The hunger games is a science-fiction novel written by Suzanna Collins. It is written in first person perspective of a 16 year old girl called Katniss Everdeen. She lives in the dystopian‚ post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Panem has a capitol which is the official government which exercises complete economic and political dominance over Panem. The key ideas within this story is the lack of social mobility (inequality between rich and poor)‚ survival under pressure and love/loyalty. The idea of a
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different effects in people. Many if these effects are life changing. Three ways that hunger can effect us are academically‚ it can induce diseases‚ and finally it can kill you. Because of hunger‚ many children are affected academically. Children who experience hunger at a young age are more likely to do poor academically or repeat a grade. One effect is that a hungry child has less of an ability to focus and study. Hunger also delays development in the cognitive‚ social‚ and emotional
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Imagine America reborn into a divided nation split into twelve districts. The novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins explains the story of a girl named Katniss who has to compete in the Hunger Games that the Capitol of the country hosts once a year. One male and one female from districts two through twelve are randomly selected to compete. The strategies that the Capitol use to keep the citizens from connecting with one another are the peacekeepers and the type of government they rule by. Each
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The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a novel about 13 districts ruled by malicious capital. Many years before this story was set one of these districts caused an uprising‚ rebelling against the capital. The capital after a long hard battle finally managed to regain control of all the districts. Although only once obliterating the cause‚ district 13. The power house of all operations had become a pile of smoking rubble. Ever since then the capital hosts
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In the novel the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ the main character is Katniss Everdeen a female that represent district 12. Throughout her journey she has to fight against eleven other district and twenty-three other tributes in order to be the last tribute to survive. Although Katniss know that the Hunger Games is not an easy task to complete winning or staying alive is the only option‚ she still gain the power and confidences to compete. Throughout the Hunger Games all the power was given to
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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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gets to people’s head and will change them. In Suzanne Collin’s book‚ The Hunger Games‚ power‚ fame and wealth can determine life or death. “Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death.” (fourth cover) In an interview with Suzanne Collins she was asked about what the most difficult part about writing the book was. She replies to the viewers by telling them “when you’re going to write a story like The Hunger Games‚ you have to accept from the beginning that you’re going to kill characters
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Three Strikes You’re Out Imagine that you are in high school and are thinking about playing one of the sports offered‚ like baseball for example. Certainly qualifying to be part of the team is not that simple if certain eligibility requirements are proposed. However‚ let us say you work you tail off in order to meet the requirements‚ do you get to be part of the team? Homeschooled students‚ when given the same opportunity to play sports as you‚ can affect your chances of taking a spot on the team
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In The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins depicts a dystopian world‚ in which a totalitarian government tries to control the people through a mixture of force and surveillance. Does it succeed with the protagonist‚ Katniss? Is she able to choose to be‚ behave‚ and do‚ as she wants? The text begins by introducing the protagonist Katniss Everdeen‚ who was a hunter living in the country of Panem in District 12. Their government works in a central city called The Capitol who are an overpowering government
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How far was the 1981 hunger strike successful in achieving democratic status for the Irish Republican Movement? Robert Kee argues that the 1981 hunger strike failed to achieve democratic status for the Irish Republican Movement‚ because of the British government refusing the strikers’ demands‚ which Eric Black states caused ten deaths. David Beresford supports this view by arguing that the refusal was due to the then Prime Minister‚ Margaret Thatcher’s‚ political ideology. In contrast‚ Paul Wilkinson
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