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    Imagine trying to keep a career while trying to help out the world with its many problems. That is what Jennifer Lawrence has been doing her entire acting career. She really became a conversation starter when “Lawrence scored the role of a lifetime when she was cast as Katniss Everdeen in the big-screen adaptation of literary sensation The Hunger Games.” (Jennifer Lawrence Biography”) Even though Jennifer Lawrence is a busy woman, she still has time to help good causes. Besides being a well known

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    literature, we have read enough to give us a basic foundation to keep improving as a reader. Other literary example: In the Hunger Games, the Mockingjay pin seems to represent mocking jays (hybrid between jabber jays and mockingbirds) or their home district, but in reality, it symbolizes rebellion, and ultimately, Katniss herself; she becomes the Mockingjay. Media/pop culture example: In Frozen, Elsa’s gloves seem to be used to solely hide her magical power to prevent hurting anyone but the deeper

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    are rhetorical elements. These elements are used to provoke the reader to think deeply, search for underlying meanings, and discover the purpose of the text. I analyzed two movie posters: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Both of these movies signify the end of a saga; hence, the movie posters are filled with provocative and intriguing features. These are intentionally placed within the poster in order to attract their audience and create suspense. The

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    Catching Fire on November 22, 2013. This movie was directed by Francis Lawrence. The film was the highest-grossing domestic box office release of 2013 and 10th highest-grossing domestic release of all time. Lionsgate also released Mockingjay Part 1 on November 21, 2014 and Mockingjay Part 2 on November 20, 2015 both were directed by Francis Lawrence once

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    Many films often portray the story differently by adding in and excluding details that were in the novel. Sometimes this occurs in films so that the audience will be more interested into what's happening. In Catching Fire there were many similarities shown in both the novel and film. On the other hand, the film displayed many themes, but there were some events that weren't described in much detail in comparison to the novel. A theme that was evident in both the novel and film was the act of courage

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    One of the best American author and screenwriter, born in Hartford, Connecticut, August 10, 1962. She has written episodes for series and the most famous children's books. She is Suzanne Collins the author of The Hunger Games trilogy. The enormous success of ‘The Hunger Games” trilogy catapulted Collins to fame. Collins fame took her to be the winner of several awards in the world of books. She is one of the top-world earning authors, according to the Forbes Magazine. Suzanne Marie Collins was born

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    Ideas of sociology play a big role in people’s everyday lives. Many Books and movies consists of the basic ideas of sociology. The film series, The Hunger Games is an example of such a representative movies. The base story of the series include a society, where people are given little to no rights. This story highly relates to the ideas of sociology since it is about a society, its culture and norms. Katniss Everdeen, is the female lead of the movie who rebels for her rights. The story is set in

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    “I volunteer as tribute!” This quote from The Hunger Games represents Katniss’s, the main character, bravery as she basically exchanges her life for her sister’s. The film, adapted from the first book of Suzanne Collins’s trilogy of the same title, takes place in a futuristic, dystopian country broken apart into twelve different sectors called “districts.” The Capitol residents live wealthily as the people in the districts suffer to fend for their own as they have to find their own food. This divide

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    In Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ and Suzanne Collins’ ‘Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Part Two, manipulation and suggestion are shown to corrupt power and contribute to its use in the name of evil. Through a comparison of literary devices in ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Mockingjay Part Two’, humanity’s corruption of power will be explored and unveiled In Macbeth manipulation is a tool for lady Macbeth to tempt Macbeth into doing evil to gain power. Derogatory language in the line “and live a coward in thine on esteem” reveals

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    his feelings for Katniss when he kisses her in the forest ‘… pinning her arms against her chest in a way that makes her feel like an animal ensnared in one of his traps’ (Henthorne, 2012, p. 58). In a similar fashion, he kisses her forcefully in Mockingjay but by returning the kiss, Katniss unsettles Gale because he believes she is only returning his affections because she cannot have the hijacked Peeta and ‘… choosing him [Gale] by

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