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.
Speciffically for the feeling that she knows the truth, like a muckraker in the early 20th century. 2.Jeannette struggles to find the right place for her to accomplish this later in life, "A year after Dad died, [...] where I belonged." (280) After settling in to what she once thought was her dream life, Jeannette finds that she is uncomfortable with how she is living; she decides to move and craft a new life, one of immense happiness. 2.Neglect is one of the sharpest knives you can stab anyone with. A.Jeannette's parents, uinfortunately, are very good at slicing the entire family.
Courtney Rausch Period 6th May 23rd 2012 Mr. Blair Lit/Comp Chapter 13: Carton asks Lucie to never forget him, to always remember hi as the person that has saved her children and her children’s children. He says this because he know that Madame Defarge is going to come after her and kill her and her children. He also tell her that he would sacrifice himself for her, and he was hoping to go talk to her that night and to know that she is the only person that cares was sad for him to know. It was sad because they have a “mother to son” bond not a “wife to husband” bond. She loved him unconditionally like a mother would do to a child.
They shared their kill, because Gale had a large family to fend for as well. In turn, Gale taught Katniss how to set snares and traps. She used these skills to provide fresh meat and nutritious plants for her mother and sister, and sold a portion to have money for other supplies. Without Katniss, the family would starve to death, because her mother was too depressed, from her husband’s death, to work and her sister was too young and delicate to participate in gathering food. 24 tributes are thrown into an arena and they are forced to kill or be killed.
In this story, you are forced to think about things you can't even imagine happening, life, death, and even love. Katniss Everdeen is confused, wounded, and worried, but she's back. She's a sixteen year old girl that's survived the Hunger Games, not only once, but twice. She was more prepared going into the arena the second time, but she definitely wasn't ready for what would occur inside. When we first meet Katniss at the beginning of “The Hunger Games”, she's in an overwhelming position.
By Gabi Gagliastri MockingJay Due October 26, 2012 Language Arts Period A-B Bag it tag it book report Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry and wants revenge after she blew the force field out in the arena in the second book, Catching Fire. Katniss wakes up to find herself in the District 13. The District 12 has been destroyed, with only 900 hundred survivors, including gale, prim, and her mom, but not Peeta's family.
Elizabeth is always asking her family how well they are and always telling her parents to say hi to her neighbours, friends, and acquaintances. Any immigrant coming by themselves will always be home sick until they start getting use to their new lifestyle in that new country. So for Elizabeth, she keeps God in mind and tells her parents to pray and that she’ll be praying for them as well. Elizabeth also talks about how she wishes all her family would come and join her in Canada, but she knows that that will never happen, so she tells her family, “if we never meet in this world I hope we will meet in the next”. This shows that money is a big issue and that not everyone can afford a ticket to go to Canada to be with their
Maggie knows she deserves the quilts made by her grandmother and aunt far more than Dee does but of course Dee thinks that everything is about her and that she should have what she wants. Maggie probably thinks that Dee will get the quilts because she had seemed to be Mama’s favorite, but not this time. Like Mama says, “This was Maggie’s portion.” Maggie deserves them way more than Dee. It is like they are back in church where once she would give Dee her “slightest whim,” she now refuses. After the fire it left Maggie with scars on the inside and out and that is why she acts so shy and timid throughout her
With my efforts, I was able to obtain a grant for my High School education in a private school and that made my mother so happy and proud. When I was 16 they discovered that I have a rupture in the retina of my left eye and she did everything to collect the money to take me to the hospital and had a surgery; I remember seeing her cried, telling the doctors to please fix my eyes, that she wouldn’t me suffer the same way that she did. Even that I don’t see perfectly well, I been able to succeed thanks to the prompt actions that were taken. I never thought of moving out of my country, what for? I had it everything: a house, a job, my family, a fiancée; but different social and family situations take me out of my nest and sent me to fly to a different world.
He answered the prayer and she made it out. The moment I stopped singing my grandma would get sick. There has not been a moment where my mom does not remind me of that promise. My senior year came with alot of stress. Some how in order for me to be the greatest nurse I had to get my grade point average up and a high ACT.