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The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel written by Suzanne Collins and is set in the future in Panem, the future North America, where a teenage girl named Katniss Everdeen has to compete in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual competition in which each 12 districts have to force a boy and a girl tribute to fight to the death with other boys and girls from the other districts. Katniss Everdeen, the main character, is a sixteen-year-old girl whose younger sister, Prim Everdeen, was randomly chosen to be the girl tribute for the Hunger Games for her district, District 12. Katniss immediately volunteered to take her sister’s place in her stead and is now competing in the Hunger Games along with Peeta Mellark, the boy tribute for
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When it comes to characters, Katniss and Leon are both visibly different. Katniss was exposed to the real world at a young age while Leon gained knowledge of the real world through the conflicts he had to deal with. But both are similar in way that they were able to overcome their conflicts with their attained knowledge. Both conflicts in the book were also similar because both characters had to face off their own or another society/group. Leon had to learn to be strong against the Nazis, while Katniss had to rebel and survive against the Capitol’s inhumane ways. This shows that both books share the similar theme of Man vs …show more content…
It’s a book that I have enjoyed because it’s a dystopian novel, of one my favorite genres. I enjoy reading the concept of a falling and corrupt government and rebellions against the government. Another aspect I liked about the book are the fictional creatures and species like the mockingjay and tracker jackers. I like it when books have fictional creatures and other creative aspects because it makes the story original.
Another book I also enjoyed reading is The Boy On The Wooden Box. Something I liked about the book was that it was nonfiction. I liked the fact it’s nonfiction because it was informational and contained real experiences. Also, since the author of the book is the main character himself, I felt that I was able to comprehend Leon’s character

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