Joanne Riley Professor Paul Dadosky ECON 202 July 17‚ 2013 Poverty and Hunger in the United States The United States determines the official poverty rate using poverty thresholds that are issued each year by the U.S. Census Bureau. The thresholds represent the annual amount of income needed to sustain at the lowest level families of various sizes. A family is classified as poor if their pre-tax income is below the poverty threshold. The pre-tax income does not include any non-monetary
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everyone‚ there are about 21‚000 people die every day of hunger-related causes‚ according to the United Nation. [1] The Hunger Games‚ as its name denotes‚ its about poverty‚ hunger and social inequalities. This film is set in the near future where there are 12 Districts and a Capitol that controls them. In this film‚ the main character Katniss lives in one of the district with her fatherless family. The district she lives in is in poverty and hunger. Since she is the eldest‚ she has to take responsibility
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especially personal decisions. The hunger games are a constant reminder that the Capital has full control over their lives. To remind them to never rebel against the capital again‚ they randomly pick a girl and a boy to fight for their own lives. Katniss was forced to go back into the hunger games with no choice of her own. You can try your hardest to win this game but the capital has all control over the ending result because they make all the decisions of the games environment. Even though she was
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way they think and how they chose to act upon those thoughts. Katniss Everdeen the brave young woman that fights for her sister in the book‚ The Hunger Games‚ is much like our first lady‚ Michelle Obama. Michelle fights by her husband day in and day out for this country for the good of the people. Katniss strives tooth and nail in the hunger games to save her dystopian society and her younger sister. Katniss Everdeen‚ a courageous‚ beautiful and talented young women that could have the world
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Katniss Everdeen was born on the 8th of May in District 12. Katniss is sixteen years of age with straight black hair‚ olive skin‚ and gray eyes. She is thin and not very tall‚ but is strong for her size from hunting to feed her family. Her characteristics are the typical of the Seam (Panem) - the poorest area of District 12‚ where she resides. Panem is located on the continent once known as North America‚ which was destroyed in a global catastrophe. Panem is run by an all-powerful city called the
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In The Hunger Games‚ twenty four children are chosen to fight to the death until there is one last standing. Rue‚ a 12 year old girl‚ makes an alliance with the main character‚ Katniss‚ until her abrupt end where she is stabbed through her stomach‚ resulting in her
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usually challenged or banned to protect others‚ for example; violence‚ sexually explicit or offensive language. Catching fire is said to be challenged because of its violence‚ anti-ethnic‚ anti-family‚ insensitivity‚ and offensive language. The Hunger Games series was on the 2010 challenged books lists. I believe that the violence in Catching Fire isn’t as extreme as some people think and it is not necessarily a bad thing. Exposing violence to younger readers matures them by making them realize
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In the fictional novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ a girl named Katniss has to fight for her life in the 74th annual Hunger Games. The book focused on Katniss volunteering to be in the Hunger Games and her journey to the arena. Also‚ it focused on her battling to win with her partner Peeta after a rule change allowing both to win. The three topics addressed in the exciting book are characterization‚ conflict‚ and themes. To start‚ the author uses characterization to reveal
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there are still nights when a game has to be swapped for lard or shoelaces or wool‚ still nights when we go to bed with our stomachs growling." (pg.9)This example shows that not only men can hunt‚ that women can too.In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ Katniss must endure a brutal competition where the last kid standing wins. Throughout The Hunger Games several characters such as Katniss and Peeta Mellark both reinforce and undermine gender roles. However The Hunger Games as a whole presents an argument
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When I first started reading the Hunger Games‚ I was struck with the dystopian world in which Katniss lives. The description of her father dying and leaving the burden of her distant mother and younger sister made me sympathize for Katniss. I also really liked the relationship between Katniss and Gale because even though they were brought together through necessity‚ their friendship is so easy and comfortable. It was heart wrenching that they had such a serious duty to their families‚ hunting illegally
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