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    The first one is The Hunger Games. The book follows Katniss Everdeen, a 16 year old girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th Hunger games so that her sister does not have to participate. The hunger games is a death match between the children chosen from each district to participate. The Hunger Games is a great example of breaking common gender stereotypes as the main character is a strong and independent female character. Katniss does not rely on the usual stereotypical male character…

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    Everybody faces challenges, but not everybody can handle what life throws their way. In the dystopian worlds of “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins and William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies”, both authors explore the lives of young and naïve teenagers, experiencing dangerous worlds that they have never imagined before. In “Lord of the Flies”, a plane crashes into an island with a group of boys that become isolated. Young, ordinary schoolboys must fend for themselves on a desert with no external…

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    the people being cleansed out of their own community? Do they appear to be a burden that needs to be washed off by their community? One would also ask what the role of the Fire Department was in addressing a protest situation? What is their role in ensuring the safety of people in a protest that did not involve any use of fire? Why is it only the man to the extreme right on the receiving end of the assault? Is he protecting the others or he just happened to be the unfortunate one there at the…

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    Introduction In health and safety management programmers students will procure information and frameworks important to oversee and control misfortune, to distinguish and secure against potential liabilities and to guarantee consistence of existing government and commonplace administrative prerequisites. The expanding need to ensure safety against accident or injuries and forestall any kind of harm and sickness makes this program immensely significant on the foundation of an organizational health…

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    Payment woes is refer to the payment problems that often be an issue in construction industry which mainly involves contractors. Frequently, payment woes is a common cause of arguments in the construction industry all over the world. This issue on payment woes is raising problems in construction industry and getting worst. It has reached to the point where may affect construction industry’s reputation. This payment woes issue is related with ethics practices as whether the contractors problem in…

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    Katniss Tribute

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    After a war, North America was split into 12 districts and the nation was called Panem. Katniss lives in one of the poorest districts, District 12, and after her father’s death, she is put through a very difficult time in which she is forced to learn how to survive not only for herself but for her family as well. With the help of her friend Gale and the hunting skills she learned from her father, Katniss is able to keep her family fed and safe. An annual event, The Hunger Games, was created by…

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    Kimbote In Pale Fire

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    Whether one is attempting to glean the hidden meanings within the 999 lines of Pale Fire or determine the sanity and identity of the narrator, a great number of mysteries still surround Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Pale Fire. Many theories have been put forward by various academics, including those who were close to Nabokov, that helps to reveal the identity of Kinbote; many of the ideas revolve around Kimbote being a made up fictional character created for Shade’s novel, while another puts forward…

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    Remember when the first Star Wars came out in the late seventies? Everyone was so excited to watch it and it was a huge success too. It is shocking to see how far Hollywood has come! From low-end cameras, unreal special effects, and battles kids today would call dull; they went to high quality video production, realistic effects, epic fight scenes and more dynamic actors. Star Wars: A New Hope was about a young boy named Luke Skywalker who lived on the planet Tatooine with his Aunt and Uncle. He…

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    The Hunger Games

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    Suzanne Collins in her novel The Hunger Games offers a critique on Western culture and civilization. In this novel through the portrayal of dystopian society that is driven by technology and consumerism Suzanne Collins explores and advocates against the commodification of youths and neglect for environment. The Hunger Games, first of a trilogy, set in a time after environmental havoc and massacre, replaced by a dystopian country Panem, comprised of 12 suffering districts ruled by the Capitol…

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    Call That Changed My Life

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    The Call That Changed My Life I was 18 Years Old, brand new on Groveland Fire Department with only a few months of experience, I recently graduated High School, I recount a call that has forever changed who I was and made me into who I aspire to be. What you’re about to read will take you not only through my eyes, but my choices, my compassion & commitment to helping others, and the remorse that follows first responders with tragic events that the public rarely sees, knowing that despite you…

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