Character Analysis of Katniss Everdeen‚ The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen is a 16-year-old girl who lives in a poor coal-mining region called District 12‚ in the country of Panem. She volunteers for herself instead of her younger sister to participate in the potentially deadly annual Hunger Games. As her father was killed in an accident‚ Katniss has taken on the role of her family’s head of household. Katniss’s mother was unable to cope with the loss and is deeply depressed. Filling her father’s
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considered a failure‚ not a success? (see pg. 586). 3. What were the difference between imperialism and colonialism? 4. What were the causes of China’s 19th century crisis? 5. What were the causes and the outcomes of the Taiping rebellion? 6. What nations had “spheres of influence” in China by the end of the 19th century? 7. What was the attitude of China’s Qing dynasty leadership toward modern‚ industrialized societies?( see pgs. 570-571). 8. Know all the features
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event‚ and history as a myth‚ a manipulated past to serve in today’s world. This is the only way history is written according to Cohen‚ three distinct and very different forms of history. He argues them while explaining the events of the Boxer rebellion in China. Cohen argues that the three forms are very different in their very nature and have no bearing on each other. History as a myth has a direct purpose. Cohen writes‚ “When good historians write history‚ their primary objective is to construct
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Under French rule‚ from 1625-1789‚ Haiti‚ or San Domingo during French reign‚ was one of the most prosperous islands and a huge benefit for France’s economy. Sugar cane was abundant on this island and France sent many African slaves to work on plantations established there. In 1791 a slave revolt broke out when the Haitians learned about the French revolution. This was the only successful slave revolt in history. From this success there was also an immense downfall‚ and what was once one of the
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After the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion‚ Tennessee adopted a new state constitution with a provision to disenfranchise free blacks. In 1835‚ Johnson won a seat in the Tennessee state legislature. He identified himself with the Democratic policies of Andrew Jackson‚ advocating for the poor and being opposed to non-essential government spending. He was also a strong anti-abolitionist and a promoter of states’ rights. In 1843‚ Johnson became the first Democrat from Tennessee to be elected to the United
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Katniss Everdeen being the protagonist is a strong independent girl who is determined to provide for her family. Katniss decides to protect her sister and volunteers to take Prim’s place in The Hunger Games. In the film she states “ I volunteer! “I volunteer as tribe!”. Katniss embraces courage since she takes her sister’s place. In one of the scenes she needed to take courage when she had to face Cato at the lake. She was frightened since Cato is a strong competitor in the games. She had to also
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American West The “American West” is not what many people think of when they hear those words. People think of it as cowboys and Indians fighting on the Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their
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1.After winning control of North America from the French‚ British agents promised to expand trade with the tribes and continue the established French policy of distributing food‚ guns‚ ammunition and liquor. However‚ the new governor of North America‚ Lord Jeffrey Amherst‚ had a different view. What was it? A) alcohol made Indians uncontrollable and gifts of food mad them lazy and unwilling to hunt and fish B) Indians were inferior to whites and deserved to be exterminated C) Whites should not be
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It can be argued that the NEP dealt successfuly to some the problems it was designed to solve in the period 1921-4 but there were limitations to its sucess. Once the victory had been achieved against the Whites in 1921‚ Lenin began to focus on rebuilding the Russian economy as war communism had caused industrial and agricultural production to decrease. The decrease in agriculutrual produce had been a particular problem as it resulted in a fame. Moreover‚ the Kronstadt rising made Lenin aware that
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The poem Father and Child written by Gwen Harwood involves a devilish young girl misusing her father’s gun without permission to shoot an owl. The poem starts off with the time of day “Daybreak” and “the household slept”. This tells the audience the start of the poem took place at dawn. “A horny fiend‚ I crept out with my father’s gun.” A horny fiend states that the poet feels somewhat evil and devilish. The poem takes place outside the supervision from the poet’s father stating “Let him dream
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