Fast Car By:Tracy Chapman By:Hayley Davies Submitted To:Ms.Tsarouhas Date: Wednesday‚ September 18th‚2013 ENG2D Fast Car By: Tracy Chapman T: Based on the name of the title‚ I predict that the lyrical poem is about the fast ride through life‚ and how you should stop and smell the roses sometimes‚ to cherish life. P: This is a narrative lyric that tells a story about a girl with a rough life. However she uses her savings from when she works at the convenience store to find
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Sacrifice is an action that few people consider because the trade-offs usually lead to unhappiness. It takes a great deal of love for another person in order to understand what sacrifice means. New York Times Bestselling Author Suzanne Collins portrays this definition well in her 2008 novel‚ The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen‚ the book’s ruthless heroine‚ learns a lot of life lessons throughout her first adventure. Peeta Mellark‚ the baker’s son‚ has developed a realization of how
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Language Arts/ Literacy Periods 1-2 Book Talk: The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins What the book was about: The Hunger Games is a book taking place in the nation of Panem‚ the cruel‚ superficial capitol surrounded by twelve districts. To keep the districts in order‚ and to remind them how powerful they really are‚ the Capitol makes each district send a boy and girl to take part in the Hunger Games‚ a brutal‚ gory fight
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In The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins depicts a dystopian world‚ in which a totalitarian government tries to control the people through a mixture of force and surveillance. Does it succeed with the protagonist‚ Katniss? Is she able to choose to be‚ behave‚ and do‚ as she wants? The text begins by introducing the protagonist Katniss Everdeen‚ who was a hunter living in the country of Panem in District 12. Their government works in a central city called The Capitol who are an overpowering government
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A .Mockingjay Written by Suzanne Collins Published in 2010 Genre: Young Adult‚ Fantasy Fiction B. Mockingjay‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ is the third and final book to the hit series‚ The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen has ventured through the Hunger Games and the third Quarter Quell‚ and has been rescued by the rebels in District 13 and has been convinced to become “the Mockingjay‚” which happens to be the symbol of the rebellion in Panem. As she takes lead of the rebellion Katniss
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel written for young adults. Even though the main audience targeted‚ the book has struck chords with parents as well and has been a best seller since it came out. North America has been destroyed and is now run by the powerful Capitol and is divided into 12 districts‚ 13 was destroyed due to rebellion. In district 12 hunter Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ carves out a scrimpy existence for herself‚ her younger sister Prim and their widowed
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In the Hunger Games‚ there are many class distinctions between the tributes‚ their districts‚ and‚ of course‚ the oppressive Capitol. In multiple places we can see the class distinctions made clear by Suzanne Collins. You may be wondering what “classes” there might be in the Hunger Games‚ or what even a “class” is. The “classes” that I am talking about are the groups or types of people there are in Panem and how this affects the plot events of the story. In the following paragraphs there will be
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and our own future in this world. In these books‚ people are able to see a side of society in which people are truly fighting the for survival of not only themselves‚ but also of their families. Suzanne Collins is a well-known dystopian fiction writer born on August 10‚ 1962‚ in Hartford‚ Connecticut (“Suzanne Collins Biography”). She is the youngest of four children. Her father
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Forbidden Rebellion How is it possible that one force can rule over a group more than double its size? In Suzanne Collins’ novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ there are 12 districts of many people ruled by one force known as The Capitol. The country is run is a Marxist manner: The Capitol serves as the bourgeoisie of Panem‚ and the districts serve as the proletariat. The Capitol controls every move the districts make‚ punishes every act of rebellion‚ and kills off innocent people just to show their power
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made her such a controversial character? “I pull an arrow from quiver and sent it straight at the Gamemakers table…“Thank you for your consideration” I say. These are the words said by Katniss 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
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