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    It’s not surprising that “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins contains many situations that cause the reader to step back and question the morality and ethical issues surrounding the entire story. Likewise‚ the main characters echo our own questions by asking themselves similar things when faced with moral dilemmas. A character that shows a strong ethical approach to the games is supporting character Peeta Mellark. What it takes to “win” the hunger games goes beyond just killing people. A person

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    categories that was based off a point scale of 3-0‚ except for the “Sequence of Events” category‚ which used a point scale of 2-0 points. Overall the student’s could receive a total of 11 points. The assessment required students to retell “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” independently using the 5 Finger Retell story map through writing or drawing. The student’s with EIP’s completed the assessment by retelling the story through illustrations. The students were able to earn 3 points if they met the “Exceeds

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    For the month of October I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In this book‚ the main character is a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen. She is a tough hunter and provides food for her family due to her father’s death and her mother’s illness. She also has a younger sister‚ Primrose. Every year there is a Hunger Games reaping. The reaping of the Hunger Games is when one boy and one girl from each district are forced to participate in The Hunger Games‚ a fight to the death on live TV. Primrose

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    The Hunger Games (Chapter 1) is a novel excerpt written by Suzanne 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

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    Suzanne Collins presents the idea that fear causes people to act against their values when survival is at stake. Fear takes over when it comes to survival.If fear is in play‚ then it influences human behavior and choices and on top of that ‚ survival is something that everyone else ( in the hunger games)‚is competing for‚ so behavior‚ choices and fear is definitely impacted when it comes to survival in the hunger games. This theory is presented because in the book‚the hunger games‚ Suzanne Collins makes

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    Hunger Author: Suzanne Collins. Games The book The Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen and a game where you have to fight to the death and only one person survives. The setting starts out at Katniss Everdeen’s house with her mother and little sister. It is the day of the Reaping‚ the day of the reaping is the day where people from every district of Panem picks one boy and

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    In the novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ a main protagonist named Katniss Everdeen is forced to do the Hunger Games and try to survive it. The theme was: survival‚ try to keep your dignity and humanity up. In the book‚ she is shown to be athletic‚ a hunter‚ and she is intelligent. So‚ this tenacious survivor is shown those just because she wants to survive and win the Hunger Games and does not want to look like an emaciated tribute. Katniss Everdeen is shown to be an intelligent tribute

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    There once was a farmer named Billy Bo‚ he was happily married to a wonderful and beautiful wife of five years who helped anyone and everyone she meet.On his farm he had many livestock including chickens‚ cows‚ and a few horses‚ that make his life busy and sometimes hectic. One day while he was out doing his chores of collecting the milk‚ eggs‚ and others things like that to sell at market‚ he heard his wife Mary scream so he run over to see what was wrong and he saw that most of his crops had gotten

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    Maninder Kaur Professor Ybarra English 70 April 10‚ 2012 The Hunger Games Have you ever been taken away from your family and friends? Been forced into a game where to stay alive is the only way to win? The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen‚ who lives in the country of Panem from the far- off city called the Capitol. The Capitol divides in districts. It is harsh‚ cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one

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    Communication In The Hunger Games There are many hidden meanings in shows and movies‚ but the movie I first thought of when thinking of forms of communication within a movie or book was The Hunger Games. A brief explanation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian future where twelve districts have to compete in an annual “Hunger Games”. Twenty-four “tributes” are chosen for the games‚ two from each district; one of the tributes is a man and then one has to be a woman. This stage of the game

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