Lyn Collins

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the subsequent provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) both existed based on British policies and involvement related to Irish Independence. The IRA of the early 1900s “fought an insurgency that successfully challenged British rule in the whole of Ireland” (Gregory, 2010), this challenge resulted in an agreement granting Irish Independence in 1921. Independence was agreed upon with a caveat that the 6 northern counties be retained by the British. This…

In Suzanne Collins awards winning novel The Hunger Games, she writes out the experience of main character, Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is only one of the twenty-four children who are forced to take part in a fight to death race to survival known as The Hunger Games. It is a yearly event where a boy and a girl are chosen from each district to be placed in an enclosed wooded area and pressured to fight each other all while being televised. The novel takes place in Panem, a post-apocalyptic…

Chapter Fourteen Myth or a Man? To here with spell check At the Dublin airport Lane and Blair were able to spot the waving hand of Frederick at the waiting area. With him was a dapper, cagey thirty-three-yearold six foot tall, medium-size man with eyes that remained mysteriously hidden behind shades. Both of his hands were anchored on his hips‒ the man was Sean McGinty. Also with Linzyc were Hanna and Gellman. Giving the good…

How has social media influenced our children to the fact that killing is okay? Why is PTSD more dangerous for the person after the battle than during? (1) In the simplest terms, The Hunger Game trilogy flows along the mindset of a survivalist who has gotten in deep over their head. The story is about two young kids who are drafted into fighting in a coliseum, to the death. Their story there is a morbid, traumatic, climax for survival. The tributes (who are the children) Peeta and Katniss have…

The Hunger Games trilogy is a story about media manipulation and the effects it can have on the people who are subject to the images and voices they hear through the media. The story revolves around a young girl named Katniss Everdeen and the dystopian society she lives in. This society is in the country of Panem which is North America in the future. Which has now been taken over by a tyrannical dictatorship that has a tight control over its people, who have been divided up into 12 districts…

even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.”. Adolf Hitler was the famous leader of the infamous Nazi party and was a beloved dictator in his people 's eyes much like President Snow in the novel trilogy The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Adolf Hitler believed that there was a certain type of people superior to others. President Snow demonstrates a similar attitude seeing his residents of the Capitol as being superior to the lesser individuals dwelling in the Districts. In…

Gale Hawthorne is an ethical type of a person. He is the type of guy who has transformed from a person who had feelings for other human beings, to a person who wants revenge on the Capitol and leave no prisoners behind, due to the traumas he faced. Gales hatred for the capitol came after they bombed district 12, but he managed to saved 800 people. Getting revenge for something doesn’t mean necessarily killing them all or trying to bomb the capitol, but that’s the mindset that Gale has. He is…

What is grit? No, not the small pieces of sand and stone, but the trait that many of us are oblivious to. Grit isn’t something you can purchase at your local grocery store, but a quality that is acquired through determination and perseverance. In the Ted Talk, “The Keys to Success? Grit”, Angela Lee Duckworth goes on to explain in depth the meaning of this complex characteristic. She states, “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking…

written by Suzanne Collins. Before the book Mockingjay, Katniss Everdeen volunteers as a tribute for her sister Primrose, so that Prim will not have to go into “The Hunger Games”, a deadly war of innocent people. Soon, Katniss knows she has a job to do, once she realizes that their world is being taken over by President Snow. In Suzanne Collins’s book Mockingjay, it is common for the reader to sense Collins explaining that tenderness and love can overcome any obstacle. Suzanne Collins…

Children literature includes books, magazines, stories and poems that children enjoy. It can be traced to stories and songs which were part of the oral tradition that adults shared with their children before the advent of publication. The development of children literature is difficult to trace. However, from the 15th century AD, a large volume of literature, often with a religious or moral message, has been targeted specifically at children. Many of the children books acknowledged today as…