The Hunger Games, Act III breakdown

Last month we talked about the Three-Part Act III. Let’s see how this works in the fourth quarter, Act III, of The Hunger Games.

To review, Act III is very often divided into two major sequences, and a third, shorter, but important sequence or scene:

1. Getting there (STORMING THE CASTLE)

2. The FINAL BATTLE itself

3. The RESOLUTION and NEW WAY OF LIFE

And in SEQUENCE SEVEN, this breaks down further to these elements:

• Either here or in the last part of Act II:2, the hero/ine will make a new, FINAL PLAN based on the new information/revelation of the Act II climax.

• The PLAN generally involves STORMING THE CASTLE, either a metaphorical CASTLE, or a real one! The Castle is most often the ANTAGONIST’S HOME TURF, and it’s a bit of a journey: the hero/ine will have to get there and get in.