Pennsylvania State Capitol

The US Capitol Building Our nation's revolution was a great achievement in U.S History. With the dawn of a new nation, there would have to be a central location to make the new decisions of our country. Our capitol has stood as the heart of our country since the late 1700s. The United States capitol is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. For almost two centuries it has housed the meeting chambers of the senate and the House of Representatives

the late 1700’s, the United States of America was looking to create a democracy. The people voted Revolutionary War hero George Washington, as the first President to lead the newly born country. President Washington decided to turn ten square miles that were given to him into the capital of his country. It would be called Washington, District of Columbia, or Washington D.C. President Washington decided to place the most important building in the country, the Capitol Building, in the center of

was the Capitol. The Capitol controlled everything and ruled with an iron fist. Surrounding the Capitol were 13 districts. These districts provided everything the nation needed. In return for their support, the Capitol protected its districts. This year, everything seemed to be perfect. Unemployment was low, income was up, crime was at an all time low, and the Capitol and the districts seemed to be entering a golden age of peace and prosperity. Not everyone was so easy to trust the Capitol though

For example, in the novel, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins the leaders from the Capitol show dehumanization on a grand scale with a callous disregard for the value of its citizen’s lives. The annual Hunger Games consist of twenty-four children ages twelve to eighteen, two from each of the twelve districts, who have to fight to the death. These Games occur in an arena which the game makers of the Capitol control with technology. The game makers design the arena to entertain the masses as well

and as a result, the Capitol was met with anger and rebellion from all thirteen districts. In response to the rebellion, the Capitol created muttations, including jabberjays and tracker jackers. The former were created and released into rebel hiding places to gather information and report back to the Capitol. While the latter were strategically put outside and near each of the districts, created to track down the rebels and poison them with hallucinations. Not only did the Capitol have muttations on

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins: Survival The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a novel about a teenage girl, Katniss, struggling to survive in the life oppressed by the government. Living with the injustice of the Capitol, Katniss soon develops her own hatred toward the Capitol; by using what she have and striving for the best against it, Katniss is able to hold the odds in her favor. Katniss volunteering in Prim 's place in the arena, where she could die at anytime, is an extraordinary sacrifice

Katniss Everdeen is one of the most well rounded woman warriors of our generation. She is a small town girl from District 12, during the movie she survives The Hunger Games and turns a nation of slaves into an army. In The Hunger Games I believe Katniss sets a great example and represents what it means to be a woman warrior. Everything from putting her family first, to making sure she comes out on top, she never loses sight of why she’s really there. In The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen goes from

Part of my responsibility is to not only promote but also involve my fellow students in Advocacy Day which is held one day every spring at the Illinois state capitol. In order to have my peers accompany me to Advocacy Day, I had to learn how to rally individuals into a collective group. It was through not only educating myself about Advocacy Day so that I could present the information to my peers but also facilitating

The Epic Movie Research: The Hunger Games The movie, Hunger Games is considered an epic based on loyalty, skills, and bravery. The Hunger Games takes place in Panem, North America where there are 12 districts alongs with the Capitol. WIthin these districts, two are chosen every year by the lottery to participate in the annual Hunger Games. This is a televised event in which people from all the districts watch to see 24 people from the 12 districts kill their competitors for entertainment purposes

the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the brutal war for what little sustenance remained. The result was Panem, a shining Capitol ringed by thirteen districts, which 19 brought peace and prosperity to its citizens. Then came the Dark Days, the uprising of the districts against the Capitol. Twelve were defeated, the thirteenth obliterated. The Treaty of Treason gave us the new laws to guarantee peace and, as our yearly