Final Blog Assessment 1B

My voice is heard throughout my blog in many ways. An example of this is in the post The Hunger Games Summery when I use parenthesis “Not all its citizens fight just one boy and one girl for each of the 12 districts (Actually there are 13 but no one talks about 13).” This shows my voice because I add a side note by using parenthesis which I tend to do and shows my style by showing that I like to add in details even if they aren’t crucial to the story. Another example of my voice is when a state “Eventually the games end and she is the lone victor. or is she?” This shows voice because I have varying syntax including a rhetorical fragment. I also end in a 3 word sentence which usually means it is a powerful or meaningful statement. I usually use informal diction in my blog. I do this for 2 reasons, the first reason is because it is a blog and I want my readers to feel like I am talking to them and the second is because I want my readers to relate and have an eased informal mood while reading this. An example of informal diction is when a say “During preparations for the game Katniss learns That the man that saved her from her extreme poverty is participating in the games with her” The informal diction like preperations, and extreme poverty give detail but still seem casual when used. The punctuation in my posts very from sentence to sentence. All for a specific reason, for example in one sentence I use an exclamation point “…and may or may not love her!” this shows emphasis and tends to mean that the stamen is shocking and important. Also I use parenthesis like shown in the first paragraph which adds detail but is not essential. I tent to do this because it either helps the reader understand or is interesting.

Summery of The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games takes place in a distopian society where the government makes its citezens fight to the death in an arena, Not all its citezens fight just one boy and one girl for each of the 12 districts (Accually there are 13 but no one talks about 13). The main character Katniss is from the slums of district twelve and has to preticapate in the hungeer games under some unusual sercomstamces. During preperations for the game Katniss learns That the man that saved her from her extreme poverty is preticapating in the games whith her and may or may not love her! Through out the games it is obvious that this causes some man vs self conflict whitch adds on to the obvious man vs man conflict of the games. Also katniss has to face both man vs enviorment and man vs government as well, Katniss hates the capitol for the games and poverty brought upon her. Eventually the games end and she is the lone victor. or is she? The action she took during the end of the games may have saved a life but it also may have ended her own. To find out read The Hunger Games.

Hunger Games Symbols

I Finished The hunger Games. I Am pleased with the ending but shocked that so many people think the mocking jay represents Katniss. I think the mocking jay represents the districts all together not just Katniss, it sybolizes rebeling and tuanting the capitol. I think a more appropiate symbol for katniss is a wolf (lone wolf). Katniss has good hunting skills is smart and stelthy just like a wolf. Also she cries and acts out when someone from her pact gets hurt (district 11). Just like a wolf katniss is better in a pack were she can show her true strenghs but is veiwed by the reader as independent. Finally Katniss is slow to trust those she does not relate to, like a stray dog and a man with food, but instantly trust those who she connects with even though she knows better.

What I plan to read after The Hunger Games

I plan to read catching fire after i finish the Hunger Games. This is because the Hunger games leaves a lot of questions at the end and I feel like the plot is not finished. Also I really like the authors style in the hunger games and want to read more of her books. In my opinion a dystopian socioty is the perfect theme for a book and what is more dystopian the government killing its own people. Finally I want to read catching fire next because i heard it is even better than the hunger games.

Tell me. what is your favorite book.

Hunger Games Ch 18 Important Line

Warning though there are not to be any spoilers in my blog this post may be an exception for it is extremely hard to give the most important line in a chapter without giving spoilers.

I have just read chapter 18 in the Hunger Games. The most import line in chapter 18 is the last few sentences on page 244 "The news sinks in. Two tributes can win this year. If there from the same district. Both can live. Both of us can live. Before I can stop myself I call out Peetas name."

This is the most important line because the plot completely changes from the path it was going, Katniss no longer has to worry about killing Peeta but instead about finding him. This also shows that Katniss cares about Peeta because she cant help but to call for him now that she knows she doesn't have to kill him. This line progresses the plot because it keeps katniss's emotional conflict because she now has to worry about two people not just herself.

If you were Katniss would you go after Peeta.

Hunger Games vocabulary

The Hunger Games has generally simple vocabulary. The  book is made up of average terminology and little to no slang in narration or dialogue. There are however exceptions where the diction is more sophisticated and there are slang words. For example on page 134 " 'whats going on?' says Effie, a note of hysteria in her voice." This shows good diction and vocabulary with the word hysteria though the book is not always like this. In many instances the author could have used better words but didn't. For example "One moment the sky was empty the next it was there it didn't make a sound but they saw it." pg 82. This shows average vocabulary with no meaningful words. If you were the author what vocab would you use?

Hunger Games Text to...

I am on chapter 6 in the Hunger Games. Katniss and Peeta have just entered the city circle on a chariot. A text to text connection I have with the book so far is with Fahrenheit 451. Both Fahrenheit 451 and the Hunger Games are distopian and have over powerful governments. Also both of the protagonists are trying  to make a change while facing both mental and physical obstacles.

A text to world connection I found is the French revolution. Both the capitol and the first estate, a social class mostly made up of  powerful church officials, oppress and bring fear to the ones below them. The capitol restricts and forces labor while the first estate forces labor and taxes heavily.

A text to self connection a have with the hunger games is that both Katniss and I take advantage of luxuries. Katniss will not pass up food and will use hot water when given the opportunity and I also take advantage by showering and eating when I please.The difference is I am accustomed to these luxuries while Katniss is experiencing these for the first time.How you read the Hunger Games? What Text to self connections do you have?