Erik brooks period 2 1/5/12 Catching Fire Over the winter break, I read a particularly good book, I read “Catching Fire” by Suzane collins. Catching fire is the sequel to “The Hunger Games,” another great book I had the privilege of reading. The book begins a month or two after the events of the Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist of the series, has won the 74th annual hunger games, a barbaric contest in which two children from each of 12 Districts in the country of Panem, are sent to the Capitol to train in the art of killing. The 24 tributes are then placed in an arena and forced to fight to the death.
Finally Katniss pretends to be in love with Peeta just to keep them both alive in the arena and to gain the audiences. She chooses to have Peeta and herself ingest poisonous berries unless the game-makers chose them both to be winner. “I spread out my fingers, and the dark berries glisten in the sun. I give Peeta's hand one last squeeze as a signal, as a good-bye, and we begin counting. "One."
Miss Strangeworth tries to wear an innocent mask, but actually she is cruel. Jackson uses symbolism to support the theme of “The Possibility of Evil” by naming the main character Miss Strangeworth. The name Strangeworth demonstrates that the character is unordinary. Miss Strangeworth is different from everyone else because she writes cruel letters that are based on gossip, not facts. For example she writes, “HAVE TOU FOUND OUT YET WHAT THEY WERE ALL LAUGHING ABOUT AFTER YOU LEFT THE BRIDGE CLUB ON THURSDAY?
Have you ever wondered if violence is used for entertainment? In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, everything is violent. This relates to my life because the society I live in is very much the same. Although we don’t kill for amusement, it is very violent. For the Hunger Games, the start of violence is when two people, a boy and a girl, gets selected, from each of the 12 districts, out of a box at the reaping to see who would join the Hunger Games that year.
I was determined not to read the newest hype, but it turns out, it is one of the better books I have read in a while. It makes readers address complex issues in our society regarding violence and entertainment. The Hunger Games, the first book in the series of three, is a story set in the country of Panem, which has a wealthy and modern metropolis Capitol district that controls the outlying poverty stricken 12 districts. As a warning against future rebellions, the Capitol requires that each of the 12 districts choose (via lottery drawing) two tributes, a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18, to fight to the death in the Hunger Games each year. The games are televised, 24/7, to the public, and the tributes can vie for television sponsors to assist them in the game (by sending things to them such as food, weapons, or medicine).
Siggelkow 1 Ryan Siggelkow Dr. Kristi Eiler English 101 September 20, 2009 Personal Experience Narrative The Crandon Shooting It was homecoming week at Crandon High school. Dress up week was a blast and everyone participated. The teachers always said they'd give us extra if we dressed up. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I dressed up as The Terminator, wore our school colors, looked crazy on Wacky Wednesday, and finally dressed up like a woman. Thanks to the help of my girlfriend, I was one hot young lady.
Adaptation Analysis: The Hunger Games Dorothea Guzman DeVry University LTRE 422 Adaptation Analysis: The Hunger Games “Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor” (Collins, 2008, p. 8)! In Collins’ (2008) science fiction adventure novel, The Hunger Games, this is the most dreaded, unwanted, and terrifying annual announcement that the people of the Districts of Panem are forced to hear. Panem is the nation that replaced North America after it was destroyed by war. It consists of a beautiful Capitol surrounded by twelve districts under the control of its government and evil president. The people who live in Capitol are the wealthy and government employees; whereas the people of the districts are mostly impoverished or middle working class.
For this book report, I read the book, The Hunger Games. It is a Future Fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins. This is book one of a three part series The book is set in the future where there are 12 districts that are ruled and governed by one central power city called The Capitol. Every year a male and a female are chosen from each district to compete in The Hunger Games. Competitors are forced to kill each other in order to survive and there may only be one winner.
Tell them to be patient and ask death for speed; for they are all there but one – I, Chingachgook – Last of the Mohicans.” (The Last of the Mohicans 1992) Evidence: Lack of tolerance leads to war: The idea that a whole race could be wiped of the earth is not a new one. It has been going on for generations. Cases of this are: When the first crusade began in the 11th century, the Christians and Muslims fought over the Holy land; more recently, the 1994 Rwandan genocide of 800,000 people in the space of 100 days due to the ethnic competition between the Tutsis and the Hutus. The most commonly known example being the Holocaust involving the massacre of the Jewish population during Nazi Germany. This proves that the lack of tolerance for different cultural beliefs results in war.
Her relationship with Rue helped her destroy the “Career Tributes” food source. This gave Katniss a big advantage to survival. Her relationship with Rue also got her a 'get away free' card with a tribute called “Thresh” who is from the same district as Rue, District 11, who could've killed her if he wanted. He let her go because of what Katniss did to Rues body when she died. Katniss decorated Rues body with flowers to show a sign of respect to tributes being killed and tried to embarrass the Capitol for allowing the Hunger Games.