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The book and the movie Hunger games differed so much. The endings were different the beginning  was different and the movie felt rushed. Through out the book there were main character thought but in the movie you kind of had to infer. That made the movie kind of out of the blue for first time watchers. If you read the book before seeing the movie you could fill in the blanks but the book was way better in my opinion.
The endings were completely different in the book petea's leg got torn up by the hybrid dog things. In the movie he didn't have a scratch from the dogs on his leg. They also skipped an important part on how petea and katniss meet at first before the hunger games and the reaping. In the movie they showed it in flash backs with no explanation or anything in the book it was explained and in order it wasn't a random flash back.
The movie was okay but the book was better i thought. I guess the film makers cant add every bit of detail and i guess the book will always will be better because the directors have a limited amount of time to film and money. The book is just paper and imagination and you have your whole life to write it. I think the only series that did well in the movies was harry potter.

epic blog post hunger games

Life is full of challenges how we get through them is what is most important. If it’s by force or persuasion or just taking advantage of people, we usually seem to overcome these obstacles one way. Whether or not the way we get past these problems is good or bad is different. Usually we only worry about ourselves and not about the person we use. In the book/movie The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss (the main character) is faced with a life threating challenge she has to compete in the hunger games. Katniss uses Petea to stay alive on one hand it was survival on the other its selfish.

Katniss uses petea in a selfish way to stay alive. She was just putting on a show to get sponsors.  The crowd loved it though, they were playing the crowd. Katniss was only worried about her needs in the book she just wanted to make it back and Petea was her ticket to win. In the movie it made it seem as if katniss was actually falling for petea and not just using him to return to her family. She used him in both its just that in the movie it’s not explained. That could give people different impressions on katniss’s character. In the books perspective she is just trying to survive and make it back but in the movie she has real feelings for him. That could make the difference between people liking katniss’s character to them disliking her. Overall though she still did use him in one way or another.

Katniss had to use petea though if she didn’t she would have died. If katniss was alone I don’t think she would have made it because she wouldn’t have had sponsors she wouldn’t have had a crowd. With no crowd she would have had no sponsors and without sponsors she wouldn’t of had been able to heal her leg with that medicine she got. Katniss didn’t do it for her selfish reasons though because there alliance benifited both of them in the long run. In the end of the book her and petea didn’t talk he was mad at her because he felt used but in the end they were both alive he should be happy. IN the movie they were still together and happy he didn’t fell used he felt accomplished.

Katniss used and didn’t use Petea it’s all opinionative. When you look at it you could say that katniss has no morals and all she did was use Petea as a publicity stunt for sponsors. Or you could look at it as they worked together and conquered the hunger games as a team. It’s all on the perspective of the reader or movie watcher.  When you compare the book and the movie they’re kind of different in the end of the book petea and katniss’s relationship changes in the movie they’re still acting like they’re in love.

Katniss and Petea have been through so much with the hunger games. They both helped each other and might have taken advantage of one another at one point but that’s just human nature. That happens all the time people want to help themselves before anyone else. We forget how other people feel but also that’s good because you don’t want to be taken advantage of. 

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Katnis gave up her life for her sister and to protect her family. Katnis goes out of barrier of district 12 and goes out to hunt for her family. Katnis is a very sacrificial character so far she doesn't seem to worry about herself as much as she worriers about others. I wonder if this will change about her due to the hunger games.

Katnis is being surrounded by new technology and better foods i don't think shes ever going to want to leave such a luxury. Katnis's whole journey was due to sacrifice for her loved ones but in the future fights will her love for Petea cause her to sacrifice herself for him. Or is he like her and he will be blinded by love and get killed for Katnis.

I don't think Katnis is going to change that much but if she does that would be surprising. I think Petea might sacrifice himself for Katnis because he even said he cant fight so he's almost useless in the hunger games. I think they might do something to prove to the capitol that there not owned by uniting the tributes.

Hunger Games

I haven't got to far into the hunger games yet but so far i like it. The main character lives in a district where power is abused. Everyone there has to fend for themselves to survive. People in the districts cant leave the area they're stuck in side an enclosed city.  The main character Katniss though seems to know what shes doing in this corrupted city her dad taught her how to leave the city to hunt. She uses what she gets to sell or for her family to eat/use.
Katniss seems like a strong character so far. She basically helps the family survive by gathering and her personality seems like shes a leader. She's the tough, focused one in the family i think that might change in the course of the book though. For the hunger games she but her name in the most times so her family could be awarded with food and ingredients. That is crazy because she sacrificed so much if she were to get chosen she could die. She would give her life to feed her family that takes a lot of courage.
Katniss seems to be turning out to be a strong leader in the book so far. I think something is going to happen though that's gonna make her be put into a sticky situation. What if Katniss gets chosen for the hunger games. Who's going to help provide for her family while shes gone?

Romeo and Juliet response

During the Romeo and Juliet movie the main issue is the conflict between the Capulet’s and Montague’s. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet and there love is forbidden. Their families would never allow the two to marry or even speak to each other. What would you do to acquire true love.

I think that the parents are over reacting when they don’t want Juliet to see Romeo. Juliet’s parents rather her to be married to someone that she would be unhappy with instead of her being with her true love. Doesn’t she have a say in it if she doesn’t want to be married she doesn’t have to be. That’s like going to the store and ordering a pizza and the cook says no you can’t have this because you’re Capulet you have to have toast instead. That isn’t fair.

If you had to make a decision you didn’t want to make just to please your parents what would you do? Would you go against them or obey them. It’s your happiness battling theirs. Which do you chose would you let your parents down and chose your own happiness or would you make your parents happy and dread your decision. That’s why death was the only way they could obtain true love.     

Decisions Decisions...

James's brothers are big time drug dealers and everyone is afraid of them. This brings respect to James but he doesn't really use it to his advantage. When harassed on the street and someone asks his name and he says the last name they share the attackers will back down. James i feel doesn't want to be associated with that part of his life though but he could be respected more.  

I wonder why he doesn't use this advantage. Maybe he feels like if he lets it power him he'll fall into it and become like his brothers. He could still use the family name as a last resort. If he doesnt want to be recognized as just under the family name what does he want then 

James and his family problem could follow him if hes not careful. Its kind of a curse it will be with him forever its his name. He'll always to be known and judged by his last name. Thats like how people are judged by there religion. 

Watch Your Step ;)

I chose this picture of a waterfall painted on a sidewalk. I chose this picture because it is deceptive and is very eye catching, kudos to the artist. This was so well planed out the side walk seems as if its broken and there's a gaping hole in the middle with a beautiful water inside of it. I wish i could draw like that with so much detail.

The detail in the painting is very impressive. I love that there are cracks drawn to show that the rock was broken and how it gives the illusion that it descends. A large detail that i don't under stand is the bottle of liquor in the corner. Maybe it was an artist choice to add that or maybe he really like that drink. Maybe that bottle represents escape or like peace because its in a peaceful area that's what the illustrator finds peaceful.

I think that this painting that resembles peace and the unknowing. The picture shows peace through the beautiful scenery and colors. Then the small details show the unknowing part. The unknowing part is that is that real since the pavement is broken it leaves the mind to wonder if there were to be a hole in the earth would that be whats there?