Collins that tells the story of a girl‚ Katniss‚ who is trying to survive and provide for her family. As the story continues‚ Katniss is faced with the challenges of staying within rules and regulations that keep her from living her life freely. Given the information about Katniss in the novel excerpt‚ she is portrayed as the least effective protagonist due to her shy‚ unpredictable‚ and defensive characteristics. In the beginning of the excerpt‚ Katniss is portrayed as shy‚ which results in a
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in her novel The Handmaid’s Tale to effectively display two main thematic concerns - rebellion and the place of an individual. Offred’s first evening with the Commander is one in which these two thematic concerns are exceptionally prevalent. Control‚ and the need to subjugate individuals is at the heart of dystopian literature and one of the primary effects of constant oppression is the inevitability of rebellion. Gileadean society runs on a strict social hierarchy in which only those at the top are
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In early Meiji reformation‚ the nation turned their attention mostly to “shokusan kogyo” (encouragement of industries). For years‚ the government put their effort to support and encourage industrialization. However‚ many Japanese failed to keep their business running because the lack of experiences and acknowledgements. Fortunately‚ there were still some entrepreneurs who made a great influence in the industry‚ such as Shibuzawa Eiichi (1840-1931) - president of many companies‚ Iwasaki Yataro (1834-85)
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Sankofa: Slave Rebellion Caribbean Politics Sankofa is an Akan word that means "Go back to your past‚ to move on to the future." Literally translated it means "it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot". This movie was written‚ produced and directed by Haille Gerima‚ a black professor at Howard University. The movie portrays a black model that goes to modern-day Africa to do a movie shoot with her photographer. While she is there‚ she encounters a Black African who tells her to return
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blow to the economy following the loss of World War II‚ the success of the Japanese Economy is attributed to a number of factors. These range from the breakdown of social class by the creation of the Conscript Army and its victory over the Satsuma Rebellion through to the manufacturing of an artificially low and stable interest rate after WWII to stimulate venture capital . Yet most of these individual factors can be attributed to the rapid importation of western social theory‚ technology and economic
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In The Book The Hunger Games‚ There is a girl named Katniss and Katniss have a little sister named Prim.Prim got called to be apart of the The Hunger Games but Prim is too young to be apart of the hunger games so Katniss took her sister place so that her sister would not have to go to the arena to fight for her life.This is true because in the book on chapter 2 page 22 Katniss called out loud in made her way through the crowd to the stage and pushed prim out the way in volunteered to take
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the Wampanoag tribe‚ his Algonquian name was Metacom. The battle that ensued between the Algonquians and the English was the “most fatal war in all of American history but also one of the most merciless” (xiii‚ Lepore). Perhaps the name “Metacom’s Rebellion” might have been more suited to eliciting the correct image‚ however‚ that would have legitimized the Indian independence exuded in the conflict. The name itself is
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reasons involved in each. The first being foreign intervention related strongly to militarism‚ gunboat diplomacy‚ imperialism and the rise of unequal treaty systems. The second influence was China’s failure to reform and uprisings‚ such as the boxer rebellion and lastly economic decline. These three factors ultimately resulted in the downfall of the dynasty. The Qing Dynasty relied heavily on the effectiveness of its fighting forces. However‚ due to corruption and loss of skills the military began
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that would cause the Indians of the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes to revolt against the British rule in 1763. A noted cause of the rebellion was the teaching of religious prophet by the name of Neolin whom taught his people to reject all technology and dress as their ancestors did and drive the British from their lands. This revolt would become known as Pontiac’s Rebellion; so named for the Ottawa war leader... In a noted speech Pontiac would state: “Englishmen‚ although you have conquered the French
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implemented‚ great problems arose that would lead to extreme conflicts between the newly created American government and the whiskey brewers‚ especially in western Pennsylvania. This conflict would be known as the Whiskey Rebellion‚ which lasted for a period of three years. This rebellion was very significant because it marked one of the first times that there was a major conflict within the union itself. It was also significant due to the fact that 13‚000 militia from the union marched all the way to
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