed by a friend. He is told the Maze leads to a way

out of the courtyard that are trapped in, but maze runners - those who try and find the

exit - can only go out in the day because at night, they are all trapped in the courtyard and

maze entrances are closed. Or if one is unlucky and doesn't make it out in time, a maze

runner can get stuck in the maze with spider-like creatures called grievers who contain

deadly venom and roam the maze. Early on Thomas joins a group, maze runners,

although he is not one quite yet. he also makes enemies, as many in the Glade do not get

along. Many are suspicious of Thomas, especially after ben, a maze runner, bitten by the
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spider, hallucinates. Those include images of the "real world" and revealing who Thomas

is. After trying to kill Thomas, Ben is sent into the maze to die as punishment. To add to

the tension and suspicions of Thomas, a girl is then dropped into the maze. The only girl.

One day, after the leader Alby and Minho get stuck in the maze after Alby is stung,

Thomas runs into the maze to help them. They successfully make it out alive through the

night and save Alby. This makes Thomas become a maze runner, but tensions soon rise

when Alby hallucinates about Thomas and the girl, Theresa, revealing who they really

are. It is revealed that after the "real world" was destructed by natural disasters, wars, and

a deadly virus, scientists created mazes, placing orphans in them to test who could

survive the maze and retrieve the cure for the disease. Thomas and Theresa worked with

the scientists to build the mazes and chose to be dropped in. They were also lovers.

Towards the end of the book, after the Gladers are forced the leave the glade due to

threats of being killed by the spiders at night, Thomas leads the group through the maze.

They make it through after many sacrifices, including Alby's, and reach a lab. Most are

dead but the lead scientist, who Thomas kills. Rescuers then come save them - only to

find out they are not rescuing the group, but they are a part of the experiment, bringing

them to another maze.

Puri Saputro, Yosia. “The Psychological Development of The Main Character of Becoming A

Gang Leader through Frustration; Reflections on Dashner’s ‘The Maze Runner.’” DOAJ,

Universitas Negeri Semarang, July 2019,

https://doaj.org/article/3e146166e986487da2afb31f28bc4efd.
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In this article, the authors analyze and explain the psychological development of Thomas,

the main character in The Maze Runner. This article reflects and explains a study that was

done to analyze Thomas, his emotions, and his actions throughout the book. this study

states, Thomas grew to become a good leader through frustration. This qualitative study

using a psychoanalytic approach was created and completed by Sigmund Freud. They

found supporting data relating to psychological development using The Maze Runner and

data from secondary sources, such as books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and articles

related to this research. The authors and Freud collected data by reading, identifying,

inventorying, classifying, selecting, and reporting. In conducting the study, Freud’s

psychoanalysis included Thomas' id, ego, and superego. This was used to show and

analyze how strong emotions of frustration, fear, and anger affected Thomas and if they

affected him in a positive or negative way. They found that, although frustration, fear,

and anger would normally overpower and diminish one’s ability to perform and provide

good leadership, Thomas used it as determination, making him a more efficient leader.

The psychoanalysis of Thomas' development also showed that since Thomas already did

not have a big ego, it was easier for him to control his emotions. Then, he does not only

focus on his frustration, but he can also develop from frustration to be a good leader.

Choirunnisa, Naning. “An Analysis of Aggression in Suzanne Collins’ The HungerGames.”

DOAJ, 2020, file:///Users/lanacoleman/Downloads/119-434-1-PB.pdf.

This article, An Analysis of Aggression in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, aims to

analyze the aggression that is shown by the tributes of the hunger games. The main
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tributes focused on in the article are Katniss, Peeta, Cato, Clove, Glimmer, and Thresh.

The writer focuses on pointing out two ideas. First, the author describes the depiction of

aggression in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. Then, the author describes the

reasoning behind the tribute's aggression that was depicted in the book. In this article, the

author describes the concept of aggression and backs up their point using the studies of

several experts to depict the aggression that is done by the tributes in the hunger games. It

also speaks on how the psychological approach of death causes people to instinctively

show aggression - especially when it's a violent situation. Defense. To back up the

article's point, Naning uses studies done by Sigmund Freud and the concept of aggression

by Anderson & Bushman to find out the situational factors that cause violent aggression.

Many of the factors behind the acts of aggression are followed by an instinct for

destruction and the aggression shown by the tributes was also caused due to the

completeness of the games and that they were placed in an unescapable life or death

situation.

Cettl, Fani. “Revisiting Dystopia: The Reality Show Biopolitics of ‘The Hunger Games’ |

Култура/Culture.” Open Journal Systems, Apr. 2023,

http://journals.cultcenter.net/index.php/culture/article/view/190.

This paper explores and describes the dystopian imaginaries and setting of The Hunger

Games by Suzanne Collins. It also mentions and shines some light on the movies and

how a dystopian setting is represented in film - how it can be compared to reality TV and

real life. Fani begins with a summary of the book, explaining the main points of The
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Hunger Games. Those being that the hunger games are a ceremony and competition held

by the capitol where two tributes from each district (1-12) compete to the death. Until

only one person is standing. Fani believes, "...Hunger Games reality show is framed

within the dystopian imaginaries of the totalitarian nation-state in order to critique the

logic of the global liberal capitalist marketing which such shows operate today." (sec. 2).

Fani then compares the Hunger Games to the reality show Survivor, stating "the game

arena as a bounded piece of geography (water surfaces, woods), which recalls the reality

show Survivor..." (sec. 2). Fani also compares the Hunger Games to Big Brother since

tributes are dressed by stylists and attend interviews in front of a live audience before

entering the arena. The book is also compared to Giorgio Agamben's theorization of the

spectacle as part of his theory of biopolitics due to the settings of "career districts", focus

on celebrities, and the fact that the districts, especially the capital, watch the games like a

show - purely for entertainment. Fani then proceeds to compare the dystopian hunger

games settings to other political theories, events, capitalist movements, and more. The

article ends with Fani claiming The Hunger Games is an accurate portrayal of Agamben's

theory. That the book and movie critique the modern world and reality TV - how reality

TV will evolve to be something highly consumed by powerful people around us.

Gianoulis, Tina. “The Hunger Games.” Gale Literature Resource Center, Gale, 2013,

https//:com.ezproxy.spl.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T001&resultListType=RESULT_L

&searchResult

In this critical essay, Tina describes how the novel, The Hunger Games explores and

represents the issues of war, morality, and economic justice. She also compares the show
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to a TV reality show - how the games are televised and watched as entertainment by the

capital. Tina briefly summarizes the setting and plot of the novel as well. The book is set

in a futuristic place in North America called Panem. Every year to battle district

rebellion, two members from each district, called tributes, are chosen to fight to the death

in a tech-controlled arena. Tina provides a historical and literary context in her essay -

comparing the novel to the Afgan and Iraq wars the U.S. was involved in and the attacks

that took place in New York. The claim is that The Hunger Games was in part a response

to the continuing warfare. The novel is also compared to the reality show Survivor, a

show where competitors must live in the forest/jungle and do challenges and

competitions to win - some being kicked out if they lose - a million dollars being given to

the winner. Tina then goes on to explain how during the turn of the twenty-first century

there were many science fiction, dystopian, and fantasy books written aimed at younger

audiences. Themes in The Hunger Games are compared to phenomena when people's

rights are stripped away from them, isolated citizens, and government control. And many

praise the book due to its ability to show a wide range of politics.

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