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    In the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins survival is the main theme. The main character Katniss Everdeen has to survive her daily life‚ which has many hardships she must face and also the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual event where one boy tribute and one girl tribute are chosen from each of the twelve districts. The tributes have to fight to the death in an arena‚ on live T.V until one survivor is left. Some of the ways Katniss Everdeen survives her daily life and the Hunger

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    Was the Irish Civil War a ‘natural ’ conclusion to the events of previous years? Some historians will say that the Civil War was a ‘natural ’ conclusion to the activities of the previous year others will disagree. This essay will take the line that yes; the civil war was a natural and inevitable conclusion to the Anglo-Irish difficulties. In order to understand why the Civil War came about one must first understand how it came about by studying the actions of the previous years‚ the War of Independence

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    Hunger Games Essay

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    In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins the characters are put to the ultimate test to survive or end up dead. In dangerous and life threatening wilderness situations‚ one needs hunting skills‚ physical strength and mental strength in order to overcome the odds. One needs hunting skills to overcome the odds in a dangerous or life threatening wilderness situation. Peeta mentions Katniss’s hunting skills “She’s excellent‚ my father always comments on how the arrow never pierces the body‚

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    Irish Declaration of Independence DEBORAH GONZALEZ SERRANO CENTRO ASOCIADO: Gregorio Marañón. Asignatura: Mundos Anglófonos en Perspectiva Histórico Cultural. P E C : Nº1 DATE: 14 de Noviembre 2012 This Document is a Historical Narrative type‚ it was established by the Dáil Éireann (Irish Assembly) the 21 of January of 1919‚ at its first meeting in the Mansion house (the

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    originally released in Los Angeles. With help of directing efforts of Color Force Studio and Gary Ross‚ as well as distributing efforts of Lionsgate Studio‚ the filmmaking team succeeded in adapting the novel by Suzanne Collins called “The Hunger Games”‚ a work that made Collins extra popular and recognizable across the globe. Within 142 minutes of official running time‚ the audience is capable to watch the faces of young and perspective actors: Jennifer Lawrence‚ Josh Hutcherson‚ and Liam Hemsworth

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    Diagnostic Essay

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    The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins has created a master piece trilogy that has new and old readers having nonstop reading sessions to get through the books. It all started with the first book of the trio‚ The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games begins with Katniss Everdeen and her sister getting ready for the all crucial name drawing for who would participate in the annual Hunger Games. In the beginning‚ Katniss has to make the most sacrificial duty to protect her sister and volunteer to be the representative

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    Banning Catching Fire

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    Banning Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins has good intentions—protecting children; however‚ children/teenagers should be trusted to make their own decisions about what they read. Books are usually challenged or banned to protect others‚ for example; violence‚ sexually explicit or offensive language. Catching fire is said to be challenged because of its violence‚ anti-ethnic‚ anti-family‚ insensitivity‚ and offensive language. The Hunger Games series was on the 2010 challenged books lists. I believe

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    Kristen Smith ENC 1102 19 September 2013 Mini-Essay 1 The Thin Line Between Hope and Hopelessness Suzanne Collins ’ novel‚ The Hunger Games and George Orwell ’s 1984 both illustrate the theme that hope can remain alive even amid the most hopeless of circumstances.  The main characters of these stories‚ Hunger Games ’ Katniss Everdeen and 1984 ’s Winston Smith live in similar totalitarian societies where every move they make or thought they have is controlled by an all-powerful government.  Although

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    Bread In The Hunger Games

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    The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanna Collins. The Hunger Games is a novel written about a futuristic society. This society is built of 12 Districts all controlled by a higher class‚ the Capitol. Every year the Capitol hosts The Hunger Games‚ where one boy and one girl from each district are selected to fight to the death. The young adults all are supposed to believe the Hunger Games are a privilege and told‚ “may the odds be ever in your favour”(Collins‚ 19). This is an annual tradition. Until the 74th game

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    My two books for this comparison essay are “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. “The Lottery” is about the towns people drawing out slips of paper and seeing who gets the slip of paper with the black pencil dot; whereas The Hunger Games is about Katniss taking her sister’s place when she she’s called into the Hunger Games and trying to survive in the arena with Peeta in the Hunger Games. This book ends with Katniss and Peeta winning the Hunger Games and the two

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