Mikyla Pene-Bavastro The movie ‘The Hunger Games’ directed by Gary Ross is an extraordinary fictional tale. A tale set in a futuristic dystopia society called ‘Panem’. This nation is divided into 12 districts and a capitol. Every year each district must offer two tributes a male and a female that must fight to the death until there is one remaining tribute out of twenty-four‚ who later becomes a victor. An interesting character in the film is Katniss Everdene‚ the films heroine. A District 12
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The Power in Appearance In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ the main character Katniss‚ is influenced not only be her personal wants and needs but also by the emotions of the people watching her. By carefully controlling the things she says and does‚ Katniss aims to present herself to the audience the way she wants them to percieve her. She aims to appear in love with Peeta in order to capture the hearts of the audience and the capital. She shows that she is smart and skilled in
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Utopia Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia‚ describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. Politics and history A global utopia of world peace is often seen as one of the possible endings of history. Within the localized political structures or spheres it presents‚ "polyculturalism" is the model-based adaptation of possible interactions between different
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Book essay Publisher: Scholastic Publication date: September 14th‚ 2008 Pages: 374 Genre: Adventure‚ love‚ science fiction‚ Alternative history The hunger games (2008) written by Suzanna Collins are a young-adult novel. The story takes place in Panem‚ which was composed by 13 districts before the government of the capitol completely destroyed the whole ruble district 13. The purpose of this act was to show its ultimate power to the rest of the 12 districts. The story also describes the bloody
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she thinks will help her succeed in the Games. However‚ through the adventure‚ Katniss is forced to question both her identity as a "girl from the Seam" and her stoic detachment. In terms of the former‚ her relationship with Peeta‚ a boy from the merchant class‚ and her attraction to the luxury of the Capitol make her question whether she might belong somewhere different. And as she grows more and more indignant as she observes the brutality of the Games‚ she is forced to make many ethical decisions
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The Hunger Games The first thing I noticed was that the book was being told from Katniss’s perspective‚ while the movie was told from many different perspectives. Also‚ in the book the Mocking Jay pin was given to Katniss by Madge before she went to the capital‚ and then Katniss gave the Mocking Jay pin to Prim. In the movie Katniss got the Mocking Jay pin from the black market‚ and then gives the Mocking Jay pin to Prim. Another thing I noticed was that Madge‚ the girl that gave Katniss the
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Jalin Gordon Professor Fleming ENG 110 19 October 2017 War for the Planet of the Apes On July 14‚ 2017 the film “War for the Planet of the Apes” was released showing exactly that‚ a war. During the two hours that the movie plays‚ it gives off a great vibe of integrity from the apes. As the movie begins‚ it gives a rainforest setting where the soldiers are plotting on their next strike against the enemy (the apes) and marching through striving for a victory. As before from the previous movies we
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Austin “Speedy” Marcum now has an opponent to fight against at this year’s 27th-annual Coal Area Toughman contest‚ set for Nov. 13-14 at Logan High School’s Willie Akers Arena. Marcum had been announced to fight “an opponent to be named later” in one of the two professional boxing matches. And now‚ Marcum‚ a former Logan Toughman champion‚ will go against Zack Kuhn of Madison on Friday‚ Nov. 13. Marcum‚ a Mingo County native‚ defeated Jason Keen in one of last year’s two professional fights at
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Books help in teaching about dystopian societies and how to prevent it from happening to our world. The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ is a dystopian themed novel that shows all aspects of a dystopian society and the struggles to survive. “Our part of District 12‚ nicknamed the Seam‚ is usually crawling with coal miners heading out to the morning shift at this hour. Men and women with hunched shoulders‚ swollen knuckles‚ many who have long since stopped trying to scrub the coal dust out of their
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Oryx and Crake written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood‚ is the first of three dystopian novels part of the Maddaddam trilogy. Oryx and Crake was based off a futuristic society which was run off of the science of good genetics. Jimmy the protagonist‚ lived in a family of genetic scientists. One day Jimmy‚ met a boy named Glenn‚ better known as Crake (his code name). Together they connected with their obsession with a child porn star. After having attended separate post-secondary schools‚ Jimmy
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