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    Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins is my favorite author. She wrote The Hunger Games trilogy, Gregor the Overlander books, as well as some other children's books. Although you might not like futuristic writing, Suzanne Collins is a great author because gives a great action packed dystopian story, that inspires you to make a difference, and connects to audience through unbelievable metaphors. I remember reading The Hunger Games for as long as I possibly could. I would go to school the next day sleep deprived because I was up all night reading. Collins’ books had a bigger influence on my life as well. Her work are what really launched me into reading higher level books. Although these books are not at a high context level they definitely have a higher meaning.…

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    I read Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins. The book is about a young woman who accidently enraged the leader of her country. The districts have a war against the Capital (where the leader is). The point of view is first person. The story takes place sometime in the future. The area it takes place in is not clear. The two forms of conflict are person vs. self and person vs. society. The main character in the story is Katniss Everdeen she is the mockingjay, (or the rebel leader.) She goes to a…

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    Sacrifice comes from selflessness, compassion, and extraordinary love. This matter is demonstrated in the book Mockingjay, 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…

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    One of the best selling series in the world is the Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins has received tons of fame from this series. She is a 55 years old woman who writes multiple books and series. Many people may not know about her personal life, how she got her start, or even about The Hunger Games. Suzanne had to move all the time as a child because she was born in a military family. Her father was in the Vietnam War. She was the youngest of all 4 children. When Suzanne was a teenager, her…

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    Writers as Suzanne Collins’s book, presents a dystopian America, that the author named Panem; a futuristic America completely unlike to the America, that nowadays people would dream of a future “begins long after the human population has been decimated by climate change and the wars that followed. Now North America is the nation of Panem, a country with twelve fenced-in districts that all work to feed the enormously wealthy and technologically advanced capital,” (Suzanne, 2016). The biography…

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    “District Twelve. Where 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…

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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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    Sacrifice means spending less time on entertainment and more time on improving your life and family. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a layered story about a sixteen year old girl named Katniss. The story is set in the future in North America now called Panem. Panem is split in to 13 districts and the capital. The capital is home to President Snow who rules over Panem. The 13th district however doesn’t exist anymore because they rebelled against the capital and the district was turned to…

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    Suzanne Collins has attracted millions with her novel The Hunger Games. Full of twists and turns, loss and love, self-discovery, compassion, bravery and the extremely controlling and vile Capital, this novel is one that keeps you entertained and at the edge of your seat until the very last page. When you really analyze this book in depth, it becomes more and more apparent that it is actually a mirror image of our society today. Valerie Frankel, a scholarly writer, agrees by stating, “Panem with…

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    The Hunger Games (Chapter 1) is a novel excerpt by Suzanne Collins. Katniss wakes up and goes out hunting, in the woods she meets with gale. Gale and Katniss then go back home and get ready for the reaping, at the reaping she isn’t chosen but her little sister was. Suzanne Collins uses indirect characterization to give insight into her protagonist Katniss. The way the author characterizes Katniss Everdeen most effectively would be through the thoughts she has. The way the author characterizes…

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