women playing the hero and their male counterparts have found themselves playing the damsel in distress. In the recent blockbuster‚ Hunger Games‚ based on a novel by Susan Collins‚ is about a young girl named “Katniss”. She has volunteered as a “tribute” to represent her district in the “hunger games”. She is accompanied by a boy named “Peta”‚ together they represent “district 12”. Katniss’ journey through all the trials and tribulations is the movies overall focus. The exposition of the movie
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President Snow gathers 2 tributes from each district (one boy and one girl) and publicly displays them as heroes of the district‚ whereas in their views if you are not in the first 2 districts you are being sent to die. As Katniss says about her own district “District
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Tripoli. These pirates would seize American ships and sell their crews as ransom. The Pirates would stop the attacks on the United States if they paid tribute to the leaders of the Barbary Coast. It was either pay tribute or go to war. Jefferson hated war especially because the U.S. wasn’t very strong at the time‚ but he also hated paying tribute. The United States
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4 Aspects “The Hunger Games” In the film “The Hunger Games” directed by Gary Ross‚ and adapted from the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins‚ I studied four different aspects of the film that help to improve the effects the film has on its audience. The first aspect of the film I studied was the contrast -created by both Collins and Ross- between the districts and the Capitol. Some examples of these contrasts include people feasting every night in the Capitol‚ while everyone starves in the
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of fun and laughs for the entire student body‚ the performers and the audience. The talent show had many spirit uplifting and educational performances such as a Trayvon Martin tribute‚ relationship skit/speech‚ roll call‚ etc. The Trayvon Martin tribute was educational because it is an event in black history. The tribute told his story through dance and informed those watching that there are many Trayvon Martin’s in the world and that Trayvon Martin lives on through their dance team. Another educational
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The hero’s journey has been used for many centuries and has even been used in Homer’s epic The Odyssey. Like Homer‚ Suzanne Collins accurately portrays the process of the hero’s journey within The Hunger Games series. Starting with the beginning of the hero’s journey‚ the ordinary world is the first stage in the hero’s journey where the hero/heroine is in their normal life. In The Hunger Games‚ this is the beginning of the book when Katniss‚ the heroine‚ is going through her normal day‚ hence her
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accountable‚ to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do that there is a part of every tribute they can’t own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I." Katniss covering Rue in flowers shows an act of rebellion against the Capitol‚ and the fact that by witnessing Rue’s death inspirits Katniss into winning the games - to manifest to the Capitol that they can’t strip the tributes of their humankind‚ however they may try. In conclusion‚ In the Hunger Games flowers are a symbol
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the voyages and at the same time‚ his legacy. In addition‚ we can improve the dynasty by continuing the voyages. Adding new countries to our trade routes will allow us to get more from them. We can force countries into submission and establish the tribute system with them. We can also observe the cultures of the places we discover. Not only will it be better for the dynasty to continue the Ming Voyages‚ but it will benefit you and make a mark on
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1200-1500 CE the Mongol rule spread‚ dominating large regions of land‚ and through violent conquering initiated economic and political effects throughout Eurasia. Both the Yuan and the Il-Khan were militaristic and conquered land‚ which led to a tribute-based economy. The Yuan maintained a stable bureaucracy‚ whereas the Il-Khan had many economic troubles. The two khanates were developed upon similar economic and political foundations. Both lived as pastoral nomadic peoples. The constant movement
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Hook: What is the difference between My chest was tight and my heart racing as my name was chosen out of the small clear fish bowl and read aloud for all to hear. Introduction: It was the morning of the reaping and as I was getting ready‚ the butterflies in my stomach took flight. I was just about to put on my light yellow dress covered in a floral pattern. It was a good luck charm passed down the family generations for years‚ when my little sister Indie walked in. She gave me a fright‚ I jumped
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