Wilkie Collins

Imagine this. An incredible army marches with perfect precision across a wide open field. With every step, the enemy cowers. Suddenly the army stops. With a roar, the army launches a perfectly planned attack at th e trembling enemy. They kill without mercy, for the better of their friends and family, and most of all, for the better of their city-state. Meanwhile, back at the village, women march around wiht their children, buying and selling not just belongings, but also property. Young men train

Critique Zachary Updike-1st Hour Catching Fire November 30, 2016 Catching Fire is a novel written by Suzanne Collins. It is the Second book in the series The Hunger Games. It is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who won the 74th Hunger Games, She and District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are still alive, and Katniss Realizes she might have helped create a rebellion

Many people take to extremely different missions, but their motivation might not be all too different. Katniss from the book The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, survived the hunger games to get home to her little sister and mother. Buck from the book The Call of the Wild, written by Jack London, needed to defeat Spitz to free himself and the other dogs of the team from Spitz's taunts. Ahmedi, from The Other Side of the Sky, written by Farah Ahmedi, traveled across the border to get to Pakistan

Standing 5’7 and weighing in at 135lbs, UFC fighter Ronda Rousey may not seem like a force to be reckoned with, but once she steps into the ring she’ll show everyone she means business. Rousey started fighting in UFC in 2010 when she was 23 years old. Rousey never planned on fighting in the UFC. When she was 11 she started judo fighting with her mother and they trained together for two years . When Rousey was 17 she qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. This qualification made her

but the insides were still warm… I put my clothes to dry at the fire, crawled into bed, and fell into a dreamless sleep. It didn't occur to me until the next morning that the boy might have burned the bread on purpose. Might have dropped the loaves into the flames, knowing it meant being punished, and then delivered them to me. But I dismissed this. It must have been an accident. Why would he have done it? He didn't even know me. Still, just throwing me the bread was an enormous kindness that would

The book I read was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The main character was Katniss Everdeen. She was a teenager that lived in the future. She was brave, strong, fast, unique, intelligent, and athletic. Katniss loved hunting with her bow and arrow, her friend Gale, her sister Prim, Peeta, and her district twelve. She hated the Capitol, the Hunger Games, and President Snow. She was well liked during the Hunger Games, and became everyone's role model. The courageous acts Katniss did throughout

I chose the book The Hunger Games. It is based on competitions between 12 districts. One boy and One girl from each district either volunteers or gets drawn out of the box. The story begins on the reaping in District 12. Katniss Everdeen is a 16 year old . She met her friend Gale. They hunting before the reaping begun that afternoon. Prim who is 4 years younger than Katniss, and her mother, who both have depended on Katniss .Katniss father died in a when she was 11years old. The reaping is choses

After scanning the web, I wanted to know what some of the people around me thought of the word. I first went to Mr. Farrow and asked him a few questions. My conversation with him was a bit scattered and I found he had a hard time staying on topic, but he gave me some good viewpoints to his outlook on courage. I began with "How do you see this word affect your personal life,” his first response to my word was “I’m so sick of the word courage because it’s so overused.” From that statement I knew this

The Hunger Games Author, Suzanne Collins, who wrote The Hunger Games, writes about the hardships of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Millard through The Hunger Games. Katniss is a very skilled bow hunter whereas Peeta has massive strength. Peeta was chosen to fight for his life in the hunger games. Katniss on the other hand volunteered as tribute for her sister Prim. “With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me. I volunteer! I gasp. I volunteer as tribute” (Collins 22). In the end, Katniss and Peeta

Jordan Johnson Catching Fire Week 1 Character or Setting Predictions Rioting against the capitol – within the next few chapters or so I believe that there will be riots occurring within the districts. Based on the trailers from the actual movie that released 2 summers ago it shows that a lot will happen in the story. From the previous hunger games novel there was 2 winners when it should’ve only been one. The fact Katniss and Peeta found a way around the system shows that the districts in some way