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    The Hunger Games detail the adventure of Katniss Everdeen‚ who is forced to engage in a fight-to-the-death tournament against other children. The novel takes place in Panem‚ a dystopia like country built on what was once North America. In a world of limited resources‚ the despotic government run by the Capitol keeps its citizens in line by separating them into Districts and reinforcing severe class separations. But their strongest tool to promote disunion and to discourage rebellion is the Hunger

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    The Hunger Games Essay Test 1) Describe Katniss’s relationships with Gale‚ with Prim‚ and with her Mother. How do those relationships define her personality? Why does she say about Peeta‚ “I feel like I owe him something‚ and I hate owing people.” How does her early encounter with Peeta affect their relationship after they are chosen as tributes? Before Katniss enters the Games‚ she only has three people‚ which she holds closest to her heart: Gale‚ Prim‚ and her Mother. The

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    Ally Rose 1/1/2014 6th period CR#6b-1 The Hunger Games‚ Mockingjay; Susanne Collins Chapter one through 3 Summary: President Snow finds out that Katniss never really loved peeta‚ and her stunt with the berries was just an act of rebellian‚ not because she loved Peeta. Snow tells Katniss that she needs to convince him as well as the city of Panem‚ that her and Peeta are really in love‚ or else Gale‚ her best friend‚ and his family will pay for it. Peeta proposes to her while they are on

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    forced into the games as well. The only tributes that are seemingly without excuse for their actions are those who volunteer for the honor of winning the games‚ such as the tributes from District One. Katniss chooses‚ early on‚ to step into the games to defend her sister and therefore takes on this moral dilemma for the best reasons. E. Identify and discuss major philosophical theories‚ ideas and concepts that affect the major character of the film. The logic of the Hunger Games‚ in which contestants

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    Jiayue Wu 2012081017 Opening ceremony of Hunger Games attracted thousands “Happy Hunger Games!” The 74th Hunger Games got under way in spectacular fashion today with a fabulous opening ceremony in the capital .The Hunger Games held once a year. The opening ceremony began at the City Circle‚ audiences were the most prestigious citizens of the Capital‚ they watched in the buildings that beside Circle. Tributes from 12 districts sanded on

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    A Brief Comparison of Heroes in Chinese Mythologies and in Japanese Mythologies 1 Abstract Traditional mythologies are closely related to religions‚ a certain religion often depends on its myths to convince people and thus survive. Mythologies can be created and modified by religious groups.1In this paper‚ I compare the heroes in the Japanese mythologies‚ mainly the Kojiki2 and the Fudoki3 and the Chinese mythologies‚ mainly the Shan Hai Jing4 and Huainanzi5 and have found that the common things

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    Theseus and The Hunger Games What made The Hunger Games a breathtaking story was its influences and similarities from the Greek tale Theseus. A similarity shown in both stories are the two major events‚ the Hunger Games and the sacrifices for the Minotaur. Another similarity in the two tales is the creation of monsters that plague both Panem and Greece. Lastly‚ what these two fables have in common is the bravery and courage of their main characters. The Greek myth Theseus was one of the fundamental

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    Ancient Greece Mythology

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    Ancient Greece The ancient Greek myths have gone down in history as some of the most popular religious beliefs. This strong belief in religion unified Greece‚ making it and strong and prosperous nation. Ancient Greece can be traced back to the early stone ages. It has been divided up into different time periods. Each period signifies special events and important advancements‚ which provided the basis for how we live today. Greece was not always one united country‚ Instead it was made up of

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    Religion and Mythology in Ancient Greece were looked upon with the utmost importance‚ the Greek myths and tales of religion explained the unexplainable‚ gave reason to live and a sense of stability to a community. Ancient Greek myths can make the protagonist or other main character a role model in the way that they author writes them. The reader can also obtain life lessons from the myth or legend. A worthy illustration of this is the Ancient Greek god Apollo‚ who is a wealthy king a‚ affectionate

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    Both the Mahabharata and the Epic of Gilgamesh are ancient stories with a heroic character at their center. Arjuna and Gilgamesh are both on some sort of journey and display qualities of a traditional literary hero‚ but in my opinion‚ Arjuna is the more hero-like man. Arjuna is incredibly disciplined. While being trained with his brothers and cousins by the great teacher Drona‚ he is the only one who can focus singularly on his target and shoot it with his bow. He is also selfless‚ for

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