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    Katniss is the female victor of the 74th annual Hunger Games, which is an event where 24 kids go in and only one comes out alive. She went into the games for one sole reason to save her sister from having to participate in the games. Katniss is a nurturing person who protects and cares for people throughout the story. Katniss is a protective and nurturing person in many ways and on multiple occasions she shows this. Katniss in the beginning story was shown hunting so she can provide for her…

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    The hunger games by Susan Collins is about a young 16 year old girl name Katniss Everdeen whom finds herself in a sticky situation on the day of the reaping when her young sister prim is chosen as a tribute for district 12. Katniss quickly volunteers herself in place of her sister to protect her sister. The time has come and the journey begins Katniss is up against several other tributes some whom are trained for this matter, others hoping to make it to the end including Peeta the boy chosen as…

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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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    The Hunger Games is an adventure novel written in 2008 by Suzanne Collins. The book is the first of a trilogy and tells of a post-apocalyptic country where a sophisticated metropolis has gained political and military power over the rest of the nation. This metropolis divides the country into twelve districts and designates that every year each district must produce a boy and a girl for the annual televised reality show. These boys and girls must fight to the death for the amusement of the upper…

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    Katniss Everdeen, they're against her. In the novel ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins, there are an abundant amount of characters with great backgrounds and different personalities. She encompasses several amazing people such as Katniss Everdeen, who is a brave and charming girl. In the book, Collins explains the hardships and life of Katniss. While she has to fight to the death with other kids, the Capital is just watching as the entire game rolls on. The Capital is doing this because…

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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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    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins takes place in a post apocalyptic society where the only way to keep the “districts” in check is by hosting an annual program, known as a celebration, called The Hunger Games. During The Hunger Games one male and one female between the ages of 12-17 are chosen from each district. They are forced to fight to the death until only one remains as the victor. This year Katniss Everdeen, a poor girl from district 12, volunteers to take her sister’s place in the…

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    Novel Cathy Joe In the Novel ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins the book is set in the Dystopian future. It is set in North America which is divided into 12 districts. Katniss Everdeen a 16 year old girl who has a younger sister, Prim who is 12 years old and a mother who have depended upon Katniss for survival ever since Katniss ' father died in a mine explosion when she was 11. The Hunger Games is when each year a girl and boy from the range of 12 to 18,…

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    Summary: After the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen leaves on a Victory Tour around the Districts and Capitol with her pretend lover, Peeta Mellark. President Snow tells her to convince the entire country of Panem of her undying love for Peeta in order to halt uprisings in the Districts, but she fails. After the Tour, the government announces a change for the 75th Hunger Games requiring the Districts to send victors as tributes, and Katniss must enter the arena again. Her allies encounter numerous…

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    a powerful book such as The Hunger Games, and don’t make the movie version of it as powerful? Well, this is exactly what happened in the film directed by Gary Ross. The Hunger Games are a 24 free for all survival game, with the last man or woman standing wins. With the contestants being chosen by a card in a bowl, two participants from all 12 districts will be taken to the capitol and will prepare for the games ahead. Between the book and the movie of The Hunger Games, the book is more powerful…

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