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Coal Mining
What was District 12 known for?
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This shows the Districts' isolation because with the tabs, one could not disobey without being caught. If someone tried to skip out on the reaping, for example, the Capitol would know. The Capitol may watch this in case someone would dare try and escape.
It is stated the Capitol keeps tabs on the districts and their population. How does this show the Districts' isolation? Why might the Capitol need to keep a close watch on this?
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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 punishment for the uprising. Katniss believes the Games are played to symbolized the Capitols everlasting power.
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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In the Districts it is implied that people are lucky to have but one 'fancy' outfit, the one for the reaping. In the Capitol however, people are dressed to the nine with flashy colors, crazy hair/wigs, and even have face paint!
How do the wardrobes of the Capitol people compare to those in the Districts?
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It shows they knew the Hunger Games were wrong. Prim, seen as young, innocent, and delicate to the entire town, only enlightens that point further. The three-fingered gesture & silence shown represents their respect for Katniss & rebellion to the Capitol.
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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When Katniss first enters the session, she is saying how after seeing 23 other tributes why would they want to see her? She says they're probably tired and want to go home. On the other hand, the Gamemakers could care less of Katniss when she walks in.
How do the Gamemakers' apathetic attitudes toward Katniss in their private session together show irony based on what Katniss felt towards the Gamemakers when she first walked in?
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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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This quote shows that the Capitol is punishing the Districts and is using the Games to show that they are in control of the Districts and always will be. That they are the superiors.
"Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there's nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District 13." What does this show about the Capitol?
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