Title: Catching Fire Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Fantasy Setting: North America Plot: After winning the 74th annual Hunger Games‚ Katniss and Peeta is not living in Victors Village peacefully until an unexpected visitor arrives. President Snow appears and talks to Katniss about how she attempted to commit suicide with Peeta with the poisonous berries. President Snow threatens Katniss telling her to find a way to stop all the rebellions in the Districts or her family and friends will pay
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scary mood or feeling when a person reads the author’s abhor words. The author uses metaphors to show the tones and moods shown in his writing. A metaphor that shows mood is “The bow of God’s wrath is bent‚ and the arrow made ready on the string‚ and justice bends the arrow at your heart‚ and strains the bow‚ and is nothing but the mere pleasure of God‚ and that of an angry God‚ without any promise or obligation at all‚ that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.”(103)
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important in history and can be tracked all the way back to the Stone Ages. Medieval archery is considered to be the use of a long bow or a crossbow. To become a skilled bowman training would take a very long time. Although the crossbow doesn’t take as long to master‚ it can be used without much training. The bow was considerably easier to make then the crossbow. The bow is probably more efficient because it can shoot up to 10-12 arrows in a minute and shot up to 300-350 yards with a skilled bowman
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the sun to pass And build a twilight barricade Around the vast arena where; In scattered herds‚ his grazing prey Do not suspect in what wild fear They’ll join with him in fatal play; Till hunger draws slack sinews tight And vibrant as a hunter’s bow; Then‚ like a fleck of mottled light‚ He slides across the still plateau. A tremor rakes the herds: they scent The pungent breeze of his advance; Heads rear and jerk in vigilant Compliance with the game of chance In which‚ of thousands‚ only one Is
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The Weapons of the Crusades Guy Steuart 4/20/13 War in Society Dr. Jobin The Crusades were extremely violent times. With constant pressure to take back the holy city‚ armies were constantly fighting and killing. They were also always trying to find better and more efficient ways to fight and kill. Old weapons were engineered to be more destructive‚ new weapons were invented to destroy the ever-advancing technology in fortification. The three main categories of weaponry that were most important
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Betsabe Camarena Professor Ramirez Ethnics 101 April 16‚ 2013 The Lakota way # 2 In this assignment we required to choose four chapters from the book “The Lakota Way” by Joseph M. Marshall III‚ I decided to write my paper based on the chapters about Humility‚ Love‚ Truth and Generosity because these four qualities is what I believe to be important in life. The first chapter I choose to write about is chapter 1‚ humility‚ because it relates so much with my life. One of the Native American code
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slight sternway on the vessel while letting go the anchor C. wait until the vessel is dead in the water before letting go the anchor D. let the anchor go from the stern with the anchor cable leading from the bow 3. When weighing anchor in a rough sea‚ how would you avoid risk of damaging the bow plating? A. Heave it home as fast as you can. B. Heave it home intermittently‚ between swells. C. Wait for a calm spot between seas‚ then house it. D. Leave the anchor under foot‚ until the vessel may
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Professor Alacard or Goodfellow. “Welcome to Archery class.” He announced. “Here we will learn the ins and outs of how to manage a bow. First‚ we will learn some of the basics. No doubt you have all seen movies about cowboys and Indians or films about robin hood‚ but I am here to tell you that all of that is just a bunch of Hollywood magic. Notice the crease on your bow string. This is where you load your arrow. We have lots of non-lethal arrows here at the academy. These are meant to stun or paralyze
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Vielle: A Short History Bowed instruments have been around since the ninth century AD‚ according to Werner Bachmann‚ author of The Origins of Bowing. They originated in Central Asia‚ where they produced very fine hunting bows‚ which eventually developed into the first musical bows. In the tenth century‚ bowed instruments had traveled to the lands of the Islamic and Byzantine Empires. (Remnant‚ 1989) In the eleventh century‚ the vielle was depicted in Byzantine manuscripts. The instrument then traveled
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Super-Tuning your Compound Bow 1. Introduction A. Archery shooting enthusiasts around the world have many different options when it comes to tuning their equipment‚ and it is the most important part of shooting. B. I want to share with you a few of these methods which include: Paper-tuning‚ Square-tuning‚ Nock-high tuning‚ and Super-tuning. C. The reason for bringing this information to you is to explain the benefits of super-tuning and hope it can help you. D. I will explain
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