Hunger Games Chapter 1 Dystopia is a community or society‚ usually fictional that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. This society is characterized by dehumanization‚ totalitarian governments and environmental disaster. Elements of dystopias may vary from environmental to political and social issues. Such societies appear in many works of fiction‚ mostly in stories set in a speculative future‚ one such story is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In the Hunger Games‚ Katniss
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Journal Assignment #2 – Asymmetric Coordination Game This game is an asymmetric coordination game. Asymmetric coordination occurs when players cannot agree on a ranking of the possible coordination outcomes. There may be one outcome where one player disproportionately wins benefits but the other player disproportionately loses. In this game‚ there are two pure strategy Nash equilibrium‚ (2‚1) and (1‚2). Thus‚ Firm 1 prefers the equilibrium (2‚1) more than any other strategy profile and Firm 2
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November 12 2013 Period 2 Zaroff and Rainsford: Foils or Parallels? General Zaroff and Rainsford from Richard Connel’s “The Most Dangerous Game” are examples of foil characters with two very different personlaties as well as characteristics.These two characters are on opposite sides of the spectrum. Zaroff is the hunter and Rainsford is the prey in this story. Also‚ General Zaroff has very unethical ideas and hobbies. This is very different from Rainsford’s humane beliefs. Lastly‚ Zaroff
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Archetype Essay: The Hunger Games This story is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen‚ who lives in district 12. In this story she is the hero‚ with most archetypes. The archetypes in this book are her birth‚ having to leave her family‚ traumatizing event leading to her quest‚ special weapon‚ supernatural help‚ proves herself when on her quest‚ and journey that creates and un healable wound. Katniss was born in District 12‚ a mining District that is poor and neglected by the
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the Capitol most actively runs the Games‚ it could be argued that the entire society grants its support by refusing to boycott or challenge the ubiquitous Games. Katniss does note that law requires citizens to follow the Games‚ but throughout the book are indications of the population’s wild support. When Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s place‚ her district shows its dissent against the Games by refusing to applaud‚ which suggests that refusal to honor the Games is an option‚ even if it might carry
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desire is that the Hunger Games be dealt with as an exhibition‚ an awesome wellspring of excitement that all residents are obliged to take after as gathering of people. The Games represent how altogether Panem residents are helpless before the Capitol‚ since it keeps them quelled by making them complicit in the abominations as gathering of people. A reaping is a yearly occasion that happens in each locale before each Hunger Games‚ where the tributes of the up and coming Games are picked. Each region’s
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Pablo is up to bat. Everyone in the ballpark could see that he was quite nervous. It was his first game ever. He was bending his legs‚ elbows were up‚ and his eyes were looking at the pitcher. His pupils were as large as marbles. With the crowd at its feet‚ the pitcher wound his arm back and pitched the ball. “Please don’t swing‚ please don’t swing‚ that is way outside.” Ricky thought to himself. Suspension and tension was amongst all 15‚000 in the little league ballpark. However‚ Pablo took a huge
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he portrays himself. The characteristics of a villain tends to be devious‚ mischievous‚ and never up to any good. In the past few years‚ there was a book and movie series called “The Hunger Games.” This section is about two people from each “district” get randomly chosen to compete in the Hunger Games‚ a life-or-death competition. One main antagonist I know is President Snow. President Snow is the the autocratic ruler of the Capitol and all of Panem. Thanks to him‚ many people’s lives are
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The Westing game starts out when Barney Northrup the realtor‚ is renting an apartment named Sunset Towers to six different families. The Wexlers‚ the Hoos‚ the Theodorakises‚ J.J. Ford‚ Sydelle Pulaski‚ and Flora Baumbach. One of these was a bomber‚ a bookie‚ a burglar‚ and a mistake. Also in Sunset towers there is a Doorman who is Sandy McSouthers‚ a Delivery boy who is Otis Amber‚ a cleaning lady Berthe Erica Crow‚ and a coroner Dr. Sidney Sikes. When Sam Westing the founder of Westingtown is found
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hunt‚ torture‚ and worst of all MURDER! He hunts for human beings‚ he hunts them down and kills them‚ and what’s worse is he gets pleasure out of this. He keeps many humans or what he calls “pupils” in his cellar that he uses for his sick and radical games. He uses everything from dogs to guns to hunt for them and he also has a henchman that helps him and does most of the torture‚ but leaves the killing to Zarrof. This man is sick and I would say retarded in the sense that he doesn’t think that he will
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