Suzanne Weyn

to her. She then shoots again and hits the target directly in the middle, but no one is looking because they are still laughing at her. She is even more upset because they weren’t paying attention. She then proceeds to turn to the judges, and notices an apple in a roasted pig’s mouth. She pulls back the bow and releases and it hits an apple in a pig’s mouth, in the middle of the crowd of judges. They are left stunned, angry, and upset about that, and they score her. The next day, they get their scores, and she gets an 11/12, which is the highest out of anybody. She, and everybody else, is shocked about how high the score is. This was one of the crucial scenes in the movie, and it really led the story on. The Hunger Games was written by Suzanne Collins, on September 14, 2008. The Hunger Games was published by Scholastic Corporation. The book is about a dystopian society where every year, this country has two people (one male, one female) per district that they choose to enter a competition. The two per district fight in a battle to the death until there is only one standing. The book is about the struggles with the battle and the life surrounding it. The main characters are: Katniss Everdeen, who the book follows, Peeta Mellark, Gale Hawthorne, and President Snow, who resides over the entire thing. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic nation called Panem, in the ruins of North America. This book has also been transformed into a movie, and it also has two other sequels,…

that we face difficulties, which enable us to learn from previous experiences and transition toward success. Good morning/afternoon fellow students of year 12, teacher and attendees of today 's HSC Study Day. Today I will be discussing the concept of discovery and how individuals can interpret it. The statement “regardless of varied challenges and difficulties, the discovery process can be transformational and lead to a greater understanding of self and the world” enables individuals to embrace…

Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games is the story of a young Katniss Everdeen and her quest to save her sister and herself in their post-apocalyptic country of Panem. The apocalypse that creates Panem is described through a list of natural disasters: drought, storms, fires, and seas that engulfed the lands. Through the destruction, Panem was formed and a new country was brought to life . This apocalypse took place on, “what was once called North America” (Collins 20). The familiarity of the…

Sacrifice means spending less time on entertainment and more time on improving your life and family. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a layered story about a sixteen year old girl named Katniss. The story is set in the future in North America now called Panem. Panem is split in to 13 districts and the capital. The capital is home to President Snow who rules over Panem. The 13th district however doesn’t exist anymore because they rebelled against the capital and the district was turned to…

books is something that I really don’t excel in. The way I look for books is the art cover on the front or just reading the back cover. When I was stuck on the book I wanted, I asked the librarian for a good choice for a book. She asked me what book genre I was interested in. When she ask that, I was too shy back then to say picture books. So I said something that is kind of close to picture books which is the fiction genre. This is where I feel like my perspective in literacy changed. The…

The Hunger Games is one of Suzanne Collins’ dystopian genres featuring a protagonist Katniss Everdeen who narrates her history and experiences in the events of the novel. In the plot, Katniss manages to stand in for her sister in the hunger games after compulsorily undergoing many fatal tribulations, traverse difficult private relations as well as acquiring skills on how to manipulate how people identify her in the novel. She therefore has to cultivate ways to subsist in the pitch. It reaches a…

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins takes place in a post apocalyptic society where the only way to keep the “districts” in check is by hosting an annual program, known as a celebration, called The Hunger Games. During The Hunger Games one male and one female between the ages of 12-17 are chosen from each district. They are forced to fight to the death until only one remains as the victor. This year Katniss Everdeen, a poor girl from district 12, volunteers to take her sister’s place in the…

Not without my daughter, written by Betty Mahmoody with William Hoffer is a book based on real events about a woman who fights with bravery for her and her daughter’s freedom. It’s about the true struggle she faced in the patriarchal society of Iran, with courage and determination. The story revolves around a Michigan housewife who accompanied her Muslim husband with their daughter to Iran for two week trip. But to her horror and shock it becomes a permanent stay. She found herself and her…

Katniss and Mulan Katniss and Mulan are characters that exist during totally different times in history. This affects the development of their character and the way they behave during key points in their life. The Hunger Games takes place sometime in the future where the government controls the lives of the 12 poor districts that exist. Mulan, takes place in Ancient China where because of traditional customs women have been taught to be inferior to men. Katniss and Mulan are extremely talented…

thinking of what exactly is a good or bad portrayal of violence two famous novels come to mind. One being The Outsiders and the other being The Hunger Games. When both of these books come to mind, one of them is a good portrayal and the other is a bad portrayal, in this case the bad portrayal is The Hunger Games. In Vivienne Mullers article, "Virtually Real: Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games Trilogy" she is trying to show her readers how The Hunger Games is seeking to highlight the dangers of…