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“All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do” (Leo Tolstoy). In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins and in A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, the protagonists Katniss Everdeen and Ishmael Beah are forced to endure violence for extended periods of time under the menace of death. However, during their traumatic experiences, both protagonists developed a strong sense of character identity. Despite being set in two completely

The book “The Hunger Games” was written by Suzanne Collins and it’s the first book out of the trilogy she has written. Collins uses a mixture of modern and classical as elements in this story and it allows for any age reader to enjoy it. Some the literary devices she uses in the book are setting, symbolism, and themes. It’s everything you could want in a book because it has a little bit of each genre, like action, romance, comedy, and even mystery. This book will have you sitting at the edge of your

Abdullah Ansari Dr.Walden ENG 2, 4th 11/25/2017 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Schoolastic Press 2008, Dystopian Adventure, #374 Katniss Everdeen The main character and protagonist of The Hunger Games is Katniss Everdeen. She is exceptionally strong, capable and much more mature than you would initially expect. Katniss also happens to be extremely resourceful because she is the head of her household and provides her family with food by hunting and foraging, skills she learned from her father

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is an intense novel that takes place in an awful time of the capitol displaying their power over the people. The novel is about a country called Panem. The Country of Panem operates in such a way that the capital controls everyone else in the country. The capitol demonstrates their power by forcing kids in the districts to participate in the Hunger Games every year. The Hunger Games is an event hosted by the capital, they take two tributes from each district and

oversupply of foster homes. From figure 1, we can see that Dallas County is facing a deficit (undersupplied) of foster homes available to foster children. We can also see from Figure 1 that the surrounding areas of Dallas, such as: Denton county, Collin county, Kaufman county, and Rockwall county all have an oversupply of foster homes. This means that children from Dallas county have no other choice but to move to foster homes outside of Dallas county. This results in moving away from friends and

“District 12. Where you can starve to death in safety” (6). This is a quote from the book The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, and it is a prime example of the dystopian society the book is set in. Another book set in a dystopian society is Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. The Hunger Games is a book about a society where every year, 24 people are sent to fight to the death in the Hunger Games. Lord of the Flies is about a big group of young children getting trapped on an island and having

Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, sentiments of nationalism in Ireland were growing rapidly. For nearly thirty years debates about Home Rule in Ireland were prevalent in Parliamentary discourse and over the course of these year, three different bills were proposed. However, in 1912, the third Home Rule bill was passed in Westminster, only to be suspended upon British entrance into the First World War. Irish members of Parliament that had been pushing for Home Rule for many

Topic #4 [insert title] The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins illustrates a dystopian society where the government tries to apply a perfect society to maintain the power in all of Panem. The author shows an elaborate and horrifying description of a society not so unlike our own and provides a clear warning about the danger of governmental control. The government of Panem has a government which controls everything. The government shows totalitarianism, a post-apocalyptic setting, and the world ranks

Imagine a community where people do not have the opportunity to choose how and where they live. A Utopian society is an ideal way to live, but with human nature, it will never work. Divergent by Veronica Roth and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins are excellent examples of a Utopian society. Divergent is about a girl named Tris who lives in a community that has been living the perfect lifestyle for a long time. In Tris's city, the government gives people medicine, so the people do not question the

The Hunger Games - Essay By Lauren Wheeler Throughout the whole story of The Hunger Games, the author Suzanne Collins’ personal story plays a major role in the events of the annual hunger games, and is a great influence on the personality and development of the two tributes from District 12 and their struggle to survive in the cruel, harsh arena. The story of the Hunger Games takes place in the destroyed nation of North America, which is now Panem and contains twelve districts. These districts