female tribute from each district between the ages of 12 and 18 to be taken from their homes and forced to fight to the death in a tournament. The victor will get a years supply of food for their district. Katniss is the District 12 tribute that the series follows in her journey to fight in the Games and overthrow the tyrannical Capitol. Katniss is a hunter and relies on the survival skills she’s acquired from her daily life to survive in the Hunger Games. Katniss’ killing of other tributes is not
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selected by an annual lottery to participate in the Hunger Games‚ an event in which the participants (or "tributes") must fight to the death in an outdoor arena controlled by the Capitol‚ until only one individual remains. The story is narrated by 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen‚ a girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th annual Hunger Games in place of her younger sister‚ Primrose. The male tribute chosen from District 12 is Peeta Mellark‚ a former schoolmate of Katniss who once gave her bread from
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most of Western Europe. 2. Tribute System of Pre-Imperial Mongolia During the Pre-Imperial Mongolian era‚ Genghis Khan and his army overran Beijing and pushed the empire towards northern China. His success as Khan helped as people got the impression that he had the Mandate of Heaven and that fighting against him was fighting heaven itself. The people of surrounding empires recognized the Mongol authority and agreed to pay tribute. And similar to the tribute system of the Tang and Song Dynasties
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Introduction Suzanne Collins was writing for children long before her popular Hunger Games trilogy took the literary world by storm. However‚ she was writing for a different age group and a different genre‚ having started her literary career as a writer for children’s television shows. She wrote for several popular children’s television shows‚ including Little Bear‚ Oswald‚ Wow Wow Wubbzy‚ Clifford’s Puppy Days‚ and Clarissa Explains it All. She ventured into children’s books after a meeting with
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blonde hair‚ which is unusual for District 12‚ and olive skin. He was chosen as the other tribute for District 12. He also saved Katniss and her family from starving‚ by giving her bread that he purposely burnt for them‚ so his parents wouldn’t know he gave it to them. Cinna is Katniss’ stylist and friend. He is creative‚ clever‚ and caring. Rue is a small bird-like girl from District 11. Her other tribute is Thresh from District 11. She reminds Katniss of Prim. Rue dies in the Hunger Games. Cato
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Tupac Shakur 1971-1996 Born: June 16‚ 1971 in New York‚ New York‚ United States Died: September 13‚ 1996 in Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ United States Ethnicity: African American Occupation: Rap Musician‚ Musician‚ Actor "Don’t shed a tear for me ... / I ain’t happy here / I hope they bury me and send me to my rest / Headlines readin’ murdered to death."--from "If I Die Tonight" on Me against the World (1995) BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY With his tattoo-splattered physique‚ piercing deep-set eyes‚ and shaved
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The tributes wear all black costumes and a jacket. I think the costume designer dressed the tributes in all black so that the viewers will not be able to see the blood and things like that since they are fighting and there will be blood. I personally didn’t like the costumes the tributes wore. The costumes the tributes were wearing didn’t look like they are going to fight. I think they should have worn a black
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gladiator combats. This is shown through the use of Panem audience experience being alluded to the audience experience of Roman upper and lower class at the gladiatorial games‚ comparing the Hunger Games arena to the Roman Colosseum and contrasting the tributes to the Roman gladiators. Seneca stated in Epistles 7‚ “it was really mere butchery.” This shows that not all people enjoyed watching the gladiatorial games. Some of the audience found the gladiator combats unethical. This behaviour was also shown
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Boom‚ boom‚ boom that’s the sound of the cannons going off after I kill every last tribute. I am from District 15. We train the peacemakers and then we send them back to the capital. We are so far out‚ so that they can fight in any weather. President Snow asked me to become a peacemaker because I was a student that scored high‚ but I wanted to get better. I volunteer almost every year and I always win but‚ people are starting to catch on to my tricks. Even though I don’t know how to climb a tree
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A Fight For Survival “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!” announced Effie Trinket‚ the escort of the District 12 tributes. She tried to encourage the tributes to be happy about being chosen; that it is somewhat of an honor to be selected to participate in the Hunger Games‚ yet was unsuccessful. The Hunger Games is the first book in an amazing trilogy written by Suzanne Collins‚ that follows the story of Katniss Everdeen and how she survives The Hunger Games. The Hunger
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