To Kill a Mockingbird was first published in July of 1960, this novel tells the story of six-year-old Jean Lous Finch, commonly known as Scout, and her adventures with her brother Jem, and the neighbor kid Dill. In the small fictional town of Maycomb Alabama. Scout talks about dodging the strange shut in named Boo Radley, refusing to act like a lady, and all the life lessons and great advice from her father who is a lawyer, Atticus Finch. Spanning from the years 1933 to 1935 and this book revolves around a trial where her father Atticus defends a black man who was accused of raping a white girl and the repercussions after the trial was over. With both novels, there is loss, and this leads to both girls in The Secret Garden and To Kill a
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The Hunger Games tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen years old girl who take the place of her younger sister in a fight to the death competition. This competition is put on by her government called Panem and this competition is known as the Hunger Games. Published in 2008 Collins writes about Katniss as she is flashed around and put on display for the whole world while she fakes falling in love with Peeta the boy from her district. She has to win the publics love while also using her amazing skills with a bow to survive against the other contestants or …show more content…
All over the capital Katniss witnesses people with an incredible amount of makeup and expensive clothing. She is required to wear makeup and have jaw dropping outfits so people will like her and sponsor her throughout the games. Women today think they must wear a lot of makeup and dress to get others to like them. If their faces aren’t shaded just right they aren’t beautiful. All over the media people show how to contour makeup properly to look perfect, models who look fantastic, even the dolls young girls play with have a beautiful face. All that makeup to make young women look perfect is incredibly expensive. According to Instyle.com, women on average spend $15,000 on makeup in their lifetime. (Mychaskiw). Collins writes Katniss as a girl who doesn’t need to be perfect, helping shatter the stereotype that women need to
The Hunger Games tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen years old girl who take the place of her younger sister in a fight to the death competition. This competition is put on by her government called Panem and this competition is known as the Hunger Games. Published in 2008 Collins writes about Katniss as she is flashed around and put on display for the whole world while she fakes falling in love with Peeta the boy from her district. She has to win the publics love while also using her amazing skills with a bow to survive against the other contestants or …show more content…
All over the capital Katniss witnesses people with an incredible amount of makeup and expensive clothing. She is required to wear makeup and have jaw dropping outfits so people will like her and sponsor her throughout the games. Women today think they must wear a lot of makeup and dress to get others to like them. If their faces aren’t shaded just right they aren’t beautiful. All over the media people show how to contour makeup properly to look perfect, models who look fantastic, even the dolls young girls play with have a beautiful face. All that makeup to make young women look perfect is incredibly expensive. According to Instyle.com, women on average spend $15,000 on makeup in their lifetime. (Mychaskiw). Collins writes Katniss as a girl who doesn’t need to be perfect, helping shatter the stereotype that women need to