Author's Note: This is my final response to The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. When Katniss volunteered to be tribute, not only was she risking her life, but she was also risking to lose the little freedom that she had. This is what I decided to write about in this piece. My focus is voice.
A survey shows that 90 countries in the world are free, 58 countries are considered partly free, and 45 countries are not free at all. According to the survey 23% of the people living in the world are under strict laws about political and religious rights. We don't. In the book the Hunger Games, the country Katniss lives in is under very strong laws. One of the laws states that any child from the ages 12-18 are put in the drawing to become a part of the annual Hunger Games. Fortunately we don't have any laws like that in the United States.But we take for granted the freedom that we have.
When Katniss heard Prim's name called at the Reaping, I can't imagine what she felt. She knew that nothing would be the same. There would be no more hunting with Gale, no more trips to the Hob, and she could never have a normal life again. If there was any chance she made it out of the Hunger Games alive, she would still have to be apart of them by mentoring in them. In the United States, we don't know what this could be like. We've grown up in freedom.
Katniss, started off with little freedom to begin with. The one thing she did for fun was hunt with Gale, but even that she did illegally. Here in the United States, we do have laws, but none of them are nearly as strict as the ones that Katniss had where she lived. Even a simple thing like hunting with a friend, she could've been killed for if she was caught. The freedom we have in the United States is truly a blessing, one we take for granted.
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I like how you compared the United States now to Panem. Also I like how your voice comes out in this piece. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI really like this piece because it had opinions, hard facts, and also insight explaining what Katniss could have been feeling. The one time you us apart, though, it should be two words. As of voice, yours was really strong. I can tell it's your writing because of the way the sentences and paragraphs formed. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you included the part about the United states being free and having the right to speak and such like that. I really enjoyed this piece because if that was my sister being called in the reaping I wouldn't hesitate to volunteer.
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