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    VS. Hunger Games As I read the book Fahrenheit 451, I started to notice that that book had a lot of things in common with the book hunger games. Both authors use fire in their stories, and both books are controlled by the government. Not one person has any freedom really, I mean they do but it doesn't seem like it because in Fahrenheit 451 the people have their certain laws as in hunger games as well. However both novels are different in their own ways, like the hunger games has these games of…

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    hero. Most heroes usually do some sort of selfless act to help or save another person. There can also be everyday heroes. These people do small but important acts for others. In the novel Hunger Games, I think that Katniss Everdeen is definitely a hero for many reasons. Throughout her time in the Hunger Games, she does many brave things to help her friends. She could have died multiple times, but she risked her life in many instances. First of all, Katniss was an hero at her house in…

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    The books 1984 and The Hunger Games are similar in many ways from their totalitarian governments to their strict district rules. In the Hunger Games president Snow is the leader, he is located at the capitol and is the “game 's” leader. He oversees the games, the players and tries to corrupt the members of the capital into thinking that the destroying of the districts, the games, and killing is all apart of a big game. As in 1984 Big Brother is compared to president snow, the people both fear…

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    faced at the reaping, when she was going to be shipped off to the capitol to "participate" in the 74th annual hunger games. This sacrifice of herself was the first of many that she had to make throughout The Hunger Games, soon followed by the sacrificing of her allies, and the other tributes in the arena. Katniss Everdeen had to sacrifice herself multiple…

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    laws and leaders, there are people who are willing to stand up for their moral convictions regardless of the potential consequences. In the 2012 movie The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross and in the ancient Greek play "Antigone, ,written by Sophocles, a strong female main character is present. Katniss Everdeen volunteers in the 73rd hunger games to save her sister while Antigone buries her brother Polynices against the laws of the king, her uncle, Creon and is sentenced to death. Both are…

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    Reaping for the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers as tribute to take the place of her sister which starts her journey. “Effie Trinket crosses back to the podium, smoothes the slip of paper, and reads out the name in a clear voice It’s Primrose Everdeen”. “I volunteer!” I gasp. “I volunteer as tribute!” (page 25). Katniss does not refuse the call in this story. Katniss encounters her Supernatural Aid, Haymitch Abernathy, once she boards the train to go to the Capital for the games. Haymitch…

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    Katniss Everdeen

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    In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the main character, Katniss Everdeen is a young girl who holds the weight of her family on her back. When she was eleven, Katniss’s father died in a coal mining accident. She was left to provide and protect for her young sister and heartbroken mother. To do this, Katniss learns to hunt alongside a boy from her district, Gale Hawthrone. Together they illegally cross the fence every day to hunt and gather in the vast woods outside. Katniss becomes…

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    I am writing about the movie The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games takes place in Panem, North America. It represents a “future” dystopian society. The country has a well-off Capitol City, located in the Rocky Mountains, and is neighbored by twelve poorer districts that are ruled by the Capitol. Panems’ overpowering government forces adolescence to fight to their death in a once-a-year broadcasted event. The Capitol is the core of wealth, power, and luxury. The Capitol and districts rarely…

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    weakness.” In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins’,the overarching theme is teenage love. The main character is Katniss Everdeen. Katniss and Peeta both fall for each other. Peeta told Katniss that he had a crush on her on the 1st day of school. They both work together on the games. Teenage love can be complicated for some people and by the relationship that Katniss has with Gale, Rue and Peeta. Katniss has a relationship with Gale Hawthorne during the events in the Hunger Games. Katniss had…

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    Corruption is a fraudulent behaviour that occurs excessively in the world of Suzanne Colin's novel, "The Hunger Games". This form of activity takes place most often in the Capitol. It's difficult to say if the capitol is corrupt, however citizens of the capitol in the novel do radiate a form of corruption. The capital is undeniably corrupted and advantageous, yet everybody is commendable in their own right. Three meaningful reasons that corroborate to the contention are: Panem is clearly corrupt…

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