Chapter 1 Gale’s Perspective Today’s the day that I have been dreading to come and I cannot believe that it is finally here. Being out with Katniss is just about the only thing to calm me down and hide my nerves. Walking around the district today just has me realize how horrible everything has truly become. After being with Katniss this afternoon I started really begin freaking out. I told her that she would be fine and that she had nothing to worry about but on a day like this that isn’t possible
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Aliou20 English composition 2 February‚ 12‚ 2013 Topic1: From the very beginning katniss is viewed as a controversial character by the Gamemakers. What made her such a controversial character? “I pull an arrow from quiver and sent it straight at the Gamemakers table…“Thank you for your consideration” I say. These are the words said by Katniss Everdeen‚ protagonist from the “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ showing her anger to the gammakers who were ignoring her during her first training
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idea is shown when Katniss survives the Hunger Games. It is inspiring because we learn that‚ even though there may be obstacles in our way‚ if we overcome hardships greatness can follow. The idea of surviving through hardship is shown throughout Katniss’ life in the novel. She lives in the Seam‚ the poorest area of her district and since her father died at an early age‚ has been struggling to provide for her mother and younger sister. After barely surviving her childhood‚ Katniss participates in
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dystopias may vary from environmental to political and social issues. Such societies appear in many works of fiction‚ mostly in stories set in a speculative future‚ one such story is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In the Hunger Games‚ Katniss Everdeen and the other members of the 12 districts are being treated unfairly because of a rebellion cause by the former District 13 against the government‚ the Capitol. Their punishment is not only starvation and suffering but for every year each a boy
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attend “The Reaping”‚ which is the ceremony where the names are drawn for the person to be in the Hunger Games. Primrose Everdeen is only twelve years old and this is her first year attending “The Reaping”. Her sister‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ assures her that she’s not going to be picked because her name is only in the drawing once. Surprisingly‚ the odds were not in Primrose’s favor. Katniss cannot stand to see her little sister go and fend for herself in the Hunger Games‚ so she does the unthinkable and volunteers
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THE HUNGER GAMES REVIEW Katniss Everdeen is a teenager living in District 12. There used to be 13 districts but the 13th tried to start a riot and it got toxic-ally bombed by the government. The book is set many years ahead in what is perceived to be future America. Every year The Hunger Games is hosted to remind the districts how easy the government can destroy them and to remind them of what happened. Two contestants from each District are pitted against all of the others and stuck in a dome
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Whereas RSA‚ known as Repressive State Apparatus‚ functions by violence which include government‚ administration‚ army‚ police‚ court and the prison (Althusser‚ 1970). The Hunger Games (USA‚ dir. Gary Ross‚ 2012) is the story of a young woman named Katniss Everdeen‚ the protagonist‚ who goes through a journey filled with various representations of ISAs and RSAs. As stated by Louis Althussers’ theory of interpellation‚ she lives life being controlled and afraid of the Panem government. The protagonist can
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scene. The main characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Melark are unwilling selected as two of the twenty four tributes to compete in the battle to the death Hunger Games. Each year the Capital of Panem hosts the hunger games. A boy and girl from each of the twelve districts are recruited to fight in the arena until there is only one person left alive. Only one person can win providing entertainment and enforcing the country to not rebel. At this year’s reaping Primrose Everdeen‚ Katniss’s sister‚ was
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character of Katniss Everdeen is considered by many to be an example of gender role reversal. Though Katniss does portrait many traits that may be considered masculine in and of themselves‚ she also portrays feminine traits. Her possession of these feminine even instinctually motherly traits steer my opinion to the thought that these traits are more due to her position in her family then to that of a girl who is tomboyish in nature. In this paper I will show that the behaviors of Katniss Everdeen are traits
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of history to finish her trilogy. Collins utilizes history‚ for example‚ Ancient Rome and the life of Joan of Arc. Collins utilizes an assortment of Ancient Rome history that incorporates the Colosseum and Panem. Numerous individuals say that Katniss Everdeen is the futuristic Joan of Arc. Both youthful warriors originate from a poor foundation and both have mental trips and striking vivid dreams. Suzanne Collins did not utilize unique thoughts all through her written work; she obtained too vigorously
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