Mercedes English 1101 – 07 Professor March 4‚ 2011 Shelton vs. Travis Travis and his father have never seen eye to eye. Shelton once told Travis’s high school principal that he was “nothing but a bother from the day he was born” (Rash 7). This statement among other things has Travis convinced that his father wants nothing to do with him. Parents are supposed to support their kids and prepare them for the harshness of the world‚ but this is most certainly not the case with Shelton and Travis
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Published in 2008 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins quickly rose through the ranks and has become one of the most influential and best selling books of the late 2000’s. Based in a post-apocalyptic United States‚ The Hunger Games tells the story of the young heroine Katniss Everdeen and her journey of survival in both the harsh conditions of her coal mining home in District 12‚ and the later dangerous climate of the Capitol and the hunger games. Survival is one of the major reoccurring themes that
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The last reason The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel is free speech isn’t given. Katniss said‚ “ When I was younger‚ I scared my mother to death‚ the things I would blurt out about District 12 about the people who ruled our country Panem...I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.” Katniss’s mother must have known of something that happened previously to someone that spoke badly about the Capitol. This is the reason
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The Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey has three main parts which are; Departure‚ Initiation‚ and Return. The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins is one of the many stories that follow this process. In this novel‚ Katniss Everdeen the story’s hero goes through the steps in a unique way‚ having to fight‚ kill and be hunted by kids of her own age and to fight to the death. In The Hunger Games Katniss goes through the Departure stage just as every other Hero does‚ but Katniss knows that the chance
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you don’t want to do something‚ you expect them to just understand and walk away. Even though I had been asked multiple times if I had read “The Hunger Games” the answer was still no. And then I continued on saying that I didn’t want to read it...ever. It had become too popular and I just wasn’t interested in joining the great phenomenon that was “The Hunger Games.” I didn’t see the point. That was my stubborn attitude about the subject until my eleventh birthday when I received a gift I wasn’t expecting
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Characterization Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is the main character in “The Hunger Games”‚ written by Jennifer Lawrence. Katniss is only 16 years old but has lost her father already 5 years ago and lives with her mother (who is mentally disturbed since the death of her husband) and her 12 year old little sister Prim in Seam - the poor part of the anyway poor coal-mining District 12 in the futuristic world of Panem – previously North America (destroyed in a global war). Katniss has long
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Jessica Dr. Niechayev English literature p.3 23 April 2013 Hope According to the article‚ Hope and the Hunger Games (April 12‚ 2012)‚ the authors Jordan Ballor and Todd Steen believe hope in Panem only comes from inside the people themselves. I agree with their argument about the residents of Panem. Peeta was a major part of bringing forth hope in the Hunger Games. I believe Peeta shared his bread out of genuine love‚ however‚ later in the story he did an act of kindness out of self-preservation
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people‚ or someone getting arrested for no reason can spark a revolution. Likewise‚ we see these same things with the revolution in The Hunger Games. There are several events that occur in The Hunger Games that lead to the revolution. One event that led to the revolution was the death of an innocent little girl named Rue. Katniss and Rue were both fighting in The Hunger Games. Rue and Katniss formed a very tight bond during the games. Rue actually helped Katniss get out of a tight spot by her signaling
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Author’s craft is used alot in books and novels but in the book Hunger Games by ‘Suzanne Collins‚’ she uses a lot of different author’s craft. There is a lot of foreshadowing‚ symbolism‚and cliffhangers just to name a couple. There were a few that stood out among the others when reading Hunger Games. The reader may notice point of view‚ mood‚ dialogue‚and flashback they are all used quite frequently in the book likely the main ones in the book. The first one that will be discussed is point
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distracting the population of the real problem through entertainment. The most recognisable is gladiators. Doesn’t this sound familiar? yes‚ you’re right. The film‚ ‘The Hunger Games’ is based on the expression “bread and circuses” Today‚ I’m going to prove that Panem‚ is a dystopian society. First point: Through viewing ‘The Hunger Games’‚ it is evident that the food supplies are insufficient. The 12 districts have fallen to poverty after the rebellion acts initiated by district 13. As a result of
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