Kathy Tieu Focused Inquiry

 PhD in rhetoric & technical communication  Professor of English at Purdue University  Works include: ◦ An Untamed State (2014) ◦ Short Stories ◦ Ayiti (2011) ◦ Nonfiction essays ◦ Best American Mystery Stories (2014)  Team Peeta

 What do we hunger for? ◦ Strength ◦ Survival ◦ Dominance  Suzanne Collins ◦ The Hunger Games ◦ Catching Fire ◦ Mockingjay

 …But she did not care.  Why didn’t she? ◦ Representation of woman’s strength ◦ Pop culture ◦ Strength & endurance ◦ Suffering & survival  Audience relates to life’s struggles ◦ Intimacy draws attention from teenaged readers

 “Distorted portrayals of what life is” (Gurdon 158)  Damage, brutality, & loss  Reflection of teen fiction  Maturity to completely understand the science behind The Hunger Games  Course & Unit Goals ◦ Cause & Effect, multimodal techniques  Movie, Book Series, Fan Fiction, etc.  Feminism – Wonder Woman

 Analysis of the trilogy allows for further understanding of troubling issues ◦ Governmental power ◦ Societal values ◦ Emotional distress ◦ Family & sacrifice  Deprivation of necessities affects people to this current day ◦ Food & water ◦ Shelter ◦ Medical care

 In an imperfect world, Roxane Gay’s analysis, “What We Hunger For,” broadens the audience’s perspective on current issues and allows for more focused inquiries behind the literature of “The Hunger Games” trilogy.

 May the odds be ever in your favor” ◦ Effie Trinket (The Hunger Games)

Focused Inquiry – True Stories. Narrative & Understanding. Literature. Gay, Roxane. What We Hunger For Collins, S. (2008). The Hunger Games. New York: Scholastic Press. Newspaper Article from ProQuest (The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Wall Street Journal. The Hunger Games Image. content/uploads/2015/06/ _BG1.jpg. content/uploads/2015/06/ _BG1.jpg