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    struggles of our country and the way we function as a whole. People worry about our future after looking at our countries issues, especially about our power and control laws. Through The Hunger Games movie directed by Gary Ross and written by Suzanne Collins, we see how this series of events foreshadows…

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    Whole Rotten Lot Theme

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    The Whole Rotten Lot An important theme in the book, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins is the radical difference in lifestyles between the rich and the poor. The page of this book that best illustrates this concept is page sixty-five. At this point in the story line, Katniss has already been stripped from her home in District 12 and shuttled off to the Capitol to compete in the 74th annual Hunger Games. Katniss’ transition from life in District 12 to life in the Capitol is a tremendous one,…

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    Gale’s motives while I do nothing but doubt the latter’s. It’s not a fair comparison really. Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other’s survival means our own death. How do you sidestep that?” (Collins, 112). Suzanne Collins does an incredible job throughout the book getting the reader interested in the main character and making them emotionally attached. The reader feels as though they are Katnis in this crazy book of death, trust, love, and…

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    Why is the Hunger Games books banned? The hunger games series is made by Suzanne Collins and is and action adventure and war series it is told from the perspective of Katniss Everdeen who lives in post-apocalyptic nation known as panama in north America ruling over 13 districts with tech and an iron fist after district 13 led the other districts is a failed rebellion the leader of the country president snow installed the hunger games to punish the districts 1 boy and 1 girl from each district…

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    Mockingjay Theme Essay

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    Angel Maldonado P.5 History Doomed to Repeat Itself As we all know, Suzanne Collins created a trilogy called the Hunger Games that many people may consider incredible or outstanding. One of the books from the trilogy, known as Mockingjay, stands out. Why? Well, it seems that this book has multiple similarities to the civil war that took place on the beautiful grounds of our home, the United States. Now, did Suzanne Collins intend to have the book relate to the civil war? Could be a possibility.…

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    The series of the Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins is a new world not like ours. It's a country called Panem with a bunch of Districts surrounding the Capital were the president lives. The Capital is the government which is in control of all, almost like a communist country. In Panem the Hunger games are way to entertain the citizens who live in the capital. The capital uses the hunger games to strike fear in the districts to restore order. Each District has limited resources, which has…

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    Stop tweeting, stop texting and stop face-booking, you think you’re private messaging? Think again. Someone is always watching; our government has made it this way. Doesn’t that sound familiar, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins? The capitol has complete control over Panem. The Hunger Games is about 12 districts that are forced to give up two tributes to fight to the death in an arena. But throughout the book the story isn’t just that, it shows how controlling the Capitol is, in which they…

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    Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem,” he says. “Why don 't you just kill me now?” I blurt out. “Publicly?” he asks. “That would only add fuel to the flames” (Collins Pg 10). Katniss Everdeen was initially given the nickname “the girl on fire” when her stylist designed a dress that was on fire and caught the eyes of the people of Panem. Katniss’ spark poses as a threat to the control the capital has on the…

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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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    As I sit alone surrounded by silence my imagination grows like a wildfire, my face is buried in the pages, vivid images fill my head, with each turned page a new detail is revealed. A tragic story of bravery and survival in a Utopian society has struck my interest and has lured me in, with every exciting twist and turn. As the last words roll off of my tongue and linger in the air, I stare blankly at the pages in front of me. The last images are being pieced together in the back of my mind, and…

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