An unpleasant drunken genius? Haymitch Abernathy is certainly one of the most interesting characters in Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games. While he is the well-known alcoholic mentor of District 12‚ Haymitch ends up being a smart competitor who helps Katniss to survive the Games along with her partner. While they don’t always get along‚ Haymitch and Katniss match wits with the Capitol and end up winners. One of Haymitch’s more undesirable characteristics is the fact that he is a drunk.
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This is a Fan-Fiction for Hunger Games written by Elsie Egilip. Life has been hard in District 12 over the past couple of years. The government has stopped its partnership with few of the districts because of its unforgivable protest that cause major destruction and riot due to the districts’ disapproval on the new government. Katniss Everdeen was an intelligent hunter living amongst the people who stayed in District 12. During her whole life‚ she had been living in poverty. So has the rest
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Jessica Dr. Niechayev English literature p.3 23 April 2013 Hope According to the article‚ Hope and the Hunger Games (April 12‚ 2012)‚ the authors Jordan Ballor and Todd Steen believe hope in Panem only comes from inside the people themselves. I agree with their argument about the residents of Panem. Peeta was a major part of bringing forth hope in the Hunger Games. I believe Peeta shared his bread out of genuine love‚ however‚ later in the story he did an act of kindness out of self-preservation
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understand both main characters you first have to understand that strength is in everyone‚ but it’s up to you to use it to your advantage. In the books‚ The Hunger Game and Divergent‚ they had to accomplish strength otherwise there weaknesses are going to overcome them. Both Katniss and Tris had to deal with different types of societies. In The Hunger Games their society was split into 12 Districts that were all under the power of one evil dictator known by the name of President Snow. In Divergent there
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Published in 2008 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins quickly rose through the ranks and has become one of the most influential and best selling books of the late 2000’s. Based in a post-apocalyptic United States‚ The Hunger Games tells the story of the young heroine Katniss Everdeen and her journey of survival in both the harsh conditions of her coal mining home in District 12‚ and the later dangerous climate of the Capitol and the hunger games. Survival is one of the major reoccurring themes that
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The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games” is more than just a best seller. It is a vortex into a futuristic United States that offers morals and themes that can relate to today’s society. Collins contrasts the poverty-stricken‚ subservient world of main character‚ Katniss‚ with the affluence and power of the people of the governing Capitol. Collins descends into the abuses of government control‚ and explores the importance and hope of individuality in a totalitarian society. Katniss
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13th January 2014 Hayley Kirui 9A The Hunger Games Review In The Future North America‚ known as ‘Panem’‚ there is a rich and modern developed City named ‘The Capitol’. 12 districts that all fall under its control surround ‘The Capitol’‚ and every year there is an infamous event that takes place known as ‘The Hunger Games’. This is where a boy and a girl from each district are selected at random and made to compete in the games‚ which is aired on televisions all over ‘Panem’. Primrose Everdeen is
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in the book The Hunger Games. Katniss is a sixteen year old girl who lives in District 12. During the reaping of the 74th annual Hunger Games‚ Katniss’ younger sister Prim is chosen for the reaping. Katniss quickly volunteers to take place of her sister. Katniss Everdeen demonstrates Habits of Mind and Habits of Character. Katniss shows the Habit of Mind known as Taking Responsible Risks. First‚ she shows this characteristic by volunteering to be a tribute in the Hunger Games instead of her sister
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Characterization Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is the main character in “The Hunger Games”‚ written by Jennifer Lawrence. Katniss is only 16 years old but has lost her father already 5 years ago and lives with her mother (who is mentally disturbed since the death of her husband) and her 12 year old little sister Prim in Seam - the poor part of the anyway poor coal-mining District 12 in the futuristic world of Panem – previously North America (destroyed in a global war). Katniss has long
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Catching Fire is better than The Hunger Games in some key areas of storytelling‚ but it does not redeem this blockbuster trilogy of its principal flaw: its future is never fully believable. I suspect that‚ like Twilight fans‚ what appeals to the bulk of its fan base is not just the action-packed premise‚ but the love triangle at the heart of the tale‚ between put-upon teen heroine Katniss Everdeen‚ her Games partner Peeta Mellark (with whom she must put on a show of romantic feeling‚ though on his
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