“May the odds always be in your favor” is a phrase that would launch Suzanne Collins and her book The Hunger Games into a world of success. The reward of a lifetime: fame, money, food, clothes and a house in the prestigious Victor Village await the winner of the Hunger Games, but their price is high. Suzanne Collins published the first novel in the Hunger Games trilogy in 2008. Following the novel's worldwide success, it was later adapted into a film by Lionsgate with Suzanne Collins serving on the development team as co-writer in 2012. With Collins ` the influence on the screenplay, the plot of the novel and that of the film are relatively similar; however, there are still some key differences between the novel and the film adaptation. Because of the immense detail in which the book is written, there are many differences and twists that convey a different set of emotions to someone who reads the book versus someone who watches the movie. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins tells the adventure of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to take her sister Prim's place after being selected as one of District Twelve's tributes. Katniss is then forced to participate in a fighting tournament against other children. The novel is set in Panem, a futuristic country built after the fall and destruction of North America. Panem is ruled by a highly controlled government fearful of rebellion. “While the Capitol is a place of wealth, luxury, outrageous makeup, fashion, and marvelous technological advances, the rest of the country is divided into twelve districts, each of which suffers from poverty that leaves its inhabitants destitute” (Alleva par. 3). After a failed revolt by the district, the… medium of paper… detail of allowing the viewer to be omniscient, knowing what is happening in the arena as well as in the districts. Both the novel and the film have their similarities and differences that make them unique. The novel reigns supreme over the film version because it gives the reader a more complete idea of ​​what the world of The Hunger Games is really about. Works Cited Alleva, Richard. “Sentimentalized Barbarism: 'The Hunger Games'.” Commonweal 139.9 (2012): gggggg21+. Academics expanded ASAP. Network. February 4, 2014. Hanlon, John. "The Hunger Games: 10 Differences Between the Movie and the Book." ScreenRant. gggggggN.p., March 12, 2012. Web. February 4, 2014. http://screenrant.com/hunger-games-movie-book-jjjjjjjjjjjjjjdifferences-johnh-160474/"The Hunger Games Movies." Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Student hhhhhh Resources in context. Network. February 4. 2014.