Cato the Younger

On option for reform is the Cato Institute, which plans to split split the Social Security payments in half. Just like many reform propositions, has detractors, this, for example, this is a frightening proposition for those already receiving benefits, since there would be less taxes entering. The Cato Institute’s ”6.2 Percent Solution” is one of many policy recommendations to help reform Social Security, but one which is especially frightening to the elderly. The Cato Institute builds its…

basically saved his life because if it weren't for her, he would have had an arrow in his face. I hated Peeta so much for saying that. He must have noticed that what he said was wrong because he apologized. We couldn't hide here anymore. If we stayed, Cato would come and finished us off. “Let's go to the center of the games.” I said. “Are you crazy?” said Peeta getting up. “ that could get us killed?”…

are well represented in today’s society. There are few people who do not know at least a little about Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, but up until a few years ago almost no one knew who King Leonidas of Sparta was and still few people know who Cato the Elder is. Is it fair that these great men, men just as worthy of praise as Caesar and Alexander, are shunned and forgotten in today’s society? In comparison these men are all worthy of praise, so why are two remembered as great leaders and…

capitol. In the Hunger Games, the main character and narrator is 16 year old Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is strong, resourceful, and very mature. Katniss is the backbone of her family which consists of, her mother, and her younger sister, Prim. Katniss is extremely protective of her younger sister, and she volunteers as tribute to…

Katniss Everdeen’s Hunting skills vs Hunger Games Opponents Katniss Everdeen who lives in a dystopia volunteers to enter a game of death for her younger sister and prepares herself for what to expect, however not everything can be prepared for. Katniss used her hunting skills to kill enemies, find food but still wasn't prepared to kill humans that had not affected her before. Secondly, Katniss was in the Hunger Games arena for along time and she needs food to survive so she used…

In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the main character, Katniss Everdeen is a young girl who holds the weight of her family on her back. When she was eleven, Katniss’s father died in a coal mining accident. She was left to provide and protect for her young sister and heartbroken mother. To do this, Katniss learns to hunt alongside a boy from her district, Gale Hawthrone. Together they illegally cross the fence every day to hunt and gather in the vast woods outside. Katniss becomes…

tripped her. Later in the novel, Amari, Polly, Tidbit, and Teenie are locked in the smokehouse, after they were caught lying to Percival. Teenie tells Cato, an old but experienced slave, to put seeds in Clay’s midnight wine to make him eligible to sell the three children at the slave auction. Mr. Derby tells Dr. Hoskins to sell the young group. Yet, Cato tells the three girls, “Doc Hoskins ain’t got it in him to sell nobody”(190). The reader knows that it will be a hard decision for the doctor…

Katniss’s strengths and some of her weaknesses. Katniss Everdeen reveals herself as being a character of a great heart and compassion in both the book and film for the ones that she loves. Collins shows this in both the book and movie as Katniss’s younger sibling Prim is selected in the reaping to compete in the games and she screams out,…

they are comedy and tragedy. Plautus was well known from writing comedy. Most of his comedies are “based loosely on Greek ‘New Comedies.’” In addition, he adds musicals more than spoken theater to make the concept more happy and enjoyable. Plautus’s younger contemporary was Publius Terentius After, otherwise known as Terence. Terence has followed his lead and wrote comedies as well. However, his comedies involved less slapstick and music. Once of his best pieces was called “The Brothers”…

authoritarian governments, and how fashion is an important aspect of our society. The story begins by showing the life of the main character and narrator of the book, sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen. Katniss lives with her sister that is four years younger than her, Primrose, and their mother. Their father died…