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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Should Alcohol Consumption Be Banned And so I say to you today that we are in the age of alcohol consumption. In which both males and females are on a mission to transform their blood into alcohol. But should this be so‚ I say NO! Alcohol should be banned. For instance the consumption of alcohol should be banned because it causes great damages to our health it causes domestic violence and strays the mind towards suicidal thoughts or even to be involved in illegal acts. Alcohol should be banned
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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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After watching "The Hunger Games"‚ what sociological themes did you see? Even though we as a country/world do not have a contest in which selected individual’s battle to the death‚ how can you relate the principles and contexts of "The Hunger Games" to our society or other societies around the world? How can you relate the "districts" to society? Do we (in the United States) have "districts"? If so‚ how do the "districts" relate to sports? How can you relate the power of the Capital to the past cultures
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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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For a government to be successful it needs to inflict fear into everyone of its people. The capital did so by using the Hunger Games as a tool for fear‚ excommunicating each of the districts from each other‚ and reminding everyone how one district can be eliminated so easily. Therefore‚ a government cannot rule as efficiently if there is no fear in its people. If fear is not within the government’s people then a rebellion could easily be started. In the words of Niccolo Machiavelli “is it better
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Dear Editor‚ I agree with the article “Testing times for NAPLAN” that the NAPLAN testing in which a million students in years 3‚5‚7 and 9 undertake numeracy and literacy tests should be banned . NAPLAN constricts teaching and learning‚ stifles creativity‚ pressurises kids and schools ‚leads to comparison with other schools and does nothing to improve the students learning . NAPLAN will not improve Australia’s education system‚ indeed it is making it worse. Teachers do not get the chance to see
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Reading Response to The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ is the wildly popular first book in The Hunger Games trilogy. I think that one of the reasons the book is so popular‚ is because of the main character‚ Katniss Everdeen. In the book‚ Katniss is 16 years old and is very strong willed‚ but often feels incredibly alienated. I think that Katniss is a very relatable character (which is one of the reasons the book is so popular!) in this way‚ and in the way
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Theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. Theme can be interpreted or noticed in many different ways and one common theme may be identified through different texts. It is either what readers think the work is about or what the work says about the subject. That is how theme develops within the work so it can lay out a platform for the story to be performed on. Different authors are the ones who create their own stories that
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and the Divergent by Veronica Roth shows a great example of a dystopian society. A dystopian society‚ a society where everything is frightening and unpleasant. Katniss and Tris is living in a world where humanity doesn’t exist‚ corrupted governments taking control‚ life there isn’t easy. Symbolism‚ the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. In The Hunger Games‚ Katniss showed that the woods represent her survival and the world beyond District 12. In the
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