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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I believe that all citizens should be allowed the “Stand Your Ground” law for self-defense from harmful threats around the U.S. Crime rates in the U.S. have been rising over the last couple of years. Many people do not know how to protect themselves from a threat. Many are too scared to as they could get in serious trouble if the threat is not posing a threat to them. State legislative bodies have been pushing to expand self-defense laws in the U.S. In recent years this law has only applied
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Schools‚ particularly public high schools in the US‚ attempt to ensure this by implementing “zero-tolerance” policies. Zero-tolerance describes a set of rules and disciplinary codes for students in order to keep as many students from harm as possible. Commonly‚ a zero-tolerance policy disallows‚ on threat of suspension or expulsion‚ bringing anything that could be classified as a weapon onto school grounds‚ accidentally or on purpose‚ or any form of physical violence‚ even in self-defense (Gjelten
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The novels I have read throughout my life have had a significant impact on who I am today and what I believe in. In particular‚ the school setwork novels “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom from Grade 8 and “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins from Grade 10 have had an effect on my life. “Do I wither up and disappear‚ or do I make the best of my time left?” – Morrie Schwartz‚ in his thoughts after being told he had ALS‚ a neurodegenerative disease. He knew this meant he had only a limited time
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Zero Dark Thirty is a movie about the manhunt for Osama bin Laden that lasted almost 10 years beginning after the September 11‚ 2001 terror attacks on the United States and finally ending on May 2‚ 2011 when Osama bin Laden was killed. The film bounces around in different locations around the Middle East and the United States as the CIA is on the hunt for bin Laden. Pakistan is the primary focus‚ however. The film takes the viewer to different locations of Black Sites. Black Sites were places of
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Communication In The Hunger Games There are many hidden meanings in shows and movies‚ but the movie I first thought of when thinking of forms of communication within a movie or book was The Hunger Games. A brief explanation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian future where twelve districts have to compete in an annual “Hunger Games”. Twenty-four “tributes” are chosen for the games‚ two from each district; one of the tributes is a man and then one has to be a woman. This stage of the
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shape people to become who they are. The most important factor in why people choose to do something is life experiences. The way they handle the situation is based off what they have learned through their life. In the excerpt from “Abuela Invents the Zero” by Judith Ortiz-Cofer‚ the narrator‚ Constancia had scarcely met Abuela‚ her grandmother and Abuela troubling her made her make the decision not to help her. Judith Ortiz-Cofer states‚ “I [Constancia] had seen her only three or four times in my entire
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Establishing Ground Rules There is a variety of ways to establish ground rules within a classroom‚ firstly you need to discover which kind of ground rules are necessary for the learners‚ these ground rules can be adapted to suit the type of learners you have. The reason for using ground rules are to create mutual respect amongst the group and creating order‚ and a standard of behaviour which would be expected by every member of the group. Some ground rules are negotiable and some are non-negotiable
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According to the documentary Chasing Zero‚ on the 4th of July weekend‚ Julie was working a double shift. After completing her first shift she took a nap in a patient room because she had not finished her paper work until around 0100 and was too tired to drive home. Around 0900 she met her patient‚ a 16-year old girl who was getting ready to deliver. The plan was to break the young girls water and start Pitocin so she could deliver. Julie followed her units protocol to prep the patient’s epidural
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I. Title: Connecting Ground Glass Joints Objective: To learn the proper way to connect a ground glass joint Procedure: Use a female ground glass joint on a round bottom flask Use a male ground glass joint on the claisen head Clean the joints then apply the grease to the male joint Insert the greased male joint into the female joint in a circular motion and check for streaks Observations: Do not apply to much grease to the joint‚ it make cause contamination Check for streaks; if there
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