Hunger Hits Home The documentary I recently watched on the food network called “hunger hits home” is about the crisis of childhood hunger in America through the eyes of three families, anti-hunger activists, educators, and politicians trying desperately to put an end to this ever growing battle. At first hunger hits home shows the lives of hardworking families struggling to make ends meet. They show how hunger is affecting their everyday lives. They also show hunger activists who are hard at work trying to help those hungry families, like a food pantry founder who opened her own food pantry to help people who didn’t have food, a principle who is determined to not let his students go hungry, as well as politicians and non-funded anti-hunger activists. In the one hour long special that really touched my heart it shows how this overgrowing crisis is getting out of hand and how us as Americans need to lend a helping hand to stop this.
Katniss Everdeen shows survival by keeping her family alive in Seam, and keeping herself alive in the actual Games as well. As a young girl, Katniss’ father was killed in a brutal mine explosion. From then on, Katniss had to take on the role as her family’s caretaker by providing food and any other living essential they may need. When he was still alive, Mr. Everdeen taught his daughter, Katniss, to hunt with a bow and arrow and to gather. He taught what plants were good to eat and warned her of the ones that were poisonous.
“And then you’ll patch it up?” says Peeta. Katniss’ willingness to heal his wound represents her loyalty to their friendship. In chapter 23, whilst Katniss and Peeta separately forage for food, Katniss tries to send Peeta a signal using a mockingjay, but receives no response. She begins to worry, “Peeta!” I call out in panic. “Peeta!” Katniss’s extreme concern for Peeta’s life represents the development of their relationship during the games.
Without delay, Katniss made the decision to sacrifice her life and family for the love of her sister. Katniss knew that Prim would be assassinated the first minute because of her hatred of weapons, blood, and terrifying people. In addition to volunteering for sister, Gale and Katniss also sacrificed their lives for their family’s food
Gerda’s belief in faith in humanity is that people need to lead richer lives by helping those who have nothing. Even when Gerda was in a time where she needed a little faith in humanity, she still continued to reach out to others. In her memoir Gerda says, “I did not know her name or where she came from. I only knew that she was going to meet her death” (Klein 106). This text is from when Gerda gives her bowl of soup so a girl who was about to meet death.
Key Quotes/Techniques “We bought casseroles” “We came over to sit, thats what people do when tragedy strikes” - Mrs Gruener and other key community friends are seen further extending their love and acceptance towards Lars when they come over to ‘sit’ with him, during Bianca’s illness supporting him as he deals with his grief. “Because all these people love you....tell me how we don’t care”- A confrontation occurs between Karin and Lars. Karin tries to make Lars realise how much the community is reaching out to him without disrupting his
Lit Circles End Task #1 Catching Fire Creative Writing President Snow’s Journal Journal Entry #1 I knew I was in trouble when Katniss threatened to kill both her and Peeta with the berries to ensure they both won the Hunger Games. It looked like they were trying to defeat the capitol and they succeeded. The other districts saw this suicide threat and have started a rebellion. I went and visited Katniss in her Victors’ Village home and informed her of the uprisings. I told her she has to prove to all of Panem that what she did was really driven by love, not rebellion, in order to stop the uprising in the districts.
She asks’ her sister Ismene to help her give him the burial he deserves. Creon the king of Thebes made sure that if anyone was to bury Polynieces was going to be stoned to death. He felt as if he was a “traitor” to Creon who killed his own brother in a civil war. Antigone was caught in the act of burring Polynieces by the sentry, now she is sentenced to be buried and killed. Antigone and Rosa Parks have a different encounter with the law and how they are punished for what they have done.
The imagery of the Guardia Civil “leaning against their rifles” suggests the normalization of violence in war, and thus by extension the detached and ritualistic nature of the executions. This initial violence clearly mirrors that of the Republican massacre, in that both acts began with a seemingly necessary act carried out in war. The Falangists then take over from the Guardia Civil, proceeding to “herd”16 all the women to a barbershop opposite the city hall. The Falangists, members of the Spanish Fascist political party, were known for their disorderliness, poor discipline and their street violence prior to the Civil War.17 Hence their taking over of the shooting mirrors the drunkards taking over the lines in the Ayuntaimento – in both cases, their taking over represents a descent into
Thus, Katniss’s disobedience ultimately serves to gratify the Capitol’s Peacekeepers (“…they’re among our best customers.” (p. 6)), and ironically reinforces the Capitol’s power by emphasizing the divide between the hungry and the well-fed in District 12. As the story progresses, the reader witnesses the development of Katniss’s identity, a key concern of adolescent literature. As she becomes a tribute in the Hunger Games and the Capitol’s power over her grows, Katniss’s frustration increases. She starts consciously and overtly rebelling “I make a point of eating the rest of my meal with my fingers.”(p. 54): for the first time, she does not defy authority to protect her family, but to