Friday, November 30, 2012

Finnik Odair summary

Finnik in the Catching Fire book was a very important character. He was from district 4 (fishing) and was a victor at age 14. He is a very attractive man and that's how he won the hunger games. He didn't ask for weapons,food, medicine, or anything but during the game he got a trident which basically meant the games were over because he dominated after that! Katniss says that was the most expensive gift she has ever seen in the Hunger Games. He teams with Katniss and Peeta in the 75th Hunger Games. The cornucopia he finds 2 tridents and covers for Katniss to get the bow and arrows. Now they both have their weapons so they will be pretty amazing out there. But Katniss still doesn't trust him so to try and prove it he swam to get Peeta and bring him to land. Even though Katniss doesn't trust him throughout the book he still is a important character that helped save Katniss's life during the games.

Catching fire #3

The way the older tributes are back! Finnik has to do CPR to save Peeta because Peeta cant swim to get to the cornicopia with Katniss and Finnik.Katniss bands together (despite the near impossibility of communication between districts) with several other people in the games. But what she didn't know that they were all trying to save her life and were helping her even though it may have seemed like they wern't. They all work together to figure out the different things that happen at different times in the arena. Once they figured it out they found out how to break the force field around the arena and escape. The gamemaker was actually on Katniss's side the whole time and was waiting to rescue her once the field was down. She wakes up and finds herself on a ship unaware about whats happening. She finds the Gamemaker and Gale they explain it to her and now its time for book 3.

Catching Fire #2

So the Capital is really hateing District 12 right now. Plus all the crazyness in the rest of Panem! I like that this book has the time and space to give us a better look at the whole of Panem,since The Hunger Games had to be so focused on just District 12 and the Capitol. It gives a better view of how the entire country is reacting to one little act of defiance.Interesting right? Last time into the arena, it was romance. now, it’s pregnancy...Katniss must act like shes pregant with Peetas baby to seem like a helpless girl who cant do anything in the arena. But little do they know she will most likey be a feirce fighter. Her mentore is trying to get her to team with people inthe Games so she has a better chance. She doesnt want to though...she doesnt trust them.

Catching Fire #1

In The Hunger Games Katniss had one job.... survive in the Arena. To do this she used her skills and knowledge gained through years of surviving in District 12. But she also had to be charming and crowd pleaseing.In the first section of Catching Fire, she has a new job, calm the districts that had been wowed by her act of defiance. For this, she used brand-new skills like pretending to be in love, pretending to care about fashion and luxuries, and getting engaged to Peeta. Will it work? Is she capable of doing it? Will she even be able to just not make it worse? What will happen next?

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Satire Essay "The Internet Doesnt Lie..."

Do you have one of those fancy social networking accounts? I do, If you don't have one you should consider getting one because you can do tons of stuff on it!! You can talk to your friends , like  their photos, and even write on their walls!! You just click the "News Feed" button and you see the statuses of all your friends. Social websites also contain fun games where you can have a farm and earn fake money! Or if you really want you can use your pay pal or visa credit cards to buy the new x2 tractor for harvest season! You can pay different prices for better stuff!! If you get tired of playing those amazing games you can just keep posting statuses about random stuff nobody cares about or wants to read. If you get annoyed with people who do that kinda stuff as well just go like a bunch of their statuses, photos, and random stuff so that you will be in all of their notifications!!!! Alot of the times you will see pictures that say stuff along the lines of "Like this picture picture or your mom will die... Ignore this picture if you hate your mom" or "(A picture of a starving kid in Africa) Like to give this kid food, Ignore if you want him to die". And I always like them cause I love my mom and don't want the poor kid to starve! And my friends will see it so they will think I'm a good person.  Cause all the cool people like the pictures that say that stuff. But one time I heard about a status that my friends uncle Larry saw from this co-worker in his office building saw from his cousin that said "He didn't like a picture that said if he didn't like it his mom would die..the next day his mom died..."Then i was like "I have to like everyone of those pictures because i don't want my mom to die!!!!". But foreal you need to like those because everything on the Internet is true! Like i saw that the world was gonna end in 2012. So that must be true cause it was on the Internet... and they cant lie on the Internet. But i'll get into the world ending conversation another time.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Katniss Everdeen Summry

Katniss is many things....A leader, a fighter, a role model, a hunter, a hunted, a friend, a daughter, and a lover. Those are just some of the things katniss is in the book mocking jay.When she and Gale receive permission to go aboveground in District 13 and hunt together like they use to in district 12, she's excited mostly because as she thinks to herself  "We could be ourselves again". The self she remembers that she is the Hunger Games victor, the Quarter Quell escaper, and the face of the rebel movement. Katniss had a strong and clear identity before she entered the Games. She was a girl who thrived on being her family's caretaker and providing for others. A girl who sought out freedom wherever she could find it. A girl who would protect her little sister, Prim at all costs even if it meant her dieing a brutal death in the Hunger Games.(In the first book she voulenteered for prim in the hunger games and won.) So you see that Katniss Everdeen is a very courageous girl and will always be remembered for it in the book and in our world today.

Mocking jay summary #3

Katniss is afraid for her life. Though Peeta has improved a bit.... he's still hijacked and hates Katniss(shocker rihgt?). Her commander Boggs, agrees that she should watch out. But Boggs is one of the first to die. Before he died he gave her command of their unit.
Katniss tells the others she has a secret mission to kill President Snow and they follow her on what turns out to be a suicide mission. One by one their team members are "sacrificed" as they make their way to the heart of the Capitol. Only five of them including Katniss, Gale, and Peeta, are left by the time they reach the center. Then they all get separated.
During the ensuing battle many innocent children die. Members of the rebels medical team including Prim, Katniss's sister are also killed. Katniss is badly wounded again. On the pluse side the rebels have gained control and have captured President Snow. Katniss visits the imprisoned President Snow who says she should blame President Coin (of the rebels) for the attack and Prim's death.We can all believe Katniss is pretty ticked off right?After all she did volunteer for the hunger games in the first book.
And maybe he's right. It appears the rebels staged the final attack. An the weapon Gale made (you know the one Katniss thought was inhumane) could have been the one that killed Katniss's sister. Katniss can't forgive him it wouldnt be right.
In a meeting right before President Snows execution President Coin says that the remaining Hunger Games victors must vote to determine whether or not the new rebel government should start up the Hunger Games again as a way to punish the citizens of the Capitol for what they did to the citizens of the Districts. (What?!?!?!I thought they were fighting to end the crule hunger games?) Katniss votes in favor. In part because of Katniss's vote the answer is yes the Hunger Games will start again.
Then it's time for Snow's execution. Katniss has the task of shooting him with her famous bow and arrow, but at the last minute, she kills Coin instead. Snow dies anyway.
At this point, Katniss has a serious breakdown. Time passes but she's pretty much in a fog. Later she learns that she was acquitted during her trial, and she's sent back to the ruined District 12, along with Haymitch and later Peeta. Gale disappears into another district.
Over time Katniss is able to grieve for her sister and the many others who died. As she begins to rebuild her life, she and Peeta restore a romantic relationship and eventually have children.(As we all thought it would anyway)