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    In Suzanne Collins’ exciting novel The Hunger Games, the author depicts the struggle of two tributes from District 12 and their personal development as well as how they survive in the harsh wilderness of the arena. In the beginning of the Hunger Games the story takes place in District 12, which is a part of the nation of Panem. Panem was originally home of 13 Districts but the government took control and destroyed the 13th because the people tried to rebel. As a punishment for what they did…

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    The Rise and Soar of Dystopian In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, their central government, the Capitol, holds a game where a leader picks names- one boy and one girl- from each district to “keep the peace.” In the game, the contestants each have weapons and supplies they assemble from the Cornucopia and utilize them to protect themselves as well as use them on the others as they all fight to be the last one standing, but the game-makers offer challenges for them as well. One obstacle…

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    Review 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…

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    In chapters 1-5 of, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the reader is told of a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen. When Katniss was 11 her father died in a mine explosion, so she was then left with her mother and her younger sister, Prim. Katniss’s mother became ill and completely ignored her family, and since Katniss’s father was the one that did all the work, Katniss had to learn to follow in her dad's footsteps, since her mother couldn’t. She struggled at first but she soon figured…

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    In the dystopian novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen lives in a dystopian society that is separated into 12 Districts where they have annual “Hunger Games.” A boy and a girl from each district are placed into an arena to fight to the death but there can only be one victor, that is rained with glory, riches, and has the privilege to live in the “Victor’s Village” of their respective Districts. Katniss’ sister, Prim, was drawn and was sentenced to fight in The Hunger Games.…

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    Summary The story takes place in the future in a country called Panem. The country has twelve districts, they used to have 13 but the people of district 13 revolted against the Capitol. The Capitol is the place where all the rich people live. Because district 13 revolted, the capitol broke the district and now it doesn’t exist any longer. The Captiol wanted to make sure that something like that never happens again so they came up with a game called The Hunger Games. Each year a boy and a girl of…

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    The Hunger games through different sociological perspectives and ideas In the first movie of the Hunger games series, there are just two types of social classes which is the rich (Capitol) and the poor (the 12 districts). The differences of social classes in this movie are strongly pointed out. Especially, since the capital holds an annual event called the “Hunger games” in which they (The capitol) pick one girl and boy from each district and have them fight to the death till there is only one…

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    “‘I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!’” (Collins 22) That is Katniss’ most famous line from the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The book is in Katniss’ point of view or 1st person. Even though it is a science fiction it seem pretty real to the reader. There is about 370 pages in the book. The main conflict in the Hunger Games is that they live in a world where there are 24 kids from the ages 12-18 who are sent into an arena to fight to the death. The underlying conflict is that…

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    be saving. All through The Hunger Games and at this point in Catching Fire, Katniss with intention of how her actions are going to be perceived. Now that a year past since the first game, Katniss is a year older and a year wiser and begins to show agency. As the reality of life in the Districts is revealed to her during the Victory Tour, Katniss discovers she can no more overlook the situation of others. Along these lines, Catching Fire is a coming-of-age. Katniss finally begins to take…

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    Catching Fire Book Report

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    Good morning sir and class Catching Fire is the second book of The Hunger Games trilogy. The author of the book is Suzanne Collins and was published on the first of September 2009. Catching fire is a sequel to the first book, The Hunger Games and continues the story Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic country of Panem. The book is set in North America around 100-200 years in the future in a dystopian society. There are 12 districts in Panem and each district provides resources for the…

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