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    love? Or to face the loss of a loved one that leaves you dumbfounded? Katniss Everdeen, also known as the girl on fire, is put in these situations and more. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins shows the importance of taking life one step at time. With the themes of courage, love, war, betrayal, and justice, and a genre of realistic fiction, Mockingjay proves to be perfect for anyone that is looking for adventure or just a good book to read. In this story the main character, Katniss Everdeen, is taken to

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    The last movie is the novel adaptation, Hunger Games series came to a close on November 17, 2015. The final film in the series, Mockingjay Part 2, follows the same strategy as another young-adult movie franchise, Twilight. The book turned movie raised its nearly unknown cast to rock star status and enormous profit. This sci-fi, adventure is violent. Scenes of blood oozing out of actors and actresses earned the PG-13 rating. The violence was spread evenly, however, the out the 137 minute duration

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    We don’t see what anyone else is doing when she’s not around. In the Movie Like Catching Fire, Mockingjay, Part 1 brings us new perspectives. Not only do we see what Plutarch and Coin are up to, but also what President Snow is doing. This means we get to see Snow ban the Mockingjay icon and watch his granddaughter kind of shamefully start removing the long braid in her hair — the same braid that became fashionable in the Capitol because

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    example betrayal like how peeta tries to kill Katniss but then it changes and Katniss gets scared that he will kill her and she might have to kill him.One symbol I saw is the mockingjay. The mockingjay symbolizes a creature with its own spirit. The mockingjay is pretty much a symbol that they broke free from the capitol. The mockingjay in real life is resistance and rebelling. That’s why the put up the three fingers to show they are telling the capitol.One complexe theme I made it is that family might

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    Just like within Mockingjay, elections were seen as the end result to creating a democracy, rather than simply the initial phase. Moon explores two key claims, “…the more autocratic the nation, the longer it will take to achieve democracy” and “…the more prolonged the autocracy

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    the games. Katniss volunteers for her sister in the games. This shows just how deep love runs through her veins. Before Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark leave for the Capital, Madge, the Mayor of District 12’s daughter, gave Katniss a Mockingjay pin. This pin stands as a

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    In the Hunger Games, the districts are able to be closely compared to the social classes of today. The social commentary in The Hunger Games is an accurate portrait of today’s society. The fact that there is a government, a small portion of “workers”, and then those who are always working while gaining nothing. The districts have the upper class of districts, 1-4, which are considered a working class but are just used for publicity and beauty with no actual work. Following them in districts 5-12

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    (Collins 42). Katniss is destined to become the Mockingjay and the new symbol of rebellion whether she likes it or not. The people of Panem could see that Katniss was not an act devised by the Gamemakers for entertainment. She was unapologetic in her humanity and she was not going to sacrifice her beliefs for the games. Katniss was going to win the games for Prim, she loved Rue, and she genuinely cared about Peeta. That she wore the Mockingjay pin made it easy to make her a symbol of the rebellion

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    Capitol reacted in anger by attacking one of the rebels, “The camera knocked down to record the white tiled floor. The scuffle of boots. The impact of the blow that’s inseparable from Peeta’s cry of pain. And his blood as it splatters the tiles,” (Mockingjay, 134). This violent reaction by the Capitol was a warning to the districts, but it only made the districts more determined to rebel. Government’s punishments for citizens who break the rules of the Capitol are extreme and painful. The government

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    But around the end of the book, her mental problems are too much for her, so she goes insane, if only for a little while. Yes, Mockingjay is quite the ride. In the fantasy-adventure series Artemis Fowl, you wouldn 't really notice any character versus self. Sure, it was there every now and then… or was it? If you look closely, you can notice how much character versus self Artemis

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