Over the long hot summer I read an interesting book written by Suzanne Collins called The Hunger Games. It is an inspirational book about a small district in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Hunger Games is an annual lottery in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts are selected to compete in a live televised battle to the death. This is an underdog story of Katniss Everdeen who is from district 12 a coal-mining district that is the poorest
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of so many diverse characters. Lord of the Flies and The Destructors is no different in the sense you see two extremely striking situations through the eyes of surprising characters. These stories both take a look at society and the primitive aspects it can have. The main characters in the story are both children of young ages exhibiting surprising and sometimes extremely shocking behavior displaying a loss of innocence. They differ in the sense that Lord of Flies looks at how savage a human can
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the science fiction book‚ “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main protagonist of the story‚ has to face many difficulties in her life such as the death of her father. As well as living in one of the poorest regions called District 12 in the country of Panem. Owing to the tragic death of her father she takes on a big responsibility and cares for her mother and sister Prim. Every year the capitol of Panem has a ceremony called the Hunger Games where‚ two tributes a boy and
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The Hunger Games The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel written for young adults. Even with that being the main audience target‚ the book has appealed to parents as well and has been a best seller since it came out. The book is set in a time where North America has been destroyed and divided into 12 districts; the 13th has been destroyed due to a rebellion‚ and it’s all run by the powerful Capital. In district 12 lives Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ who hunts to provide
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Everdeen‚ protagonist from the “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ showing her anger to the gammakers who were ignoring her during her first training session. The story is set in a futuristic apocalypse in which the United States has been separated into 13 Districts‚ all of which struggle to survive under the harsh dictatorship of the Capitol (The government). Being supported by almost all the district 12 with an old rare gesture when she was picked up for the games & being ignored by the gamemakers
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In the Hunger Games‚ the Capitol is a government who has over powered 12 different districts left in North America‚ scared of facing any rebellions they made the decision of dividing each district by the different duties each one owned. In return‚ each year they held the Annual Hunger Games‚ controlling the various districts and stopping any rebellions from forming; 24 tributes were sent to the Capitol each year so that no acts of defiance would occur. It is now the 74th Annual Hunger Games‚ surprisingly
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The Hunger Games “Taking the kids from our districts‚ forcing them to kill one another while we watch– this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy” (Collins‚ 18). Imagine living in a world where the only source of entertainment is controlled under a totalitarian government. A world where the regimes ideology of “good television” is forcing twenty-four adolescences to fight to the death and the last man standing is the winner. The dark‚ twisted ideology of The Hunger
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During this book I had many questions and scenarios for my question but didn’t fully understand my own questions until I was done the book. I have been reading this book for a couple of weeks now and am finally finished. I have been reading the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ the type of genre is Sci-fi and I have read the entire book. One of my questions was if I could be anyone in the book who would I be. My answer would be Peeta Mellark because he is a kind‚ caring‚ and good hearted young man
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In Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ conflict between two instincts of civilization and savagery is the driving force of the novel‚ explored through the dissolution of the young English boys’ civilized moral behavior as they accustom themselves to a brutal barbaric life in the jungle. As conflict rises between the groups of boys‚ a theme of polar opposites such as good vs. evil‚ order vs. chaos can be seen through the young men’s transparent demeanor. The central concern of Lord of the Flies
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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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