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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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    Who Is Katniss Selfless

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    Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is the main character of the hit movie “The Hunger Games” based off the book written by Suzanne Collins. Katniss grew up in the Seam, the poorest part of district 12. Katniss comes from a family of four, but since her father died in a mining explosion, she has been forced to take the place of her mother, who shut down and isolated herself, and Katniss has to take care of her younger sister, Primrose. This involved breaking a lot of laws and putting herself at…

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    Joseph savoy 05/25/16 Mrs.Guerera Period 3 Hunger games mokingjay Katniss has a new position as a rebel in District 13. She and a few others were taken from the Quarter Quell (Katniss's second Hunger Games), but Peeta wasn't one of them he's still missing, under control of the Capitol. Katniss is still scared by President Snow. After much thinking she decides to be the figurehead, the Mockingjay, for the rebel side. In return, she gets immunity for her friends and permission to kill Snow.…

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    The Hunger Games is thankfully not based on a true story. Well the story is about a capitol surrounded by 12 districts, those districts are very harsh and very cruel. The district's force the capitols to bring all the the kids they have ages 12-18 to participate on the annual Hunger Games and fight to the death on live TV. All the kids dress to impress they got ready to get chosen even though no one wanted to get chosen they were all afraid to die they weren't ready. Effie Trinket is the…

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    you can starve to death in safety,.” said Katniss Everdeen. 74 years ago theretheir was a rebellion. They lost, and the punishment was every year theretheir was a game, which children from 12-18 had to fight. This great book was written by Suzanne Collins. The name of the book iswas called “The Hunger Games”. The time period for the hunger games is between 2090-2100. This war had two sides, the Rrebellions and the Ccapital. The Ccapital won. ThereTheir was a treaty signed where it said children…

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    The Hunger Games written by the American novelist Suzanne Collins is the first book in The Hunger Games Trilogy. The book is a science fiction dystopian novel where the setting takes place somewhere in the future. While the exact time, year or date is not revealed, it’s assumed that the story takes place at least hundred years or more in the future. One of the reasons that the story is set in the future is the technology. In the novel the technology is very similar to our current technology, but…

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    Before the Hunger Games begin, each pair of tributes are assigned to a floor in the training center. The training center is where their bedrooms and dining halls are located. Katniss’ room was like a dream come true for her; she loved it. Throughout the whole day, Effie was very excited to work with them, and finding sponsors for Peeta and Katniss. The entire team consisting of Haymitch, Peeta, Katniss, Cinna, Portia, and Effie all gathered to eat and talk about the days to come. During dinner…

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    After I read “The Hunger Games”, by Suzanne Collins, I have noticed some ironic situations. The author showed how people could act ironically. The Capitol people in this novel react with Peeta when he confesses his love to Katniss as they support him or feel sorry for him, but when it comes to the arena, they want to see deaths. The first time readers are introduced to how the capitol audience reacts is when the tributes showed themselves in the opening ceremony. Readers see how the audience…

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    In the dystopian novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the country of Panem is ruled by the futuristic city called the Capitol and they rule the Districts 1-12. Every year in Panem two people, tributes, are picked to compete in a battle to the death called The Hunger Games which was created as a punishment for the Districts rebelling against the Capitol. We follow the tributes for District 12, Katniss and Peeta, and their lives before and throughout the Games. The Hunger Games has come a…

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    Katniss Mockingjay Thesis

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    The book The Hunger Games: Mockingjay is the third instalment in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. This book is told through the eyes of the main character Katniss Everdeen, which is first person point of view. In the first book in the trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen had volunteered as tribute to be put into what the Capitol called The Hunger Games. Katniss and her partner Peeta had won The Hunger Games, but the Capitol decided they weren't done with them. So in the…

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