The setting in the Hunger Games by Gary Ross is a very interesting one. There is massive contrast between the capitol and District 12 is very vast and different. The whole setting gives me a WWII vibe. District 12 being very dreary and poor‚ there are woman doing laundry in big tubs and old men eating chicken bones. They have to hunt for their own food and sell it and also crops are sold. They are the poorest district‚ their reputation is for mining and coal. The bland colours and dirt roads with
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"broken chain" by gary soto item analysis for all grade 7 standards: vocabulary‚ reading‚ writing‚ conventions item analysis for all grade 8 standards: vocabulary‚ reading‚ writing‚ conventions reading standard 1.0 --word analysis‚ fluency‚ and systematic vocabulary development vocabulary practice vocabulary quiz reading standard 2.0 -- focus on informational materials how to fix a broken chain rules of the road: bike safety tips reading standard 3.0 -- literary response and analysis quiz: "broken
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Hatchet is a book about a thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson. The author of the story is Gary Paulsen. Brian’s parents have recently divorced‚ and he is spending the summer with his dad in Canada. Before Brian gets on the bush plane‚ his mother gives him a hatchet. A few hours into the flight‚ the pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian is able to fly the plane for a while‚ but the plane crashes into a lake. Luckily‚ he survives. When Brian recovers from the crash‚ he hops out of the plane
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of hopefulness despite the setting. Where most action movies are content to check off what they need from a formula and cash the paycheck Fury Road is only content after it has made the audience feel for its characters and hope for them to succeed. Mad Max: Fury Road is an action movie set in post-apocalyptic Australia‚ it aims to entertain through action and drama but it also attempts to instill a sense of hope in its audience. Other subjects similar to it such as The Walking Dead‚ Resident Evil
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using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace WindowsFormsApplication1 { public partial class frmMadLibs : Form { string noun; string noun2; string noun3; string verb; string verb2; string adjective; string adjective2; string pluralNoun; string pluralNoun2;
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Gary Soto Timed Writing In this essay‚ Soto uses many writing techniques to get his feelings across from stealing a pie at six years old. Three major writing techniques Soto uses to get his point across are contrast repetition‚ pacing and imagery. Fighting an internal battle with himself‚ Soto uses many cases of contrast repetition to show his internal conflict he has with himself about stealing the pie. Soto starts off by using contrast repetition almost immediately by saying that he “knew enough
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clip is also a perfect representation of how location has affected peoples living mentality and will for survival. The theme is fully prevailed through mise-en-scene and sound design. This minute clip in Mad Max: The Fury uses music‚ sound effects‚ and set design to emphasize the location and world the war parties live in while showing them overcoming survival. The music used in this scene is very abstract. It is meant to be felt instead of just listened to and remembered. The music is an upbeat violin
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I am reading The Haymeadow by Gary‚ Paulsen and I am on page 200. This book is about A kid named John running a farm on his own. He has to protect the sheep and chase coyotes away. John starts to get more mature along the way. In this paper I will be evaluating the symbolism and evaluating the irony. The symbols in this book are Johns Great Grandpa‚ and tink a worker at the Barron Spread. Johns grandpa he thought of as a hero‚ and also a very hard worker. His granda claimed land and built a farm
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were walking down the street we saw Tim Johnson looking crazy mad.” That day‚ Jem and Scout saw Tim Johnson‚ a dog who belongs to Mr. Harry Johnson. The dog’s acting kind of strange‚ so they run home to tell Calpurnia‚ the house keeper. “At first‚ I told the kids to deal with it them selves‚ but when I saw the dog myself I was shocked.”She said. After she saw the rapid dog she dashed for the phone to tell Atticus that there’s a mad dog on the loose. Then she talked to Miss Eula May‚ the town telephone
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The television series’ Mad Men takes place in New York City in the early 1960’s. Mad Men follows the life of egotistical men that would do almost anything to be the best of the best. It was during an era where smoking is natural and where segregation defines African-Americans as ‘the help.’ Sexism and Employee mistreatment played a very major role in the TV series. Employee mistreatment was a norm of the 1960s. The opening scene of season one demonstrates how black people were seen at that time
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