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Eli Dershwitz
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Fiction
Just Right
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1. Right now in the book, Peeta and Katniss think they have just won the games. But, on the loud speaker the rules get changed and they say there can only be one winner. Peeta and Katniss have a simple plan to fool the capitol. They both take a handful of poison berries when the voice comes on and says there can be two winners. Everyone seems like nothing has happened until uprisings start in the districts. They took the gesture as a rebellion, not as a sign of love.

2. I really like this book so far. It is a great adventure that shows you what it is like to actually live life on a dangerous side. This book is full of suspence which is why I like it so much. There are also a great numhber of twists that stur up action. And it isn't just slow and than fast. The action is everywhere which makes me not want to put the book down.

3. One theme i have notices so far is love. Peeta and Katniss, even though they do not know it yet, i belive is love. They faked it so they could both win the games, but i think they both knew what was really happening. If that voice did not come on they would have killed themselves for eachother. Neither of them could think of harming the other to win ther games.

4. My favorite character is Rue. She was not a very important character but she still made the book great. SHe is a competitor from another district, but still teams up with Katniss. On more than one occasion, she saved Katniss's life. And although she died trying to protect her, she got a propper burial because Katniss wanted her to be remembered. She was also not the most skilled or biggest, but she survived for so long because she outsmarted other people.

5. My least favorite character is Thresh. He is supposed to be allies with Rue because they are form the same district. But instead, he runs of by himself trying to kill everyone in his path. For this reason i do not respect him and am glad that he was taken out by a team who worked together. He wasn't a bad person, he just thought he could do better by himself. If he had stayed with Rue on the other hand, she would have still been alive. I tihnk that wold've made a much better story.

6. I predict that frmo these uprisings, the districts will try and free themselves like they did sixty years ago. But if they lose, like they did a while back, what will be the punishment. I tihnk it will be like the hunger games, just worse. Maybe more people will go in or more people will be put into the raffle. Maybe the entire hunger games will have the rules changed to make it more painful for the contestants. I think that the capitol will find a way to make such a harsh punishment that this will never happen again. They thought that sixty years ago but it wasn't enough.