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    An unpleasant drunken genius? Haymitch Abernathy is certainly one of the most interesting characters in Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games. While he is the well-known alcoholic mentor of District 12‚ Haymitch ends up being a smart competitor who helps Katniss to survive the Games along with her partner. While they don’t always get along‚ Haymitch and Katniss match wits with the Capitol and end up winners. One of Haymitch’s more undesirable characteristics is the fact that he is a drunk.

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    In the science fiction book‚ “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main protagonist of the story‚ has to face many difficulties in her life such as the death of her father. As well as living in one of the poorest regions called District 12 in the country of Panem. Owing to the tragic death of her father she takes on a big responsibility and cares for her mother and sister Prim. Every year the capitol of Panem has a ceremony called the Hunger Games where‚ two tributes a boy

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    Over the long hot summer I read an interesting book written by Suzanne Collins called The Hunger Games. It is an inspirational book about a small district in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Hunger Games is an annual lottery in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts are selected to compete in a live televised battle to the death. This is an underdog story of Katniss Everdeen who is from district 12 a coal-mining district that is the poorest

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    the Hunger Games gives out a hot‚ jumpy energy that’s irresistible. It has great romance‚ intensity and suspense. The Hunger Games is a mysterious‚ intriguing and thrill-seeking movie‚ it’s directed by Gary Ross and it’s based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. The film is set in a place called Panem in an unknown time in the future after the mass destruction of North America. The book starts off in District 12 which is a region that is poor and not as wealthy as other districts but is well-known for

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    Sacrifice was a big moral I learned from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Katniss Everdeen made tons of sacrifices throughout the book. Around the beginning of the book‚ there was a drawing for who is put in the Hunger Games and Katniss’s little twelve year old sister Primrose was drawn. Katniss made what I would say the biggest sacrifice of the book; she volunteered as tribute so her little sister doesn’t have to go into the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a fight to the death battle consisting

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    sacrifice‚ authoritarian governments and also influences and obsessions‚ such as fashion and the latest trends in technology and gadgetry and most importantly‚ being your unique self without having to submit to society’s expectations. The author Suzanne Collins has created an intriguing dystopian world in The Hunger games and will appeal to teens upwards. In short‚ the plot is based on an authoritarian society set in the future‚ The Hunger Games takes place long after natural disasters and war‚ disease

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    today’s society. Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery‚” is an ideal representation of this theme because a citizen of their village is sacrificed each year to be the lottery’s “winner‚” and that winner is stoned to death. Comparably‚ in Suzanne Collins’ film The Hunger Games‚ a similar lottery is drawn each year where 24 citizens of Panem must fight to the death to achieve the country’s “winner.” The citizens of both the village and Panem have been programmed to understand that this tradition

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    Imagine America reborn into a divided nation split into twelve districts. The novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins explains the story of a girl named Katniss who has to compete in the Hunger Games that the Capitol of the country hosts once a year. One male and one female from districts two through twelve are randomly selected to compete. The strategies that the Capitol use to keep the citizens from connecting with one another are the peacekeepers and the type of government they rule by. Each

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    The Hunger Games trilogy Author: Suzanne Collins Book names: The Hunger Games‚ Catching Fire‚ Mockingjay Main characters: Katniss Everdeen‚ Peeta Mellark‚ Gale Hawthorne‚ Haymitch Abernathy etc. Facts: 1. The ‘Hunger Games’ set had 100-degree heat and bears. 2. The lead characters are contracted for the entire franchise. 3. The movie cost $90 milion to make‚ reduced to $78 million after subsidies. 4. Elizabeth Banks‚ who played District 12 escort Effie Trinket‚ said the worst part

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    Hunger Games, a Review

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    The HUNGER GAMES (A summary) By Suzanne Collins The nation of Panem is the ruins of the place once known as North America. Panem was once surrounded by 13 districts‚ and at the center of it is the Capitol. The districts had created an uprising before against the Capitol which ended into destruction of the District 13. The 12 districts remained but have been faced to a game where life is at stake –the Hunger Games which for the capitol reminds everyone in Panem that it is to pay what had happened

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