You’re walking home and you notice the color of the sky‚ gradually getting darker. You pick up your pace and slowly bring your wrist watch up to your face‚ dreading the result. To your horror‚ it is 8:54 PM and you are still 10 minutes away from your home. You quicken your pace‚ remembering the pain you felt when you were beaten last for staying out past curfew. You sprint home and keep your head low‚ the whole time in fear of being caught. This is is unfortunately‚ a life lived by many under strict
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At Lady Luck Casino Marquette‚ we think he’s pretty awesome too! In fact‚ we’ve decided to pay tribute to the King for one night only on September 10‚ 2015. What to Expect Trying to live up to the King’s greatness is a tall order‚ but here at Lady Luck Casino‚ we’ve definitely got you covered. The event will be hosted by emcee‚ Ronny Craig. He’s a diehard Elvis fan‚ who’s hosted many Elvis tributes and will be sure to do the King justice. You’ll also be wowed by our three exciting impersonators
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sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen. She comes from District 12‚ where coal is produced‚ and most people live in the state of poverty. Every year‚ two tributes are reaped from each district to compete in a sickening ‘celebration’‚ the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games has only one rule: to kill‚ or be killed. When Katniss’ sister was chosen as a tribute‚ Katniss bravely volunteers in replacement of her sister. Along with Peeta Mellark‚ Katniss is to represent District 12 in the 74th Hunger Games.
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would do anything to save her younger sister Prim‚ and we know that because Katniss volunteered as tribute to take her sisters place in the Hunger Games (where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television). To shorten it I will tell you that the rules for winning the games were changed and Katniss and Peeta‚ Josh Hutcherson‚ (the other tribute from her district) return to district twelve. In the story there is some romance between Katniss and
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Attila‚ frequently referred to as Attila the Hun‚ was the ruler of the Huns from 434 to his death in March 453. Attila was also the leader of the Hunnic Empire‚ a tribal confederation full of Huns‚ Ostrogoths‚ and Alans with many others‚ in the territory of Central and Eastern Europe. Attila‚ supposedly scared others by claiming to own the actual sword of Mars‚ the Roman god of war. Born in Pannonia‚ a province of the Roman Empire which is now Hungary‚ Attila the Hun and his brother Bleda‚ were
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Double Faced Society In this world‚ we are judged for not following the norms of society‚ but also judged for being so involved and caught up with the norm. When it comes to making decisions‚ consequences do not trail far behind. For every action made‚ there is a price to pay. In Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ Boxer conforms to the society that has been established. Boxer never betrayed his loyalty to Napoleon‚ the pig that took Animal Farm into control under his own rules. On the other hand‚ Katniss
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historians can explain how Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs for various reasons. In combination these reasons allowed him to have the upper hand in the conquest of Mexico. To begin with the Aztecs had a harsh tribute system that was not popular among the people of Mexico‚ and this tribute system allowed Cortes to befriend many tribes; meaning supplies were easily accessible. Furthermore‚ the Spanish brought diseases into South America that they were immune to but the Aztecs were not. The spread
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characters: Gale‚ Cinna and Cato. Gale teaches Katniss hunting skills like a big brother and promises to take care of Prim. He has a positive influence on Katniss indeed. Cinna‚ as Katniss’s stylist‚ helps her get sponsors and eases her before the tribute interviews. What he does for Katniss has really influenced her positively in the Games. As for Cato‚ on the contrary‚ he is the archenemy of Katniss in the Games. There is no doubt that his tracing and killing plan brings a lot of troubles to Katniss
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In the book‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main character‚ struggles to stay alive in the cruel hunger games that is established by the oppressive Capitol City‚ the leader of the twelve districts. For example‚ there was a war between the thirteen states and the capitol. After the war twelve states were defeated and the thirteenth was obliterated. The Capitol gained control of the remaining twelve states. As a punishment the Capitol made the hunger games. The hunger games is made up of a boy
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Imagine being a teenager that has been forced to have the responsibility of protecting their whole family‚ but one day‚ their entire life gets altered into having to murder other children for survival; this is the fate of tributes of the Hunger Games. In The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins illustrates a desolate world where survivors of the post-apocalyptic continent of Panem segregate into twelve separate districts and tasked with specific responsibilities of harvesting the Earth’s remaining natural
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