”The Hunger Games”‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ is one of the most popular dystopian book worldwide. The novel quickly won readers’ hearts due to the combination of gripping plot with a dose of romance‚ fast-flowing action and author’s writing style. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic future‚ when North America‚ after a devastating war has transformed into a country consisting of twelve poor districts ruled by wealthy and heavy-handed government. The authorities in order to punish society for
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I am reading for my book report is Catching Fire‚ the second part of the Hunger Games. The Austhor of Catching Fire is Susanne Collins. The book Catching Fire is a very good book‚ it emphasis’s more on the characters rather than the plot. Catching fire has many different scenes in many different places‚ but two of the zones are important for the characters‚ which is District 12 and the Guarter Guell arena. There are 8 important characters in Catching Fire. Katniss Everdeen‚ is the main character
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If I had to tell my book‚ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins in two minutes I would say it is a book about a very poor-kind girl named Katniss who volunteers for her younger sister in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a game to death against other people in an arena and the last person alive wins. There is twenty-four people‚ two from each district and she faces many challenges in the book to survive in the deadly arena. Katniss makes allies to survive longer‚ but some fall along the way and
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“Fire is catching! And if we burn you burn with us!”. A quote from Mockingjay written by Suzanne Collins. That quote shows how the main character Katniss is fearless and how she wants to destroy Snow and take down the capitol. She goes through many changes. Katniss ends up being a person who goes kind of crazy and wants to die. But that’s at the end of the book at the beginning she was fearless‚ strong‚ and caring. Katniss Everdeen is a fearless girl‚ and doesn’t really fear anything. She
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The hunger games is a great book by Suzanne Collins‚ about a city where each year 2 children from each district- a boy and a girl-were picked to fight to the death. This practice originated as a punishment to the districts for the rebellion against the capital seventy five years ago. But today it goes on only because of the cruelty of the privileged capital people‚ with the advantage of their children never having to fight. Ever since Katniss Everdeen’s father has died she took the responsibility
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On August 10‚ 1962‚ Suzanne Collins was born in Hartford‚ Connecticut. She was the youngest of four children and the daughter of an Air Force officer. For this reason‚ Suzanne moved a significant amount during her childhood‚ living in a variety of different places. To her family‚ history was an immensely important topic because her father taught this at a History was an immensely important topic in her family because her dad was a history teacher at a college level. Her father shared military experiences
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Sea level Global warming is effecting the Bahamas by raising the sea levels of the ocean‚ which will cause there to be less land that actually makes up the Bahamas. This can actually make all of the Bahamas a smaller country because more land is being put under water to the rising sea level‚ Warmer ocean temperatures are also now understood to cause coral bleaching. Rising levels of carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas emissions) are also decreasing the pH level of the ocean‚ known as ocean acidification
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In the Hunger Games and Catching Fire books written by Suzanne Collins; one of the most prevalent themes is survival‚ and keeping your humanity and dignity as you try to survive. Katniss and Peeta must survive the games of course‚ but they also must survive their daily lives in the district. The capitol has made life incredibly difficult for those living in the districts‚ and to survive the lack of food and adequate necessities requires great strength of spirit. Some people in the districts give
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The Hunger Games Book Review The adventurous yet sensitive story about a teenager in‚ The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ portrays a girl facing many obstacles‚ she is put in many scenarios that could put her life in danger. Katniss is a 16 year old girl living with her mother and younger sister in District 12. Every year‚ there is an event called‚ The Hunger Games‚ where you must survive to win. When Katniss’s sister is chosen to participate‚ she decides to take her sister’s place. The Hunger
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