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What was District 12 known for?
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The Hunger Games are played so that the Districts are reminded of the Dark Days when there was rebellion against the Capitol as a punishment for the previous uprising. According to Katniss, the Hunger Games are a symbol of everlasting authority for the Ca
According to both the Capitol and Katniss, why are the Hunger Games played? Use text-based evidence.
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She means that no tributes ever really survive from District 12. If your name gets called at the reaping, you're pretty much dead.
What does Katniss mean when she says "District 12, where the word tribute is pretty much synonymous with the word corpse"?
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The ruins of District 12
Besides wilderness, what is beyond District 12?
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It shows that they knew the Hunger Games the Capitol created was wrong and that Prim, seen as young, innocent, and delicate to the entire town, only enlightens that point even further. The three-fingered gesture and the silence the District all showed for
What does the reaction of District 12 right after Katniss volunteers to take Prim's position convey about their feelings towards the Games and Capitol, although no one expresses it in words?
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It can be an allegory of an act of rebellion in the smaller states, or in this case districts, against the bigger, much stronger force, the Capitol. It shows that every action performed by Katniss is seen as resisting control.
“I want the audience to recognize you when you’re in the arena," says Cinna dreamily. “Katniss, the girl who was on fire.” What can the fire represent or foreshadow further?
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Districts 1, 2, and 4
What Districts usually sent Career Tributes to the games?
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This shows irony because, in District 12, Katniss volunteered herself as tribute to try to save little Prim from participating in the Games, although, no one had tried to save Rue when the same faith came upon her.
Katniss describes one of the tributes in District 11, Rue, chosen for the games similarly to Prim. Which literary element does this show and why?
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