worlds from a historical and cultural perspective: UK and Ireland”. Editorial Universitaria Ramón Areces. 2nd Edition. Michael McNally and Peter Dennis (2007) “Easter Rising 1916: Birth of the Irish Republic.” Osprey Publishing. Kostick‚ Conor & Collins‚ Lorcan. (2000) “The Easter Rising‚ A Guide to Dublin in 1916.” O´Brien Press LINKS: www.bbc.co.uk/history www.1916rising.com/ www.nli.ie/1916/
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Shiny leather boots lace up to my knees. But it’s the fluttering cape made of streams of orange‚ yellow‚ and red and the matching headpiece that define this costume. Cinna plans to light them on fire just before our chariot rolls into the streets.” (Collins 38) The costume that is shown in the movie is a huge disappointment and is nothing like this spectacular dress vividly described in the novel. In the movie‚ Katniss’ dresses were very ordinary‚ which is very disappointing for someone who has already
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Part II Now days‚ everything is about freedom and equality in The United States. The American government is trying to spread these ideals to countries across the world. In The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins argues the point that all people are equal by using the Capitol as an example. In the book‚ the leaders of Panem host the Hunger Games‚ a competition requiring two young citizens from each district to fight to death‚ annually. The tributes chosen to compete in the games are chosen at random from
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Instead‚ producers turned to Gary Ross: the master of movies that settle over you like a warm blanket just out of the dryer. Remember‚ he is the writer of Big‚ and director of Seabiscuit and Dave. This is the man they entrusted with author Suzanne Collins’ dark dystopian vision. Why? Because Ross delivers a family-friendly‚ PG-ready version of the gladiatorial death match. It’s the Hunger Games with the sharp edges smoothed off. Because when you’re handling the adaptation based on $16 million in book
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MOCKINGJAY MOCKINGJAY Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Mockingjay is a young adult science fiction novel. I know this because it has many impossible non-realistic elements that are impossible in today’s day in age‚ for example the technology the Capitol uses against the districts is sometimes unbelievable and they haven’t been created yet. Protagonists: The main protagonist is Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is a persistent young women and she overcomes many obstacles over and over again in this
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Compare/Contrast Essay The Hunger games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfield What if violence and obsession were much more common than usual and the government was corrupt‚ what would you do? Could you do anything? Imagine that was your life every single day. That was the life of the protagonists in both Uglies and The Hunger Games. Both trilogies take place in a very futuristic world. The Hunger Games is based in a dystopian society‚ while Uglies is based in
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “The Gamemakers: Games First!” As we read the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ we might have the impression that like in real life‚ the power structures in the dystopian society of Panem are biased to certain sectors over others. The privileges and prerogatives allowed to some of the Districts might lead us to think that the
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The book The Hunger Games takes place in the U.S many years after a war that put the world in total chaos. The last semblance of civilization is the capital Panem‚ and its 13 surrounding districts. Rebellions started to erupt through the districts to overthrow the capitals rule‚ but in the end it lasted in the defeat for the rebellion. As punishment for the rebellion‚ the capital has an annual competition named “The hunger games” where every year one boy and girl less than 19 years old from each
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Brown‚ Teja Period 2 English Ms. Refuge Defying the Capital "Nobody ever did‚ or ever will escape the consequences of ones choices." Based on the book Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ publicized in 2008. Hunger games is a book about a capital that makes their 12 districts each send a boy and girl to the games where they fight for their life‚ leaving one survivor. Katniss decides her and peeta should eat the poisonous berries thereby
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Text: ‘The Hunger Games’ Author: Suzanne Collins Topic: Describe at least ONE conflict in the written text. Explain why the conflict was important to the text as a whole. Conflict: Between the districts and the Capitol An important conflict in the novel ‘The Hunger Games’‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ is the conflict between the districts and the Capitol. This conflict is important to the text as a whole because the result of this conflict was the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are a punishment
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