Seth Tippetts
Born November 21, 1947 Originally a television writer Work on mostly Nickelodeon shows First series were the Underland Chronicles Hunger Games is the first book in its series Suzanne Collins
Protagonist Nickname: “Catnip” Volunteer female tribute from District 12 Brings home the bread for the family Efficient hunter and gatherer Doesn’t trust people easily Katniss Everdeen
Haymitch Effie Trinket Career Tributes “The Capitol” Antagonists
Cinna (Stylist) Always comforts Katniss Designs outfits with a plan Doesn’t care what the capitol thinks Favorite Character
Peeta Mellark Wimpy Only kills one person (on accident!) Baker Is in love with Katniss Waits until its on national television to tell her Useless/Helpless in the games Least Favorite Character
Introduces characters Katniss Volunteers for the Games She gets sent to the Capitol Cinna impresses everyone with their “flaming” outfits (not gay) She scores highest on the initial ranking Describes lots of food…Mmm food (hotdog!) Rising Action
Enter the games (epic!) Peeta distracts her from the cornucopia Peeta joins the Career tributes (Stupid Pitabread…) Katniss drops a Tracker Jacker’s nest on the careers Katniss allies with Rue, Rue gets speared (cry) Foxfaces eats poisoned berries (wrongo) Exposition
Katniss gets Peeta’s medicine from the “feast” Thresh is killed Epic Battle at the Cornucopia Muttations are released on Cato Climax
Gamemakers say there can only be one victor Katniss sets up a double suicide The Capitol looks foolish (makes them angry) Katniss and Peeta go on TV Falling Action
Katniss and Peeta go home on the train Katniss tells Peeta the whole “in love” thing was just crapfactory lie! Peeta is pissed (who wouldn’t be!?) Resolution
Set in the future America no longer exists Time
North America What used to be the USA is now the mighty nation of Panem 12 districts surrounding a shining capitol Important* This story has to take place in the future where democracy isn’t existing. Setting: Location
Poverty Dictatorship Trustworthiness Themes
I’d give it 7 out of 10 Overall good book A little too easy to read (makes me feel dumb) Kinda lame ending I just hate Peeta, such a pansy… My rating
(Drumroll) Social issue!!! Corrupt Government
Here’s a little video about Haiti and the whole “Massive Earthquake” thing to get you in da mood… Ka-video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh0f2z_A9Rc
Uprising by Muse Ka-Song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog
Ka-Poem! Corrupt Government Where Hope is Gold A country of forgotten promisesCounts the carcasses of its citizensWho have died for a cause undefinedWar brings many casualtiesYet it is the favorite weaponOf those corrupt enough to wield itA country separate from religionYet they serve this country under godA country defined by it freedomYet you sign your name on a list to dieCorruptness creates a society of havocA government built form havoc's soul Anarchy seen as Satan's workReligion of tainted soulsCause freedom to lead one's own lifeWould lead to a road paved of goldGovernment turns it back in painful sorrow Written March 29th, 2006 (http://allpoetry.com/poem/1914046)
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/01/27/amanpour.childtrafficking.haiti.cnnhttp://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/01/27/amanpour.childtrafficking.haiti.cnn Another video
Involves at least 2 parties Over 50% of people in impoverished countries polled said they have bribed someone in the past year (tranparency.org) Paying officials for safety, or policemen to do their job Bribery
Similar to lobbying Selling one’s political power for money In corrupt governments this happens openly so the rich decide on new laws and such Marketing influence
When gov. officials receive money from unfair bidding Common “white collar crime” in pharmaceutical companies Kickbacks
Basically when you put your family or close friends in seats of power when they’re not necessarily qualified Keeps the power of a country contained with a family, almost like a monarchy I.E. India and the “old boys” Nepotism and cronyism
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When a person in power recieves some of the money from gangs Looks the other way for most things Some gang leaders are political leaders as well Organized crime
When an election is turned a certain way illegally Raise vote counts of one candidate or lower the vote counts of an opposing candidate Can be done by intimidation at the polls, faulty counting, or illegal voter registration Voter Fraud
Higher up people support a certain party so they can get a job Often based on loyalty rather than ability Patronage
Government Corruption is all around us Only citizens can stop this vicious cycle I’m not saying burning down a library yelling “stick it to the man” is a good idea But you have to stand up for what's right In conclusion!
SIRS (http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-res-tree?filter=41&grp=41&id=SUT0568-0-3366&begin=1&end=100&res=Y&gov=N&ren=N&lnk=N&auth_checked=Y) Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_corruption) CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/28/haiti.us.children/index.html) Transparency.org (http://www.transparency.org/news_room/latest_news/press_releases/2005/09_12_2005_barometer_2005) Cited
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