Sacrifice was a big moral I learned from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Katniss Everdeen made tons of sacrifices throughout the book. Around the beginning of the book‚ there was a drawing for who is put in the Hunger Games and Katniss’s little twelve year old sister Primrose was drawn. Katniss made what I would say the biggest sacrifice of the book; she volunteered as tribute so her little sister doesn’t have to go into the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a fight to the death battle consisting
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a book about survival. Survival forces you to be courageous‚ enduring‚ and most of all do things you’ve never imagined. One of the main characters Katniss Everdeen is forced to change who she is and act like she’s in love in order to survive The Hunger Games. Katniss demonstrates her courageous characteristic when she sacrifices herself and takes her sister’s place in The Hunger Games. Her sister Prim is the closest thing she has ever felt to love‚ she
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of this book is Katniss. First of all‚ Katniss is a girl who is protective over her younger sister‚ Prim. She faces death to take over her sister’s spot in the Hunger Games‚ a fight to quietus on live television. Her sister‚ Prim got chosen to participate in the annual Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers for taking her spot in the games‚ so Prim doesn’t suffer on broadcasting T.V. Also‚ she risked her own life for her sister. Next‚ she is a kind-hearted person. Katniss treated the male
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the same. Morrie tells everyone‚”You’re not a wave‚ you are part of the ocean.” In the trilogy‚ The Hunger Games‚ a young girl‚ Katniss‚ has to fight for her life. She knows she has to live‚ yet she doesn’t know she started an uprising. Katniss‚ by herself‚ couldn’t beat the Capitol‚ but with the help from other Districts they would have a chance. Even though Katniss seems more important than others‚ everyone had to work together to make it happen. When people work together they become much stronger
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Beowulf and Katniss Over the centuries‚ the concept of what is required to be considered a hero has changed. Beowulf‚ an epic hero from the sixth century‚ is very different in comparison to his counterpart‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ heroine of “Hunger Games‚” is a mixture between a Hemingway and Epic hero. An epic hero is concerned with the nobility and bravery of their deeds‚ but also with what they will receive‚ attention or material wise‚ for what they do. A Hemingway hero is someone who follows the
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successful slave rebellion that occurred in Haiti. This rebellion led by Toussaint L’Ouverture was an inspiration for a Gaggle of rebellions in America in the nineteenth century‚ among them Denmark Vesey’s‚ Gabriel’s‚ the Louisiana slave revolt of 1811‚ and Nat Turner’s. These rebellions seemed to have the overall intention of freeing those they took with them‚ unfortunately while these revolts had many outcomes‚ few were anything there leaders would have liked. The Haitian rebellion of 1791 and the
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is an interesting novel about the uprising of a man in the Igbo clan of Umuofia called Okonkwo. Throughout the novel you come to understand that Okonkwo lived his life with the fear of becoming like his father Unoka‚ therefore he strove to become one of the elite men in his clan. Unoka was viewed as a failure because he was a terrible farmer who was lazy‚ couldn’t provide for his wives and children‚ and was heavily in debt. The fear drove Okonkwo to become the
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Protests & Rebellions: Movements Creating Change. Intro: Many rebellions happen all around the world yearly‚ and the reasoning behind most of those rebellions are often related with people opposing to the decisions that an authority has made. As a result‚ this was also one of the main reasons why the Tunisian Revolution began. Also‚ rebellions are often used as a tool to preserve precious cultural values when an ethnicity or race feels that someone will take over what they possess; and this was
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Whiskey Rebellion The whiskey rebellion written by Thomas P. Slaughter thoroughly described the importance of the event in America’s history‚ not only that but it gives us the opportunity to really comprehend the background of the event and some of the biggest challenges. The book the Whiskey Rebellion frontier epilogue to the American Revolution captures the historical drama and the importance of the whiskey rebellion. The book is divided into three sections context‚ chronology and consequence
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Bacon’s Rebellion and the Salem witchcraft trials are both events that colonists used to show their anger at or resentment of colonial society life. Bacon’s Rebellion was a revolt against Governor Berkeley’s policies with the local natives. He monopolized the thriving fur trade and wasn’t willing to risk ruining it. The Salem witchcraft trials were a result of unsettled social and religious conditions of the Massachusetts village. Some of the victims were even accused because of their wealth and
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