that we know as The Hunger Games. Rue One of the contributing factors to Katniss’ continued survival within The Hunger Games was her alliance and friendship with Rue. When sitting up in the tree‚ Katniss was‚ for the first time‚ aided by Rue. If it was not for her‚ she would never have noticed the nest of the deadly Trackerjackers perched high upon the branches of her refuge. This revelation lead in turn to her escape and the retrieval of the bow which later on in the games saved her life several
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel written for young adults. Even though the main audience targeted‚ the book has struck chords with parents as well and has been a best seller since it came out. North America has been destroyed and is now run by the powerful Capitol and is divided into 12 districts‚ 13 was destroyed due to rebellion. In district 12 hunter Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ carves out a scrimpy existence for herself‚ her younger sister Prim and their widowed
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Chapter one summary Katniss Everdeen awakes in the home she shares with her younger sister Prim and her emotionally distant mother. Her father died five years ago in a mine explosion. It is the day of the reaping‚ which will take place at 2 pm. They live in District Twelve‚ or the Seam‚ populated mostly by coal miners. The entire settlement is encased in a tall fence to keep out predators‚ but Katniss goes through the fence often to hunt in the woods with her
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Outside Reading Assignment: Hunger Games The Hunger Games has a huge conservative Christian message‚ but the great thing is the message isn’t overpowering. This is the story that takes place in the remains of the United States after the liberals have succeeded in abolishing God and Christ from the culture completely by successfully creating their own Utopia- which isn’t really what it is hyped up to be‚ it’s a nightmare for anyone not in the liberal class. The liberals take residency
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or to hunt and kill?” (164). The Lord of the Flies‚ a fictitious novel by William Golding‚ focuses on a stranded group of British boys stuck on an uninhabited island‚ attempting to establish a way to govern themselves‚ which ultimately ends in a disastrous way due to the different goals of the two opposing factions: the Civilized and the Savage. Golding is heavy on symbolism‚ and uses it to reinforce the two themes recurring throughout the book: Civilization vs. Savagery‚ and the loss of innocence
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Thoughts After Reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I am really pissed at Katniss. SWEEHEART‚ PEETA LUVS YA! And you love him too! Just admit it and live happily ever after! It is so obvious that when he "admitted" his crush that he was being real. And for some dang reason you can’t FREAKIN’ SEE IT! I mean it is in your face! Like right there. And you can’t see it. And why does your mind keep wandering to Gale? Did you not already say you were just friends? I mean‚ okay‚ I guess I can understand
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The hunger game definitely describes the conflict between worker class and capital class in a extreme case. And that’s the frequent criticism on capitalism such that it makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. Luckily‚ capitalism comes with democracy and the people can throw away their government if they suffer too much. I once took a philosophy class which we analyzed a lots of social model from different philosophers and discussed which is the best model. We came to the conclusion that a good
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Allegory describe in terms of characters‚ figures‚ and event‚ but the objective is to teach some kind of moral lesson. It’s a figurative treatment of a subject in disguise of another. The Hunger Games: This trilogy of Young Adult books is an allegory for our obsession with reality television and how it numbs us to reality. Double entry journal 1."There was a blink of bright light beyond the forest and the thunder exploded again so that a littlun
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Lord of the flies is a very meaningful book. It has a lot of meaning to our real life that we live today. The themes of the book are very interesting and have a lot of meaning to them. Some of the really great themes are fear‚ civilization vs. savagery‚ loss of innocence and many more. Fear is something that we don’t want to accept in our lives‚ but it is still there. It always will be even if you think it is not. Those boys also have a fear. They have a fear of the beast‚ the adults. The fear
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Emily Bardman Blue 3 6-2-11 _Lord of the Flies_ William Golding uses symbolism many times in his book _Lord of the Flies_. He uses numerous representations all throughout the book to get the reader to recognize the theme which is that human nature is inherently evil. When a group of British boys get into a plane crash during World War II‚ they establish rules and a chief. But‚ later in the book‚ they start to turn savage. Golding uses a conch in the book to represent order. He uses a pair of
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