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Reaping
1. The term reaping is used throughout the first chapter. I think its an appropriate term to use because the definition • figurative receive (a reward or benefit) as a consequence of one's own or other people's actions : except for the fact that the hunger games are (for the contestants) used as a punishment and for the people watching its a treat because their kids don’t have to go. The history of Panem is people starving and having to fight for their food. Suffering is a big part of this book in the town of Panem.
2. The effect hunger has on the people of District 12 is the effect hunger has on anyone who has starved for a long time. They have the survivors way of thinking. The people that are hungry can't have pets, they have dinner. Its every man for himself. You can tell because of this passege in the book states, pg 11 "No one in the Seam would turn up their nose at a good leg of wild dog." Now. If the people of District 12 wern't starving do you think that they would really eat dogs? Katniss says "meat is meat" in Chapter One which shows how much the people care about what they eat for meat.
3. The setting is, to be honest, dark and dreary. It is the kind of town that predicts death. The setting gives me a gut feeling that there will be TONS of death in the games. I also have a gut feeling that hunger will be a huge part of the games. I think in a way the different districts represent the different people in the game, struggling for survival. Each person that goes in the game carries a piece of the games that they learned in their district. I predict that when Katniss goes in the games that she will have to use a huge part of what she has learned in the games at her district in the Hunger Games.
4. My reaction to the name Primrose Everdeen being pulled was like OH MY GOD SHE IS WAY TO YOUNG!! I was like freaking out. It was huge. I wasn't exactly taken by surprise because of the back of the book, (hint hint publishers that kind of ruins the story) but I was still very unhappy with the pick. I also saw foreshadowing of this event when Katniss said that there was a little to no chance that Primrose would get picked. Now I have read tons of books and usually when a character says something is not going to happen, guess what? It happens. Like people say in our class, I think she jinxed herself. Time after time in other books when a character gets something set in their minds that they are certain won't happen, it always seems to happen. In the book Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer, something similar happens to Bella that threatens her life that she was POSITIVE wouldn't happen.
5. Most of my reactions were connections to District 9 to other places that are dying because of lack of money and food. Either its from a disaster or a dictator there are a lot of places like that in the world, and there are a lot of kids that have to take the load and work for their family's. During chapter 1 the relationship between Gale and Katniss kind of told me maybe about a relationship between them...? Its kind of cute! its like an average relationship/friendship between two people that have known each other for a long time and they slowly fall in love. :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1324999/ This is a link to a Breaking Dawn Website
Comments
17ttooker
Jan 19, 2012
Olivia,
I really liked how you explained and gave predictions from the setting so far in question 3! I agree right now it seems like a really dark and dreary place which shows that there are obviously going to be lots of deaths in the games. I also really liked how you said, "I also saw foreshadowing of this event when Katniss said that there was a little to no chance that Primrose would get picked. Now I have read tons of books and usually when a character says something is not going to happen, guess what? It happens." I liked this because this was one of the things that I picked up on in the reading too! It really was pretty easy to pick up that Primrose was gonna be chosen after Katniss said that. But any ways Nice job on the blog and nice details!!
17oscott
Jan 24, 2012
Thanks For your comment! I absolutely hate when they foreshadow big stuff in books like that! It gets really annoying. >:( I also think that maybe if something big is gonna happen in the book that they shouldn't tell you on the back of said book what going to happen! Thanks for the comment! :)
17ttooker
Jan 24, 2012
I agree it totally ruins the book when they do explain all the big stuff on the back of the book so theres no surprise when you read!
17crenshaw
Jan 24, 2012
I think that you could use a little more details and notes. I agree that the story is a little dark but I think that it will become bright. I also agree that when Prims name got pulled that it was shocking! you could use quotes to help better explain your thinking. Great job It was still interesting to read. Do you think that the book will get bright?
17oscott
Jan 24, 2012
Cheyenne I doubt very much that the book will get bright. As long as Katniss is in the games I think that the book will be dark as a pocket. I don't think that any book like this gets bright all of a sudden. :)
17bfenwick
Jan 30, 2012
olivia,
olivia do u know what the meaning for reaping to a farmers perspective because i just found out that we are supposed to have the meaning saying to the book is that the people gather at like a town hall or something like that
mnerney
Jan 30, 2012
Olivia,
First, I have to say that I love how your voice and sense of humor come through in your writing. I can hear, and love, the sarcastic tone you sometimes take when irritated with such things as back of book spoilers. That gives your blog a really unique and personal feel. As for the comment that Cheyenne made, I have to agree. At times I felt like you were a bit vague and I wanted to know more about what was going on in that brilliant mind of your. :-) More quotes and explanation of those quotes would certainly help to show the reader more specific things like why this book connects to Breaking Dawn and even why the games specifically match the definition of reaping. Overall, I am very engaged in your blog and look forward to more of your wit. "Happy blogging!" (Get that Effie Trinket reference?)