There are many examples of how the Capitol controls the people of Panem such as the Hunger Games, Reality TV, and control of food. The Hunger Game is where children are forced to fight to death in the arena for entertainment. One girl and one boy aged 12-18 are chosen from each of the 12 districts. Katniss the protagonist of the novel sacrifices herself and volunteers for her sister who was picked as tribute at only the age of 12. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do.
HERMAN WEBSTER MUDGETT Deric Smith Herman Webster Mudgett, a man of great intelligence used his brains to burn, mutate, gas, perform surgery, dissect and suffocate hundreds of people. Mudgett lived a sketchy and hard childhood, even though he was born into a wealthy family. He was teased by the other kids in the neighbor hood. “One day, some of the older boys waited until the doctor was gone, then carried the screaming Herman to the doctor’s door and pushed him toward the terrible skeleton.” (Allison Lassieur, 20) Mudgett became very interested in anatomy after this incident. Mudgett didn’t only murder people he also was involved in fraud, forgery, real estate, insurance scams and bigamy.
Indeed, it is no secret that too often scorekeeping, league standings, and the drive to win bring out the worst in adults who are more absorbed in living out their own fantasies than in enhancing the quality of the experience for children (Smith, Smith, and Smoll 9). Recent newspaper articles on children's sports contain plenty of horror stories. Los Angeles Times reporter Rich Tosches, for example, tells the story of a brawl among seventy-five parents following a Peewee Football game (A33). As a result of the brawl, which began when a parent from one team confronted a player from the other team, the teams are now thinking of hiring security guards for future games. Another example is provided by an L.A. Times editorial about a Little League manager who intimidated the opposing team by setting fire to one of their team's jerseys on the pitching mound before the game began.
The Conquest of the Red Calculator Shifa Somji Language Arts Mrs. Benzinger 15 April 2014 The Red Calculator Death had invaded Odle Middle School for some time now. The horrific disease had spread quickly through the classrooms in no time. It would cause lunch food to smell and taste like rubber. In the history of fatal diseases, none compared to its atrocity and brutality. Like an epidemic, the disease took over the body of the infected student in a mere five minutes.
This “bad boys” will do whatever it takes to keep their rebellious reputation. As the boys are about to get into a fight with a boy they mistook as their friend Tony, the narrator goes for “the tire iron [he] kept under the driver’s seat” in order to fight. (398) The narrator admit she hasn’t been in a fight since the sixth grade yet feels the need to prove his masculinity by grabbing the tire iron and hitting the greasy characters in the head. As soon as he lays the greasy character out, the narrator feels on top of the world. All three boys begin to develop a higher sense of pride knowing they defeated this guy when at first it looked like they were going to lose.
The Roslans are always living on the edge of povierty or just enough food to live. They go through many challenges and have to move a lot to keep Jacob safe the police and soliders come close to catching them many times the Nazis are constley killing people there wiping out a pouplation of what used to be almost 1,000,000 people.There only hope is the Russians who are supposed to come and kill the Nazis but time is ticking and they aren’t here
During many months these children under the command of Ender fought and won every battle. When Ender woke up one day he was told that the last game, which will be centered on the buggers home planet is ready to go. When he got there, many people were at his room where he commanded everybody. The odds like in his last game at Battle School were totally unfair, but like in Battle School, Ender used the all attack at once in a bullet shaped form. He then deployed the Dr. Device on the bugger's home planet, which caused a chain reaction which destroyed the planet and all the bugger ships around the planet.
He appeared to be a bit pompous and self-absorbed. His character did seem to soften when he had a heart attack, attended his son’s recital, and allowed his son to place his academic trophies on the same display with his athletic trophies. Mark Zupan, the “new superstar tough guy”, talks a lot of trash in the spirit of the game. Although, he does shows remarkable heart when introducing the life-changing sport to potential recruits and when cementing his friendship Chris Igoe, who caused the accident that put him in a wheelchair. Their reconciliation on-screen was very touching.
God Bless America Bob Goldthwait’s God Bless America is the story of Frank, a middle aged man with no family and a recently discovered brain tumor. He plans to commit suicide, but after watching some “quality” TV, he decides to first off the life of Chloe, a 16 year old from California well known for throwing a fit over getting an Escalade instead of a Mercedes on National Television. After he does, he meets Roxy: a student at Chloe’s school who hates what society’s become even more than Frank. She convinces him that there’s still so much work to do and many more people that deserve to be killed. They team up, and go on a transcontinental rampage purging the country of the lives that lower society.
Basketball is a contact sport that involves all of your body parts. The big guys are banging bodies down low, the little guys are driving to the hoop getting knocked over my the bigger guys, all player are making precise cuts, and its easy to undergo an injury. Some players don’t want to play in college because as Travis reiterates, ““They might suffer a career ending injury before they even make it to the NBA” (Drafted). It says how players can sustain season ending injuries in college. The rule make kids go to college and they could suffer and injury and impact their whole career.