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    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Steven Galloway’s The Cellist of Sarajevo demonstrates the way in which people are affected by war, and a brutal dictatorship. The authors illustrates the main purpose for writing their novel through the use of imagery, characterization, foreshadowing, flashback, similes, and symbolism. Suzanne Collins and Steven Galloway use imagery and characterization to vividly describe the effects and outcomes of war and dictatorship. Suzanne Collins portrays, Katniss

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    and see in the whole novel is sacrifice. At the first moment, I thought the control of President Snow was the essential part to make the book became fascinating and achieved a complete success, but sacrifice is the most meaningful message that Suzanne Collins, who is the writer of “The Hunger Games” series, wants to express to all the readers. Sacrifice pervades the trilogy. First of all, Katniss (main female character in the book) sacrifices her childhood. Next, she volunteers herself to supersede

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    In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, a totalitarian nation called Panem is divided into 12 different districts and the Capitol (the head of Panem). Panem is ruled by the wealthy residents of the Capitol. As an annual show of devotion to the Capitol, each District must draw two young Tributes, one boy and one girl, to compete in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are a result of a past rebellion and is a competition in which twenty-four young people fight to the death…until a lone victor

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    Mockingjay by an American author, Suzanne Collins, is a science fiction novel that was published in 2010 by Scholastic Corporation. This book can be described as a War Novel or a dystopian fiction. Some of the major themes that are a part of this book are how the war was painful, the act of sacrifice, and humanity and society could all die out from fighting each other uselessly. Suzanne Collins is a 52 year old, American television writer and novelist, who have written the best-selling series The

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    Biography.com, Suzanne Collins is the American author of the bestselling series The Hunger Games and was born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut. She was the fourth and the youngest child of her family. Collins is married to Charles Pryor; they have two kids, Isabel and Charlie Pryor. Also according to the website Famousauthors.org, “Collins attended the Alabama School of Fine Arts and later completed an M.F.A degree in Dramatic Writing from New York University”(“Suzanne”). Collins has also written

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    TaylorAnne Brown Professor Lawson English 102 31 May 2016 Research Paper: Final Draft Word Count: 1142 Behind the Power: Panem’s Ideology How and why does Panem’s government oppress its citizens while keeping complete control? The “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel with an extremely corrupt government that controls the citizens with the District system. The corrupt government in “The Hunger Games” finds various ways to suppress Panem’s occupants, including but not limited to artificial

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    In this book, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, both Gale and Peeta are a big part of Katniss’s life, but does not coexist well together in her thoughts. These two boys that grew up in the Seam of district 12 each have their own differences, but as the book draws to an end, they push their cons aside and ends up having many similarities to helping out Katniss to survive in the game. In addition, Gale and Peeta did have a signify for Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire. Gale is tall, good

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    Imagine living in an insufficient world controlled by the capitol, never knowing which breath will be your last. You are stuck fighting for your life, fighting for your family. Suzanne Collins’ dystopian story, The Hunger Games, takes place in Panem, a country with twelve districts. The story is told through the perspective of the main character, Katniss Everdeen, who lives in District 12 with her mother and younger sister Prim. Their family is very poor. They are going through extremely tough times

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    Dang Truong Mrs. Carter World Literature November 12, 2016 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

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    The Hunger Games, a novel by Suzanne Collins, is the story of 16 years old, Katniss Everdeen, who fights to death for her district. The Hunger Games is an event hosted every year by the Capitol of Panem, where a randomly chosen boy and girl both need to represent each of the twelve districts that the capitol is composed of. When Katniss little sister, Prim, is chosen to be the representative for District twelve, Katniss volunteers to take her place and fight along her male counterpart, Peeta. The

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