Analysis Of Suzanne Collins 'Reaping'

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Reaping is a tradition for 74 years now and the struggle to keep alive is real. The novel, by Suzanne Collins and Carolyn McCormick explains the tale of tradition called the hunger games and Changes family's lives. Through the story Collins and McCormick explain to us how important it is to be brave. In the book during the reaping when they chose one girl and one guy by tradition. Katniss’s little sister Primrose was called against all odds, but Katniss volunteered instead of her Prim so she survived with her mom, Peeta and Katniss fight to survive in the annual hunger games and succeed. In the first chapter during the reaping of District 12 Primrose gets the unbelivable luck of getting selected for the annual Hunger Games with just enetring

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