Throughout this journal‚ Katniss Everdeen can be characterized as courageous and caring. First off‚ Katniss can be characterized as caring. For example‚ she hunts in the forest for the animals that can be traded for the items that are needed for living. Katniss said‚ “We easily trade six of the fish for good bread‚ the other two for salt…exchange for a couple of chunks of paraffin” (Collins 12). She is a sixteen-year-old girl that hunts for the needs of family and make sure that her family are not
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volunteer as tribute!’” (22). This is the most important quote in the entire series. With these six words‚ Katniss Everdeen sets into motion the events of the entire Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss shouts these words out at the very beginning of Chapter 2; almost immediately after a Capitol representative announces her little sister Prim’s name as a tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s place in the Games in order to spare the life of her sister. Despite there being thousands
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Thesis: Katniss being able to hunt and find food is not just a way to survive but also a big advantage for her in the games. Point/proof to support thesis: Katniss and her family were starving but she found a way to survive. Textual Evidence and citation: “I thought of the hours spent in the woods with my father and I knew how we were going to survive” (Collins‚ 32). Analysis: Her father taught her how to hunt and it allowed her to find a way to survive. Point: Katniss is very observant because
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war‚ between the capitol and the rebellion. When Katniss shot the force field of the arena with the electric wires‚ the capitol was shut down. Out of power‚ a way for the rebellion to take place. Katniss is knocked out as well as everyone else in the arena. The rebellion swoops down and takes Katniss with the other tributes. The rebellion started. through many wars and deaths‚ snow dies as well as Plutarch the leader of the rebellion by the arrow of Katniss. Katniss is forced to live far away from
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Outline the events of the Sepoy rebellion. Compare and contrast how India was governed before and after 1857. India was once under the British rule in direct or indirect way. After the East India Company was founded in 1600‚ British has spent 250 years taking over the colonies and trade of the Dutch‚ repelled the French‚ and beat back Indian challenges. The Mughal empire was decayed‚ and by 1858 British obtained the vast continent from the Mughal emperor’s dethronement. British
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The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion‚ a book written by Stephen Oates is about a slave insurrection led by Nat Turner in 1831. The United States was still a very young and vulnerable country in the early 19th century. Slavery was seen as an essential part of the economy and the American experience. Stephen Oates compares the differences between Southern and Northern slaves. In the Deep South blacks where assaulted‚ publicly humiliated‚ murdered and lynching’s were all part of daily
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with modern characters in literature. Prometheus is no exception. Katniss is very much like Prometheus in many ways. One such similarity is that both of these characters are related to fire. Prometheus steals fire from Zeus to give to the humans on earth to help them survive and Katniss is shown as being the “girl on fire”. The fire for Prometheus is showing that he is a kind person who will do whatever it takes to help others. Katniss being depicted as the fire is showing that she is fierce and a force
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There are many similarities that exist between Katniss and Prometheus. This article tells a story of how Prometheus used his determination to help the people by giving them fire. In the Hunger Games it tells a story of how Katniss uses her courage in this sick and twisted game to start a fire for a rebellion. Even though they are both one person what they do is very important and helps tons of people. In the article it says‚”So instead of living on Olympus‚ Prometheus went out amongst men to live
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mainstream and extremely popular in a very quick time and took the literature world by storm. Ask anyone and chances are that they have read the books. In the Catching Fire book‚ Katniss returns home after winning the hunger game with Peeta. This act of defiance has started the sparks of a rebellion and President Snow forces Katniss to fix it by playing out the love tale between her and Peeta more. Meanwhile she discovers the stories about District 13 and how it’s still existent. Then‚ the Quarter Quell
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other than her husband‚ forced by another in power to prove his own worth. Rebellion‚ successful or not‚ nonviolent or not‚ is painful. However‚ by showing that they are unwavering in their convictions and truly believe what they are fighting for‚ the women are able to rebel
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