Summer Reading Assignment 2012 A. Top Five Quotes 1. “’I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!’” (22). This is the most important quote in the entire series. With these six words‚ Katniss Everdeen sets into motion the events of the entire Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss shouts these words out at the very beginning of Chapter 2; almost immediately after a Capitol representative announces her little sister Prim’s name as a tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s
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society is having a new disease called “socially endurance deficiency”. There is no surprise why the world becomes completely dystopia (a bad society). To give the best example of the dystopian society‚ I would choose “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. It is about the annual Hunger Games event which takes place in the advanced technological city called Capitol‚where everything
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In society‚ media plays an integral role and can reinforce our morals and norms. In this week’s readings‚ Patricia Hill Collins discussed a tragic assault‚ rape‚ and attempted murder of a female jogger known as the “Central Park Jogger” panic. The police believed that she had been beaten by twelve black and latino adolescents. They were convicted of most charges and they received sentences ranging from five to 15 years. However‚ years later another Hispanic male confessed to raping the jogger and
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The Fascination Since ancient times people have been fascinated by celebrities. In Collin Palmers short essay response‚ he assumes we teenagers are obsessed and states that celebrity obsession doesn’t make it a big problem. I disagree with Palmer‚ his argument at times seems to be unaware of the impact celebrities have on teenagers. Many teenagers want to know every detail of celebrities’ lives. In Palmers short essay response‚ he states “We teenagers are passionate–maybe even obsessed–about our
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House on Inez Street Edward Sanders Dedictaed to the person I used to be. 1.) Tug Of War • 4 2.) Starry Eyed • 6 3.) Home • 8 4.) Quiet • 10 5.) Obsessions • 12 6.) Your Biggest Mistake • 14 7.) Lights • 16 8.) The Writer • 18 9.) Forgot to Laugh • 20 10.) State of Dreaming • 22 11.) Atlantis • 24 12.) Heavy Rope •26 Tug Of War Before we moved to the house on Inez st. we lived in a house in Garnet st. I have never been good at rememebring
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The Man of Many Talents On a sunny Tuesday afternoon‚ in Tucson‚ Arizona‚ I sat with an 81-year-old gentleman to conduct a biographical interview. To protect this individual’s identity‚ he will be referred to as Tim Collins. Tim lives with his wife of 25 years‚ Susan. He is a physician and professor of genetics. Due to Tim’s recognition throughout the academic community‚ the names of some places and people have been changed to protect his identity. To say that Tim has had a remarkable journey in
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1.SETTING The novel‚ Catching Fire written by Suzanne Collins takes place in a futuristic North America called Panem.The setting is dreary and depressing since 11 of the 12 districts live in poverty supplying the flashy capital with their luxury products. Each district is responsible for manufacturing specific raw materials or products that are used in the capital. The beginning of the story takes place in District 12. Katniss had just came home from the games and she now lives in a big set of
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like anything the owner did for him. The author then finishes off the poem by saying that the dogs version of heaven is exactly like everybody assumed it was. In the end the author tells a theme of don’t assume the feeling of other. The author Billy Collins uses Irony in the last couple of lines “ and that is all you need to know about this place/ except what
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Between 1922/32 what steps did the Cosgrave govt. Take to establish the IFS on firm foundations? The IFS was officially established on the 6th of Dec 1921. The IFS under the Anglo Irish treaty obtained dominion status. This meant that Ireland had full economic autonomy‚ the British army would leave the state‚ we would be entitled to have our own foreign policy. Although these were incrementally positive to the Ifs we still had connections with Britain that had to sustain‚ such as the kings representative
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Tina Moss English 102 Morris 02/07/2012 What ’s your hurry? Remember when being happy was as simple as having fun and playing in the rain with your best friend(s)? Back when our main objective for the day was to finally outrun Timmy Jones from down the street in a relay race‚ or to capture the most lightning bugs in our ventilated container? Though times like these may have been longer ago to some of us depending upon our age‚ we were all children then‚ and no matter how long ago it was we
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