Maninder Kaur Professor Ybarra English 70 April 10‚ 2012 The Hunger Games Have you ever been taken away from your family and friends? Been forced into a game where to stay alive is the only way to win? The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen‚ who lives in the country of Panem from the far- off city called the Capitol. The Capitol divides in districts. It is harsh‚ cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one
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The Hunger Games and the Lottery Comparison Essay My two books for this comparison essay are “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ and “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. “The Lottery” is about the town’s people drawing out slips of paper and seeing who gets the slip of paper with the black pencil dot; however The Hunger Games is about Katniss taking her sister’s place when she’s called into the Hunger Games and trying to survive in the arena with Peeta in the Hunger Games. This book ends with Katniss
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In the book The Hunger Games by Suzanna Collins‚ 2 contestants from the twelve different districts in Panem are sent to the arena to fight against the tributes. The person who survives to the end of the games will return to their district and live the life they were living but knowing that they survived whilst watching other people die. The themes of betrayal‚ love‚ courage and trust have been used through the book. Obviously the theme of betrayal was used a lot during the novel. In one section
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The main character in The Hunger Games‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ is a strong and independent teenager who has to conquer many gruesome challenges. The challenges she faces not only require being strong physically‚ but also emotionally. I personally can’t even imagine living in Katniss’s society‚ where being in horrible and life-threatening situations is very common. Fortunately‚ Katniss has the skills and personality to overcome these obstacles. Throughout the story‚ there are three specific situations
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Julius Caesar vs. the Hunger Games Did you ever realize that the Hunger Games and Julius Caesar have a lot of similarities? Not just Julius Caesar‚ but also the whole Ancient Roman Empire itself. The Latin word “Panem”‚ the country the Hunger Games is located‚ means bread in English. To me‚ the Hunger Games is more of an advanced version with all of the same concepts of the former Ancient Roman Empire. There is an old Greek myth that exists where fourteen Athenian boys and girls are sent to Crete
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McKnight 1 Jasmine McKnight Warlop English ACC 10 29 April 2013 Antigone vs. The Hunger Games: Gender Roles Looking through a historical lens‚ gender roles for men and women have changed significantly. Men were perceived as being the most critical part in society as evidence by men having the highest paying jobs‚ and the most dangerous jobs‚ owned property‚ and could wed and divorce any woman at their will. In opposition‚ women were thoroughly encouraged to work at home‚ tend
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In the novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ a main protagonist named Katniss Everdeen is forced to do the Hunger Games and try to survive it. The theme was: survival‚ try to keep your dignity and humanity up. In the book‚ she is shown to be athletic‚ a hunter‚ and she is intelligent. So‚ this tenacious survivor is shown those just because she wants to survive and win the Hunger Games and does not want to look like an emaciated tribute. Katniss Everdeen is shown to be an intelligent tribute
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The Hunger Games has two versions. It has a book version and a film version. Although both the movie and the book were great‚ they did have some differences.They did in fact have some similarities too. The book and the movie were alike in many ways. Like for an example the characters mostly stay the same. Also in both versions of The Hunger Games everything that happened in the book also happened in the movie too. Than in both the movie and book Foxface ate the berries that Peeta picked‚ and
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Hunger Author: Suzanne Collins. Games The book The Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen and a game where you have to fight to the death and only one person survives. The setting starts out at Katniss Everdeen’s house with her mother and little sister. It is the day of the Reaping‚ the day of the reaping is the day where people from every district of Panem picks one boy and
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Identify Verb Finish Your Thought Hunger Games Chapter 1 Characters: Katniss‚ Gale‚ Madge Undersee‚ Effie Trinket‚ Haymitch Setting: The Country Panem‚ the forest near District 12‚ District 12 Describes Introduces us to District 12‚ the main characters‚ and presents the idea of the Hunger Games. Facts: 1. “The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising‚ each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy‚ called tributes‚ to participate. The twenty-four
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