...The Hunger Games Vocabulary Utopia- paradise, heaven Dystopia- apocalypse/hell Entrails- internal parts Reap- harvest Apothecary- doctor Iridescent- play of colours Paraffin- waxy, flammable Tessera- token from capitol (year of grain) Meagre- thin Racketeer- criminal Sustenance- support, nourish Tribute- payment Repentance-regret, sorrow of sins Treason- betray Synonymous- alike The Hunger Games Chapter 1 Questions: 1. What is the reason for the Hunger Games? The reason for the Hunger Games is to remind all the Districts of what had happened to District 13 whom decided to rebel against the capitol. They hold a "reaping" every year and they send them to fight for their hunger. 2. What does District 12 produce? District 12 produces coal. 3. What is a tessera? Explain how this puts people in increased danger? Tesserae are a token from the capitol thus it gives more food to the poor in exchange for having a greater chance of being selected. Katniss goes on to explain how the entries are cumulative, so that each year you add another four. 4. What does Katniss do to support her family since the death of her father? Katniss hunts for food and takes care of Prim with her friend, Gale to support her family. 5. Who is the first person chosen to go to the Hunger Games? Primrose Everdeen was the first person chosen to go to the Hunger Games. 6. Describe Katniss. Explain her family situation. ...
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...Chapter 1 Comprehension Questions- Answers 1. Describe the narrator. What is her family situation? Katniss Everdeen is the narrator in this story. Katniss hunts illegally. Katniss is 16 years old, she has dark hair, and a dark complexion, she also has an anti-social personality. Katniss’ family is very poor and struggling to survive in the seam. 2. Describe District 12 and the Seam. The Seam is an area in District 12 where Katniss lives. Outlying district located in the Appalachian Mountains. The District is surrounded by an electric fence. They are lucky to get only a few hours of electricity daily. There are 13 Districts making up the future North America, until the 13th was demolished because of a rebellion. 3. What happened to “father”? Katniss’s father was killed in a coal mining explosion 5 years ago when Katniss was 11 years old. 4. Why don’t most people have weapons like Katniss’s bow? Katniss owns a bow because her father made it and gave it to her. She hides outside the electric fence in a hollow tree. Other people in the district do not have weapons because it is illegal. It is illegal it is an act of rebellion. 5. Who is Gale? Gale is 18 years old, he is Katniss’ best friend. Gale is tall, and has grey eyes. He calls katniss “catnip,” and hunts with Katniss for food. Gale’s father was killed in a mine explosion just like Katniss’ father. 6. What is the Hob? The Hob...
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...1. What is a Dystopian Society? How is Panem a Dystopian Society? Cite specific evidence from the text that demonstrates at least one feature of a dystopian society. A dystopia is an imaginary community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is literally translated as "not-good place", an antonym of utopia. Panem is characterized as a dystopia. Panem is a dystopia, because most of all the districts in Panem are struggling agaisnt hunger. In order to have more to eat for your family. You have to go in an arena and fight to the death. The only place in Panem that enjoys watching the Hunger Games is the Captiol. All the districts has to watch it, even though they hated it. The dystopian theme is furthered when we learn the reason the Hunger Games were created. They were created as a reminder of the Capitol’s power and what it will do if anyone tries to disrupt the status quo. Any attempt at overthrowing the government will be met with a harsh, lasting punishment. “The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins.” (Chapter 1, Paragraph...
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...CONTEXT Growing up, Suzanne Collins was a military brat. Her father was a career airman in the United States Air Force, as a result, Collins and her siblings—two older sisters and an older brother—moved around frequently, spending time in numerous locations in the eastern United States as well as in Europe. The military, in fact, played a leading role in the family’s history. Collins’s grandfather had served in World War I, her uncle served in World War II, and the year Collins turned six, her father left to serve his own tour in the Vietnam War. War, consequently, was a part of life for Collins, something very real and not just an abstract idea. While her father was gone, she would sometimes see video footage of the war zone on the news, and she recognized that her father was there fighting. Though her father returned after a year, Collins’s connection to war didn’t end. In addition to being a soldier, Collins’s father was also a military historian and a doctor of political science. That knowledge and experiences serving in the Air Force and fighting in Vietnam had a profound effect on his relationships with his children, and he made sure they learned what they could about war. While other girls’ fathers were telling them fairytales, Collins’s father educated her about military history. When the family was moved to Brussels, Belgium, for instance, her father educated her about the region’s violent history and took her on tours of the country’s historic battlefields. Eventually...
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...they have created. The Districts have all had major revolts, as a response to these rebellions the government of the Capitol has enacted a cruel intimidation tactic called The Hunger Games. It is a violent event televised nationally throughout all of the districts where a male and female from each district is picked as a Tribute. These Tributes must fight each other to the death and only one survivor will remain. The Hunger Games is the governments approach of displaying the amount of power they posses over the demoralized people of the twelve districts. The character of Katniss is rare todays society, a complex character with fearlessness, intelligence, and on a mission for survival. Different from the other Tributes, Katniss kills in means of self-defense. Katniss is not only fighting for survival but for fairness and justice as well within the social classes and political power. This character fights for what she believes is right in order to end the class struggle of the Districts and the Capitol. The Feminist views of Katniss make her unique because she is not portrayed as a sex object but as a tough action heroine who fights for what she believes in on her way to victory in an attempt to end the class struggle of the rich vs. poor in her society would also provoke a Marxist reading of the Hunger Games. The brilliant mind behind the Marxist theory was a man by the name of Karl Marx, He was a German philosopher. His theories about society, economics, and politics are known...
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...scripts that can be good or bad. This book is considered by many to be Eric Berne's sequel to Games People Play. Although Berne published other books since Games People Play was released in 1964, most of those works were oriented towards those trained in psychotherapy and not towards the individuals who made Games People Play a two-year bestseller. The book is his last book completed just before his death in 1970. Berne's bad luck was that he wrote the book in 1970 when psychology was going through a bad patch with a flood of bizarre systems appearing. The good gets lost with the bad and transactional analysis now tends to be labeled as an outmoded California fashion related to Freudianism. In the preface he says that the book is "primarily intended as an advanced textbook of psychotherapy, and professionals of different backgrounds should have no difficulty in translating into their own dialects the short and simple annals of transactional analysis. No doubt some non-professionals will read it too, and for that reason I have tried to make it accessible to them. It may demand thinking, but I hope it will not require deciphering." This is a fair statement as it is a book that has to be read in its entirety to work. He uses handy memorable terms for scripts and their elements and the reader can become familiar with rackets, games and trading stamps along with other tools and in the last chapter apply a detailed script check list....
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...Contribution No. __________. Prepared under the supervision of Mr. Frinze Al A. Bernal. INTRODUCTION Distractions are the division of the attention of the individual from the chosen object or task; it could be from internal or external forces. This may be attributed to lack of interest or lack of attention given to the object or certain task. Distractions are affecting the daily lives of people. The level of tolerance to these distractions may differ between people. Students are also exposed to different distractions that may affect their study habits. Students are exposed to distractions in and out of the school, every student may have 1 or more distractions and each one of them may differ from each other. Internal forces are forces that act on an object or scenario within the system of the student. Emotions, personal problems, hunger, are some of the examples of internal forces that may cause distractions. While noise extracurricular activities and work are examples of external forces that may also cause distractions to the part of the student. Unlike the internal forces, external forces are the pressures that arise from outside the concern of the student and yet also affect the student behaviour. Some of the students are having problems when it comes to their study habits because of some disturbances that occur while they are studying. These disturbances somehow affect the...
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...Divergent Summary Introduction The dystopian novel Divergent was introduced to us by the main character, Tris. Tris was in her main faction, Abnegation She wears grey, she is selfless and cares about the people around her. On page 1, it says “There is ONE mirror in my house”. As being part of abnegation, your not suppose to attract attention to yourself or even look at yourself. Tris and her brother, caleb were getting ready for the aptitude test on that day and the choosing ceremony the next day. On page 2, Tris says to herself “And tomorrow, at the choosing ceremony, I will decide on a faction; I will decide the rest of my life; I will decide to stay with my family or abandon them”. Once you turn 16, you go to the choosing ceremony to...
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...INTRODUCTION Video games have come a long way since today's adults sat down at a computer to play Pong or Donkey Kong. The newest-generation gaming consoles are as powerful as personal computers, and can accomplish many of the same things. And today's games are increasingly realistic and technologically advanced. Social networking has even made its way into the video game industry with online gaming. These virtual worlds can be complicated and perplexing to parents, which is why it's important for you to understand what your child is playing and when to get worried. Did You Know? * In 2009, over 11 million people played World of Warcraft, an online, subscription fee-based multiplayer game. * According to one study, nearly 1 in 10 young gamers displayed behavior patterns similar to addiction.1 * The Kaiser Family Foundation found that 8- to 18-year-olds are exposed to an average of 10 hours and 45 minutes of media each day. Whether your child is an avid gamer or rarely picks up a controller, it's important to understand the world of video games--especially in the age of online gaming--so you can make your child's experience with games both a positive and a beneficial one. ————— 1. Douglas Gentile, “Pathological Video Game Use among Youth 8 to 18: A National Study,” CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The youth of today no longer seem to spend their leisure activities like in the olden days; outdoor games or playing with toys, instead...
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...Eric Berne Games People Play The psychology of human relationships Table of contents PREFACE.........................................................................................................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................................4 1 SOCIAL INTERCOURSE..........................................................................................................................................4 2 THE STRUCTURING OF TIME ...............................................................................................................................5 PART I ANALYSIS OF GAMES ...................................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER ONE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS .....................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER TWO TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................10 CHAPTER THREE PROCEDURES AND RITUALS .........................................................................................................14 CHAPTER FOUR PASTIMES .............................................................................................................................
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...Individual Assignment #1 Porter forces chapter 4 MAN 4720 Strategic Management In chapter 4 Porter identifies 6 forces that determine the level of competitive intensity in industry which are: threat of new entrants, rivalry among existing firms, threat of substitute products or services, bargaining power of buyers, and bargaining power of suppliers. The sixth force stated in the textbook said that the relative power of other stakeholders is to reflect the power that governments, local communities, and other groups from the task environment wield over industry activities. The first force that is introduced is threat of new entrants which explain the new competitor threat pose to existing competition in an industry. For this to happen a barrier to entry is involve which give factor or condition in the competitive environment of an industry to make it hard or make an obstruction for new business to start operating in a specific market. When an industry has a low threat the industry become more profitability bringing the business high in profit, which involves the economies of scale which in the book states Scale economies in the production and sale of microprocessors, for example, gave Intel a significant cost advantage over any new rival. Because the threat is low most industry won’t bother fighting them in the business world like a mom and pops stores or starting a new industry. But because it low and archives profitably it is weak in term of level of competitive intensity...
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...INTRODUCING HEALTHY NUTRITIONAL ALTERNATIVES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS Prepared for Dr. Arthur C. Johnson, Superintendent of Palm Beach County Schools Palm Beach County School Board 3340 Forest Hill Blvd., C-316 West Palm Beach, FL 33406 Prepared by Heather Ronga, CEOl Drink Healthy, Corporation July 21, 2013 Drink Healthy, Corporation 123 Main Street New Town, FL 33415 Phone (555) 123-4567 Fax (555) 123-4568 July 21, 2013 Dr. Arthur C. Johnson, Superintendent of Palm Beach County Schools Palm Beach County School Board 3340 Forest Hill Blvd., C-316 West Palm Beach, FL 33406 RE: Introducing Healthy Nutritional Alternatives in Palm Beach County Schools Dear Dr. Johnson: This proposal is for your review introducing healthy nutritional alternatives in Palm Beach County Schools. Drink Healthy, Corporation is in accordance with state and federal initiatives and the Florida Department of Education guidelines by providing and promoting healthy eating to your students and your athletes while advocating health awareness. The progression towards a healthier student body is nutrition such as fruit drinks, vegetable drinks, and simple snacks. This partnered with physical education will lead to great success for students. Furthermore, eating healthy in school will lessen the obesity rate and stop students from feeling as sluggish. Students will be more energetic and have a higher success in academics, throughout the day. Dr. Johnson implementing...
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...Name: Charlyn A. Cantong Yr @ Sec: BSIT-2C Title: HOW TO ERADICATE POVERTY? Amount of words: Poverty it entails more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihood. The manifestation of poverty includes hunger and malnutrition’s, limited to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participating in decision making. Right education not only pertains in education in school but also education in all aspects of life. Educate everyone regarding on how to control population growth. To become honest and effective leaders. To vote wisely on their leaders, not to be ignorant in terms of judiciary system, and to become aware of social economic and political issues. If everybody was educated, the country can slowly achieve higher standards of living and can lessen poverty and hunger. Also, educate people on how to save and this is done through organizing seminars and conference. We have come to realize that we can also contribute in simple way by making effort to introduce a business with little capital that can sustain a family in their daily needs. To correlate with other more developed Asian countries, the Philippines must have infrastructure that will links it to region and islands for faster delivery of products. In that case, farmers will earn better and contribute to the economy. Then create employment opportunities by constructing small scale industries to enable people get access...
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...Effective Communication Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………..4 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………5 Chapter One: History of Ethical Theory Development Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….…6 Definition of Ethics Business Ethics and Individual Ethics: Is There a Difference?…………………….…..7 Virtue Ethics…………………………………………………………………………............9 Practical Wisdom……………………………………………………………….14 Eudaimonia……………………………………………………………………...15 Kantian Ethics……………………………………………………………………16 Ethical Egoism…………………………………………………………………………….....18 Consequentialist Ethics.……………………………………………………………………..21 Chapter Two: Corporate Social Responsibility Introduction 27 Corporate Social Responsibility 27 Summary 34 Chapter Three: The National Football League’s Blackout Policy is Unethical Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….…35 The History of the NFL Blackout Policy: The Legal Test…………………………………..37 The Economic Test: Do Blackouts Have a Positive Economic Benefit?...............................39 The Philanthropic Test……………………………………………………………………….43 The Ethics Test………………………………………………………………………………47 Summary……………………………………………………………………………………..51 Chapter Four: Effective Communication Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….....50 Effective Communication Defined………………………………………………………..…50 This Student’s Display of Effective Communication…………………………………….....51 Written Communication………………………………………………………………...
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...Lion in the White House Chapter 1 As a child Theodore Roosevelt Jr. suffered from asthma and was regularly taken to other states where the air allowed him to breath with ease. His father was his care taker due to his mother being very sick with headaches and stomach complications making her unable to care for him. He was very intrigued with nature and animals. His family called him Teedie; he was born into an upper-class family. His father was Republican while his mother was Democratic but his paternal instincts were very prominent within him. Chapter 2 Roosevelt was the only one within the family to college degree. His health had improved tremendously and in return boosted his self-confidence. He took up boxing and became quite popular with the superior kids at Harvard. Roosevelt’s father died in 1878 due to peritonitis, but the family thought his death to be more of disappointment with himself for not reaching his goals in the Republican politics. His father’s death left him feeling shattered as if though he must feel his father’s shoes within the family. Theodore Roosevelt longed for a strong and independent wife, yet seemed to follow his father’s footsteps and married Alice Hathaway Lee, a woman much like his own mother. Chapter 3 Theodore Roosevelt decided to enter politics because he felt it best suited him due to his personality and determination. His mentor was President Lincoln, as he wrote his speeches and literatures they mocked President...
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