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    In the science fiction novel Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins takes place in the rebuilt district 13. The story also takes place throughout all of Panem and the Capitol. Katniss is the leader of the revolution that she feels guilty for starting. She is essentially the most vital character of them all. Everyone looks up to her as the Mockingjay to support in leading them to get full freedom. She blames President Snow for all of her suffering and her fundamental goal is to kill snow. Gale is of…

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    As individuals, we are enabled to discover ourselves and the world around us. With this concept, it is essential 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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do that there is a part of every tribute they can’t own,’” (Collins 38-39). Her outspokenness provides the spark to ignite the fire of revolution. Her eventual victory in the Hunger Games gives people the courage to fight the Capitol and its corrupt ways. This text shows students that longevity does not give an act or event justification. The books that students read in school…

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    Person with a Passion Passion is one’s strong or obsessive feeling in someone or something. As we are humans, we have different interests and passions based on our beliefs, knowledges, and upbringings. It’s interesting why someone thinks something is passionate. Here is a passion interviewing from my friend, Dreamteam. He has the passion for The Hunger Games, a series of adventure novels. The main story is two protagonists, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, lived in a dystopia called Panem.…

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    Is the safety of others or the safety of oneself more important? The Hunger games by Suzanne Collins is set in the Capitol of Panem, which has a cruel government and it’s divided into twelve districts. As a punishment for a revolution in the past, the Capitol created the Hunger Games. One boy and one girl are chosen from each district to fight on live television until only one child remains. Katniss Everdeen the main character, changes from a selfish, self-independent girl to a sacrificing…

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    not overlooked as she and her fellow district tribute, Peeta, ride into The Capitol. He does this by representing her district as something new, not the black dull coal district 12 is usually represented as but as fire. Sparking something big, transforming Katniss into the Girl on Fire. The tributes then go through training for the games. This training ends with the tributes given a number from 1 to 12 depending on what the gamemakers think their chances are of winning. These scores are then…

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    she survived many hard times during the games just like a “Mockingjay” would, hence Katniss’s nickname the Mockingjay. In addition, Katniss is called “The Girl On Fire”, once more she is not literally on fire (despite her costume made by Cinna) but she allied the districts, to go against the capitol, which is referred to as on “fire” because it was hard to do. Moreover, “The sun is a searing blade on my skin” the sun was not literally a blade, but it felt painful, therefore the metaphor “a…

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