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    Why is the Hunger Games books banned? The hunger games series is made by Suzanne Collins and is and action adventure and war series it is told from the perspective of Katniss Everdeen who lives in post-apocalyptic nation known as panama in north America ruling over 13 districts with tech and an iron fist after district 13 led the other districts is a failed rebellion the leader of the country president snow installed the hunger games to punish the districts 1 boy and 1 girl from each district…

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    In this chapter it is Katniss and Peeta’s first day of training, and they meet with the rest of their crew in the lounge area. Katniss is irritated to see that she and Peeta are dressed precisely alike again. Soon she thinks, they will have to drop the twin act, especially since they are expected to kill one another. Haymitch converses with them about strategy, asking if they would like to be coached independently or together, and Katniss suggests they receive their instructing together, Peeta…

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    Read the corresponding excerpt from The Hunger Games out loud as the students follow along with their copies of the novel, on page 148, where Katniss describes the scene where the games are about to begin. She is standing there on a platform waiting for the gong to ring out to begin the fighting to the death with the other tributes. The scene describes one minute lapsing. After reading, ask students, “What types of details did Katniss give us about her first impressions of the arena?” Answers…

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    “girl on fire” had to endure in Suzanne Collins’ fictional book “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. This book is suggested for readers of ages 13-22. Katniss experienced this horror once and made it out alive with her district 12 partner, Peeta. After making it out alive the first time Katniss was forced to go through the horror again. Will she make it out alive again? Katniss Everdeen has just returned from the 74th annual Hunger Games and is trying to get her life back to normal. Her life…

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    1. The reaping is an opportunity to keep the population well. Twelve through eighteen-year olds gather together to begin a Hunger Game. There is one girl and boy chosen to fight to the death and the last one standing wins. In paragraph 7 it states, “The reaping is a good opportunity for the Capitol to keep tabs on the population as well. Twelve- through eighteen-year-olds are herded into roped areas marked off by ages…” Katniss thinks that Prim is safe from the reaping because she is one out of…

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    take a powerful book such as The Hunger Games, and don’t make the movie version of it as powerful? Well, this is exactly what happened in the film directed by Gary Ross. The Hunger Games are a 24 free for all survival game, with the last man or woman standing wins. With the contestants being chosen by a card in a bowl, two participants from all 12 districts will be taken to the capitol and will prepare for the games ahead. Between the book and the movie of The Hunger Games, the book is more…

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    While I enjoyed the idea behind The Hunger Games because it exposed the corruption of the rich and exploitation of the poor, I did not fully appreciate your portrayal of the heroine Katniss Everdeen because of the lack of character development. My main critique of Katniss is that she did not act like the heroine you attempted to portray her as. She was extremely selfish throughout almost the entire series. In the beginning of the first book, Katniss volunteered in place of Prim, which made…

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    I don't think the hunger games should be in the book because they kill innocent people, they could make people who win into murderers, and they would probably make people who win scared and have nightmares. In the book the hunger games has changed by.. In the beginning the hunger games the game makers really didn't get involved with putting things in the games. Towards the middle they started putting mutts and stuff into the games. Towards the end they started putting a lot of mutts in and a…

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    girl, and you were forced to fight to death in a harsh environment? This is what Katniss Everdeen faces in Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. She is a typical teenage girl helping her family and she ends up winning her life in a violent game. She has to starve and overcome many obstacles in the hunger games. This story is a fantasy, science fiction, and a thriller. In the Hunger Games they live in a colony with different districts, Katniss and her family live in the tenth…

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    There are many similarities between the film and novel of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The characters, setting, and plot are the same. The characters are well portrayed in the movie. Both the movie and book focus on the main character, Katniss Everdeen. Katniss and Peeta, the winners of the 74th hunger games, start off by going on a winner’s tour. The tour shows beginnings of the rebellion. President Snow orders Katniss to try and stop the rebelling but she fails at doing it. President Snow…

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