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    theme that is politically and socially relevant to the film is the idea of rich versus poor. In Panem, the wealth is heavily represented as the governments and the game makers behind the Hunger Games. On the other hand, the citizens living in the Capitol represent the poor. In contrast, there is a huge disparity between the lives of the wealthly and the poor. Researchers believed that “the alleviation of extreme poverty

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    (United States. National Park Service.) There have been a lot of pictures taken of the museum and in the museums. The earliest known picture of the Smithsonian Castle was taken in the 1850 while it was being built. ("Smithsonian Castle.") The Castle originally

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    As mentioned in the very first chapter of this study, the type of control that the Capitol has is technological in nature. From the very beginning of the story, we are told that it is not safe to talk against the Capitol as they have eyes and ears everywhere. Katniss Everdeen, the narrator, mentions it that she goes to hunt in the forest to keep her family from dying and even in the ‘middle of nowhere’

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    storyline that instantly catches the audience’s attention. It tells the story of a dystopian United States where in a tragic future, the totalitarian country of Panem, is separated into 12 districts and the Capitol. The Games, put on by the Capitol, are intended to discipline the remaining 12 districts after recalling the dark days of how the 13th district was demolished for its uprising against the brutal Capitol. Every year, one young female and one young male is chosen by lottery to partake in the Games

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    world are you telling me this when you know I’m not going to be able to think about anything else but this!” “Because knowing that it happened, and that what you did is the reason WHY it happened, will give you the edge you need to survive in the Capitol son. After all, that’s the only way you’re going to be able to make the people that whipped Misty pay for having the audacity to punish HER for YOUR

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    Fryd critics issues in public art, as well as an analysis in the historical developments in public art in America. He interprets the art of the United States Capital as an ideological tool for promotion of the nineteen-century American expansionist polices and displacement of Native Americans from the land. But also, he explains how the Statue of Freedom, and the bronze statue atop the U.S Capital dome in Washington, D.C., was altered to accommodate racial politics of antebellum America. I believe

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    Ffa Personal Narrative

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    members and we took a tour with a Darlington Alumni (Mitch wedig?) that was interning. He took us through the capital building and showed us the all of the similarities of the Wisconsin capitol building, such as the dome, which was impeccably beautiful by itself. After our tours we had free time to tour the capitol mall, which I thought was a real mall. My roommate Taylor and I decided that the museums were not a good fit for us, so we decided to go find a nail salon. After our 4th phone call, we

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    District 12 reaping, a young woman from the Seam volunteered out of love for her sister to endeavor through the unknown. That woman was Katniss Everdeen, she and her family were of great poverty and would never expect to live the luxury like at the Capitol for even one day, but Katniss eventually did. She volunteered to enter the Arena in replacement for her

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    involvement in an activity that causes one to loose track of time. This summer I got caught in the flow, and time flew by without any recollection as to reality. This summer, I worked as “the most recognizable person in the United States Capitol.” I was a United States Senate Page. What this means is that for the summer session of Congress, I lived in Washington D.C., working in the Upper Chamber, fulfilling the role of a Senate Page in order to maintain the function of the Senate. In a typical day

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