Cited: Collins‚ Suzanne. Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic Press‚ 2009. Print.
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The book The Hunger Games takes place in the U.S many years after a war that put the world in total chaos. The last semblance of civilization is the capital Panem‚ and its 13 surrounding districts. Rebellions started to erupt through the districts to overthrow the capitals rule‚ but in the end it lasted in the defeat for the rebellion. As punishment for the rebellion‚ the capital has an annual competition named “The hunger games” where every year one boy and girl less than 19 years old from each
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Ally Yelton Mrs. LaGrange Senior Composition 5 October 2012 “Ground Zero” “Ground zero is a great bowl of light‚ an emptiness that seems weirdly spacious and grand‚ like a vast plaza amid the dense tangle of streets in lower Manhattan” (159). This is the feeling the speaker gets when she sees the World Trade Center site for the first time after the attacks on ground zero. The day on which the speaker went was a cold‚ damp March morning on the corner of Vesey and Church Streets (158). At
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Introduction Suzanne Collins was writing for children long before her popular Hunger Games trilogy took the literary world by storm. However‚ she was writing for a different age group and a different genre‚ having started her literary career as a writer for children’s television shows. She wrote for several popular children’s television shows‚ including Little Bear‚ Oswald‚ Wow Wow Wubbzy‚ Clifford’s Puppy Days‚ and Clarissa Explains it All. She ventured into children’s books after a meeting with
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situations‚ however they are often heavily influenced by the people their with‚ their country‚ and the mainstream way of thinking of the time. Some examples that prove this‚ are world events like World War II and the books like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In both of these situations or events‚ each individual has their different opinions‚ but each individual in each different district or country have similar opinions due to the influences of their community. World War II is a very controversial
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several appearances on the American Library Association’s ‘most contested books’ listings for its controversial and confronting content‚ The Hunger Games trilogy has become one of the most discussed Young Adult fictions since its debut in 2008. Through Suzanne Collins’ use of provocative themes of class and extreme poverty‚ confronting depictions of violence amongst children and the challenging of stereotypical gender roles‚ the novel discusses the hardships faced by children living within her harsh‚ yet
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In this essay‚ we will be talking about how Suzanne Collins and George Orwell have their protagonist respond to repression. In the Hunger Games Suzanne Collins portray Katniss as someone who learns to keep unobtrusive to make her family and her surroundings safe. “I volunteer” I gasp. “I volunteer as a tribute.” This shows how repressive Katniss is and how she is so caring and loving to her family. She is willing to put her life on the line for her sister‚ people in the audience were very flabbergasted
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Isabelle Gwak Ms. Therese English 10 3 September 2012 “The hunger games by Suzanne Collins is a work of dystopian literature” In my own opinion and from the evidences I found I hereby prove that the book “The Hunger Games” is a work of a dystopian novel. Here are some characteristic of a dystopian novel that matches up with the book “The Hunger Games”. First of all Dystopian literatures have social class on them (Ferrari). They always have single absolute rulers with the most power. Then
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In the Star Tribune article May 31st there was an interesting story written by Suzanne Ziegler. She introduced us to Lee‚ a south Minneapolis homeowner who’s lawn was a challenge. He got frustrated with the condition of his lawn. He tried fertilizer‚ other chemicals‚ and even hired a professional landscaper in hopes it would improve his lawn. Nothing seemed to work. Out of frustration he became interested in using turf and finally installed it for his lawn. There are challenges of grass vs turf
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Tiana Hyatt Professor Apostolidis May 6 2014 The Bechdel test was created in 1985‚ this test is a device used to demonstrate if at least two named women in a film‚ talk to each other‚ but what they talk about is something other than a man. My initial thought was this should be an easy enough test for a movie or TV Show to pass. I thought I would just choose the last threes movies I have seen lately but instead I decided to make a small experiment out of it. Being that there are three
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