From this article I get the point that the article makes emphasis the author view of why headphones are bad for our hearing health. Pointing out a few principal causes of this problem such as: higher volume levels for a long period of time provokes the damaging of the ear, provoking early sympoms of deaf. Also it mentions that teenagers are having hearings problems provoked by the headphone. It mentions that it's hard to them to listen consonants such as: "t's" and k's" she also pointed out other types of physiological problems such as antisocial behaviors caused for the excessive use of this headphones. Because kids spend much time listen to music watching videos they get away from the outside world around them. The writer reference in how and why they were invented, in the article mentions that they were invented principally for the use of the army for communication in the field. But at first it was just to amplify the sound but later on it was mostly to suppress sounds thet interfered with a good listening of the informatio given to the soldiers, also to suppress the sound of heavy machinary that could damage the ears.
The thesis is clear at the beginning, but later while you are reading. You find out that the thesis changes, the writers talk anout how the headphones were invented. With this statement we can say that the thesis is implicitly the purpose of the author by writing this article is to inform the readers. The article is not academic, but she tries to give some supports to what the writer arguing. The tone used in this article is passive sometimes a bit worried the writer did not gain the readers trust because the authors article does not state a clear idea in how bad the headphones are, is just a vague idea. Looking the author's writing I can see that the writer is a person that cares about the health of people not just for teenagers also for adults. and The writer search for facts in history. what we can say is that the author is serious person.
The article is very credible because it has a few facts in history that talks about. when and how the headphines were invented. Also which was the first function of the device. with this, the article can show to the audience that the author has made an specific research to state the writer thesis. also the author background looks promising the writer has a lot of experience in writing articles. this article has a lot of facts some statistics to prove her point of view abiut headphones. which gives a bit of credibility to the article.
Even though the writer has experience in the field is not completely clear, she jumps from talking about the statistics in how is the percentage of teenagers with hearing problems to how it was invented as this statement says" One in five teenagers in America can't hear rustles of whispers, according to a study published in August in the Journal of teh American Medical Association." and then in a couples of paragraphs ahead. She starts to write "It's not incidental that Baldwin imagined headphones first as way to block out crowd noise and hear sermons." Is a complete contrast between the first paragraph this provokes a little bit of confusion to the audience. This makes a question what is she writing about? Is the article making sense with the thesis?.
The writer gets back on track at the writer gives the conclusion when the writer talks about how parents has to make an effort to avoid their kids to keep damaging their ears saying " Headphones work best for people who need or want to hear one sound story and no other; who don;t want to have to choose which sounds to listen and which to ignore; and who don't want their sounds overhead". The argument is not very logical because some of the article is not congruent with the thesis that headphones are damaging the ears of young people but still the writer was able to defend her thesis.
I really enjoy reading the article it was very interesting not we the fact that it did not convince me to not use them. The fact that really got my attention was little bit of history inside the article. The writer did a good job in punctuation. It missed more information about the topic. The writer could made the article more arguable.
Final Project Extensive Reading
Academic Journal Review
Title: The Impact of Watching Subtitled Animated Cartoons on Incidental Vocabulary Learning of ELT Students
Times: 20 Minutes
Pages: 13
Thesis Statements: Language learners have difficulty in following and understanding video materials and TV programs in the target language.
Research Question: How would a language material animated cartoons with or without English language subtitles affect these students' vocabulary development?
Methodology: A pre-test - post test experiment and group framework
Findings:
Conclusion:
Opinion/Vocabulary-expression learned: Considerably, necessitates, continuum, framework
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Times: 20 Minutes
Pages: 13
Thesis Statements: Language learners have difficulty in following and understanding video materials and TV programs in the target language.
Research Question: How would a language material animated cartoons with or without English language subtitles affect these students' vocabulary development?
Methodology: A pre-test - post test experiment and group framework
Findings:
- Both group A (the subtitle group) and Group B (the no-subtitled group) had significant gains from pre-test to post-tests in the self-reported Vocabulary Knowledge Scales.
- The cartoon increased the vocabulary development of participants
Conclusion:
- Vocabulary development is a long lasting process that needs to be supported by contextual clues.
- Frequent encounters with novel words make learners become familiarized with the words, which has supported by the findings of the study.
- Though there were no statistically significant differences between subtitle and no subtitle groups in terms of vocabulary gains, the mean score was higher in the subtitle group from pre-test to post-test.
- One implication for further research is that other word groups can be selected to work on with a focus on different language skills
Opinion/Vocabulary-expression learned: Considerably, necessitates, continuum, framework
Source
Minggu, 29 Mei 2016
Day: Monday
- Individually, many of those 140 character 'tweets' seem inane.
- In collectively, the stream of massages can turn Twitter into a surprisingly useful tool for solving problems and providing insights into the digital mood.
- Twitter can be useful for company who want to know their customer are thinking as they use a product and the companies can adapt their marketing accordingly.
- Twitter can be useful for many activity if we are wiser in using it.
Pros: However, for Twitter to be truly useful as a research tool, more people will have to start using it.
- Beffudlement
- Unleashes
- The dura
Source
Kamis, 26 Mei 2016
Day: Thursday
- Grow a strong online presence After set up accounts on several media platforms, start to build up your portfolio through high-quality images and videos. Make a schedule for posting and keeping your upload consistent.
- Be responsive to customers Social media is a place to communicate with your customers, with reply to their comments, queries and complaints in timely manner.
- Collaborate with influencers Choose the right influencers that you think will represent your brand well
- Use the tools to your advantage You can choose several media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter for your business
- Watch out the trend Pay attention to global trends so many information and trends that you can utilize from social media to your advantage.
- Flick
- Presence
- Unwind
- Genuineness
- Astoundingly
- Notch
The Odd Relationship Between Money and Happiness (1/3 Argumentative)
Day: Thursday
Date: 26 May 2016
Title: The Odd Relationship Between Money and Happiness
Times: 3 Minutes
Pages: 2 Pages
Thesis Statements: Happiness seems like such a complex issue, filled with individual and cultural differences. Not having money to cover basic needs causes stress, but money can certainly relieve stress, and reduced stress can certainly lead to increased happiness.
Outline:
Cons: -
Resolution: There is no unit and no standard quantitative way to measure 'Happy', but If we link happiness to money, that is something we all understand.
Opinion/vocabulary expression learned:
Comment: From this article I get the point I think there are two main situations in which most people focus their attention on money: When they don't have enough and when they have more than they need. When you don't have enough money to get by, it gnaws at you much of the time, when you have more than you need you can easily fall into the traps of consumerism, over-active management of investments, and perennial dissatisfaction. Maybe money can represents a happy medium where your needs are comfortably met but you don't have enough money to start getting obsessed by what to do with it.
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Date: 26 May 2016
Title: The Odd Relationship Between Money and Happiness
Times: 3 Minutes
Pages: 2 Pages
Thesis Statements: Happiness seems like such a complex issue, filled with individual and cultural differences. Not having money to cover basic needs causes stress, but money can certainly relieve stress, and reduced stress can certainly lead to increased happiness.
Outline:
- Relationship between money and happiness.
- Not having money can cause stress.
- Having little money can get lots of happiness too.
- Money plays no role in happiness but money can relieve and reduced stress.
Cons: -
Resolution: There is no unit and no standard quantitative way to measure 'Happy', but If we link happiness to money, that is something we all understand.
Opinion/vocabulary expression learned:
- Strikes
- Odd
- Plenty
- Equation
- Equally
- Leery
- Fuzzy
Comment: From this article I get the point I think there are two main situations in which most people focus their attention on money: When they don't have enough and when they have more than they need. When you don't have enough money to get by, it gnaws at you much of the time, when you have more than you need you can easily fall into the traps of consumerism, over-active management of investments, and perennial dissatisfaction. Maybe money can represents a happy medium where your needs are comfortably met but you don't have enough money to start getting obsessed by what to do with it.
You can get source here :)
Senin, 11 April 2016
With the spat of raindrops on tarpaper Nellie’s first reaction was irritation. Now he’d nag, say she never listened, say she shouldn’t be so cranky, then the horrible words, “I told you so Nellie.”
The wind whipped the trees and whistled through holes in the walls. Lightening speared the gap under the door, followed instantly by the crack of dark noise. She’d hold on, wait until it passed. It was a spring storm, a sudden fury.
Drips plopped onto the floor, already water trickled down the walls. She was recovering from bronchitis and shouldn’t risk a chill. That’s why Harold had been snippy. He meant well, “Don’t go Nellie, make do here, don’t be a fusser.”
Never, in all her long life had she done that. She had pride and wasn’t going to compromise now.
“The sun’s shining now but the clouds are building. The wind’s coming. Don’t go out. Listen to me woman.” The last had been the final straw.
She’d stomped out of the house in temper without her shawl or stick. Well, she was getting her comeuppance now wasn’t she?
She pushed the great door, leaned against it, arms straining, shoulders bunching, but the wind blew straight onto the little building. It wouldn’t shift, she gasped, felt her heart start to pound, dizziness hit her. She turned and leaned her back against it, desperate.
The storm was howling fury, a corner of roof lifted. The icy wind threw searing water onto her head. She squealed, slumping to the floor. Her legs shook; she was weaker than she’d thought. The roof flapped and slapped, the old building was crumbling before the spring storm, trapping her.
She straightened, old back creaking and complaining, wrinkled hands clawing at the walls.
Then she heard him, “Nellie, I’m coming, hold on old girl.” Moments later the door creaked open. There he stood, her silly old husband, thin hair whipped and torn by the blast, gnarly old hands clutching a sack around his shoulders.
He thrust the shawl towards her. Letting go his piece of sacking he helped to tuck it around her. “Come on you daft old thing, hang on to me.” She did, clinging to his arms, thin and wasted, but strong enough to hold her against the squall.
Slipping on gleaming flagstones they struggled to the house. She fell once and he bent to raise her up. She looked into his eyes and the fierce love she saw took what little breath she had left. For one moment in the midst of the deluge she let her soul go to him, in spite of it all she was his, would be until her last gasp. They sparred and niggled and sometimes tore at each other but he’d come through the storm to bring her home.
Safe in the house he was the first to speak. “Nellie, promise me something.”
“Aye love, anything, what is it?”
“Promise me before next winter we’ll have one of them new-fangled inside lavvies.”
My opinion for this story it had me giggling at the end but was also touching and powerful.
The wind whipped the trees and whistled through holes in the walls. Lightening speared the gap under the door, followed instantly by the crack of dark noise. She’d hold on, wait until it passed. It was a spring storm, a sudden fury.
Drips plopped onto the floor, already water trickled down the walls. She was recovering from bronchitis and shouldn’t risk a chill. That’s why Harold had been snippy. He meant well, “Don’t go Nellie, make do here, don’t be a fusser.”
Never, in all her long life had she done that. She had pride and wasn’t going to compromise now.
“The sun’s shining now but the clouds are building. The wind’s coming. Don’t go out. Listen to me woman.” The last had been the final straw.
She’d stomped out of the house in temper without her shawl or stick. Well, she was getting her comeuppance now wasn’t she?
She pushed the great door, leaned against it, arms straining, shoulders bunching, but the wind blew straight onto the little building. It wouldn’t shift, she gasped, felt her heart start to pound, dizziness hit her. She turned and leaned her back against it, desperate.
The storm was howling fury, a corner of roof lifted. The icy wind threw searing water onto her head. She squealed, slumping to the floor. Her legs shook; she was weaker than she’d thought. The roof flapped and slapped, the old building was crumbling before the spring storm, trapping her.
She straightened, old back creaking and complaining, wrinkled hands clawing at the walls.
Then she heard him, “Nellie, I’m coming, hold on old girl.” Moments later the door creaked open. There he stood, her silly old husband, thin hair whipped and torn by the blast, gnarly old hands clutching a sack around his shoulders.
He thrust the shawl towards her. Letting go his piece of sacking he helped to tuck it around her. “Come on you daft old thing, hang on to me.” She did, clinging to his arms, thin and wasted, but strong enough to hold her against the squall.
Slipping on gleaming flagstones they struggled to the house. She fell once and he bent to raise her up. She looked into his eyes and the fierce love she saw took what little breath she had left. For one moment in the midst of the deluge she let her soul go to him, in spite of it all she was his, would be until her last gasp. They sparred and niggled and sometimes tore at each other but he’d come through the storm to bring her home.
Safe in the house he was the first to speak. “Nellie, promise me something.”
“Aye love, anything, what is it?”
“Promise me before next winter we’ll have one of them new-fangled inside lavvies.”
My opinion for this story it had me giggling at the end but was also touching and powerful.
Review The Hunger Games chapter 20-27
Chapter 20:
The chapter opens with Katniss feeding Peeta the broth. That night when Katniss slips into the same sleeping bag as Peeta (it’s really cold), she notices how hot he really is, and wonders what to do about his fever. The next morning Katniss went looking for some food. Katniss comes back to a worried Peeta, who was afraid that the District 2 tributes had found her. They play up the Romance a bit, then Peeta forces Katniss to get some sleep.
Katniss wakes up in the afternoon, and checks Peeta’s leg wound. She is horrified to see that it is much worse, and that he has blood poisoning, which will kill him if unchecked. Katniss cooks them a meal down by the stream, and comes back to see how miserable Peeta is. To ease Peeta and take his mind off things, Katniss tells him the story of how Prim got her goat. After she finishes the story, the trumpets blare and Templesmith’s voice blares out over the arena, and as Katniss expected he is inviting everyone to a feast. Katniss is about to dismiss his offer, but he says that a backpack will be waiting for each district that contains something that they each desperately need.
Peeta automatically tells Katniss that she can’t go, and risk her life for him. Katniss trys to lie to Peeta telling him that she wasn’t planning on going, but he sees right throught it. She then tells him that she is going whether he likes it or not. Peeta is determined to go with her even though he can barely walk.
Katniss decides to go wash up down the stream, and as she is lost in thought a parachute fall down with a little vial. She is hoping that it is medicine, but quickly realizes that it is sleep syrup. Haymitch sent this to her so that she can knock Peeta out enough for her to go to the feast. She mixes sleep syrup in with some berries, and then feeds it to him. Peeta realizes what is in the berries, but it is to late because he ate them and is already starting to loose consciousness. End of chapter.
Chapter 21:
The Chapter opens with Katniss preparing to go to the feast, and she is camoflouging the cave in order to protect Peeta. She knows that Cato, Clove, and Thresh will be at the feast. As Katniss waits to go to the feast, she thinks of her family.
A few hours later she leaves for the feast, but she makes sure to kiss Peeta goodbye. Katniss reaches the Cornucopia, and is wondering where everybody is at. Katniss watches as the ground under the Cornucopia, and a round table with backpacks sitting there in all its’ glory. Just as the table clicks, Foxface dashes out, snatches her backpack, and quickly retreats. Katniss realizes that she has to go now before someone snatches up her bag. She sprints for the table, and hears the first knife coming towards her, but deflects it with her bow. Katniss draws her arrow, and shoot Clove right in the heart, but Clove turns and it hits her upper arm. Katniss is at the table, and she snatches up the backpack. As she turns around, the second knife creates a gash right above her eyebrow, and Clove slams into her.
Katniss tries to trick Clove into thinking that Peeta is alive and hunting Cato. Clove is straddling Katniss as she takes out a knife, and taunting her by bringing up Rue’s death. Just as Clove puts the knife to Katniss’ face, a great force pulls Clove away from Katniss. Katniss looks to see that Clove is dangling in Thresh’s arms.
Thresh is enraged with Clove because he thinks that she killed Rue because Clove had mentioned her just a while ago. Clove calls out to Cato, and responds to it. Thresh hits Clove with hard with a rock, and Katniss can tell that she won’t make it. Thresh turns around with rock in hand, poised before Katniss. He asks Katniss about having an alliance with Rue, and Katniss tells him about their strategy to take out the Careers and Rue’s death. Thresh lets Katniss go, but with the warning that he won’t do it again; they are even.
As Katniss leaves, she sees Cato drop down next to Clove, and beg her to stay with him. Katniss watches Thresh grab Cato’s and his bag befor running away so she guesses that Cato went after Thresh. Katniss makes it back to the cave, and Katniss manages to take the hypodermic needle and put it in Peeta before going unconcious from her head wound. End of Chapter.
5 tributes left.
Chapter 22:
The chapter opens with Katniss regains consciousness, and she sees Peeta. She notices that he is healed, and is instantly relieved. She feels her forehead, which was bandaged by Peeta. A storm starts, and that means that the Gamemakers are out to get someone. Katniss says that it is probably for Cato and Thresh. Katniss tells Peeta about the incident with Thresh and Clove. Peeta says that hopefully Cato and Thresh would kill each other, but Katniss doesn’t want Thresh to die even though if he lived then she would die. Katniss breaks down at this point and tell Peeta that she wants to go home, and Peeta promises her that she will. Peeta tells Katniss to go to sleep and that he will wake her up in the afternoon.
When Katniss wakes up, they eat the last little bit of food that they have left to try and calm their hungry stomachs, and look at the sky to see that there is no deaths that day. Peeta tells Katniss that Thresh was hiding in a grain field, and that no one had really wanted to track him down. Katniss starts to think that maybe Thresh is making use ouf of the grain, and that is why he was steal healthy looking at the feast, or maybe he just has really good sponsors. Peeta then wonders aloud what would they have to do to get some bread. Katniss has an idea: her and Peeta need to play up the romance in order to get more food.
Peeta and Katniss kiss again, and this is for real. Neither of them or sick or unconscious. This is the first kiss that makes Katniss want another one (AWWWWW :D). That night the storm picks up, and the next day is worse. Katniss and Peeta are starving for food, but the weather is preventing them from hunting. Katniss knows that she has to do something worthy of recieving food from a sponsor. Katniss asks Peeta about the interview when he said that he had a cruch on Katniss for a long time. Peeta then precedes to tell her when he knew that he liked her. Katniss let’s her guard down, and has a personal and intimate conversation with Peeta. The Chapter ends with a sponsor sending a feast of fresh rolls, goat cheese, apples, and a tureen of lamb stew.
Chapter 23:
Chapter 23 begins as Katniss and Peeta begin to enjoy a meal sent to them by Haymitch and their sponsors. Their conversation had been interrupted by the arrival of the package and now Peeta picks up where they left off: (Now pay attention this is my favorite part of the whole book and deserves to be quoted:) (P.S. It’s a sweet love scene). Peeta decides to go out, and check the sky for a death toll, and he comes back to report that Thresh is dead. Katniss is very upset over this. If anyone besides her and Peeta won, she wanted it to be Thresh.
“What was that you were saying just before the food arrived?” says Peeta. “Something about me… no competition… best thing that ever happened to you…” Katniss responds, “I don’t remember that last part.” Peeta says, “Oh, that’s right. That’s what I was thinking. Scoot over, I’m freezing.” AWWWWWWWW:D
As they continue to chat in the cave, they realize for the first time how Haymitch managed to win the games. He outsmarted the others! Peeta and Katniss’s time in the cave is a major bonding moment for them as well. They share old stories and discuss their friendship. After the bad weather ends, which was confining them to the cave, they resume hunting for Cato once again. The only problem is that Peeta is a heavy walker and makes a lot of noise as they travel through the forest. This makes it hard for Katniss to hunt for food so they decide to hunt and gather seperately.
After she spends some time hunting Katniss sends a message (a bird whistle) to Peeta which recieves no response. In a moment of panic she runs back to find Peeta gathering berries and almost shoots him with an arrow by accident. In her furry she yells at Peeta for not responding to the signal and for eating some of their food. Just as Peeta denies stealing the food a gong rings and a hovercraft takes foxface’s body. Peeta panics because thinks Cato is near but Katniss realizes the berries he collected are nightlock(deadly) and tells him foxface is his own kill. End of Chapter 23.
3 Tributes l
Chapter 24:
Chapter 24 begins as Katniss explains to Peeta how he killed Foxface. Peeta then goes to throw away the berries but Katniss decides to save a few in case they can be used to fool Cato as well. Afterwards they cook their meal and begin to discuss where to make camp. Katniss wants to climb a tree, but Peeta wants to return to the cave. Katniss knows this is a bad idea because it will take hours of walking and they will only have to leave in the morning to return to the woods to hunt. Peeta argues, however, that he will be unable to climb a tree with his hurt leg. Katniss gives in because he would do the same for her. They next morning they decide to pack up and head out because today is the day the Gamemakers will make sure they face Cato, but they don’t know how it will be done. As Katniss and Peeta leave the cave they notice all of the water in the streams is gone. It is apparant at this moment that the Gamemakers want them to face Cato at the lake in the center of the arena where there are no trees for protection. So with courage and determination they head straight for the lake.
At the lake they restock with water and wait.When Cato rushes through the trees they pose to fight, but when Katniss shoots him the arrow is deflected by some sort of armor. Next, Cato runs straight past them as they realize he is running FROM something. At that moment in time Katniss sees the creatures and has no other reaction but to save herself.
Chapter 25:
Chapter 25 begins and the creatures are called Muttations. They resemble huge wolves, but have humanlike qualities. They are able to stand easily on just their hind legs and wave as though they have wrists. As Katniss runs towards the Cornucopia after Cato she remembers Peeta. He is behind her about 15 yards because of his hurt leg. Katniss climbs the cornucopia and kills some of the mutts as Peeta makes his way to safety. At the top of the Cornucopia Cato is overtaken with cramps but asks if the mutts can climb. Katniss and Peeta watch as the mutts assemble and then one takes a running start and jumps onto the Cornucopia. It is unable to hold on and quickly slides off, but Katniss shoots it when she realizes the mutts resemble the other tributes. She explains to Peeta how the eyes, hair, and size all match one of the tributes. The collars also have their District number on them. The next attempt is made by Thresh who pierces Peeta’s leg. Katniss pulls Peeta back to the top of the cornucopia away from the danger of the mutts but Cato then graps Peeta in a headlock. In a sense of emergency Katniss weighs her options. She can shoot Cato in the head but Peeta will fall to the mutts with him, or she can wait but Peeta will die of asphyxiation. In a last attempt Peeta draws an X in blood on Cato’s hand. Katniss catches the signal and immedialetly shoots Cato’s hand. As Cato releases Peeta and stumbles backwards Peeta gives him a last shove which causes him to fall over the edge. Katniss is able to grab Peeta and they both wait to hear a cannon fire which signals the end of the competition.
When the cannon fire fails to come Peeta and Katniss realize they must kill Cato because of his armor. The mutts have turned him into a barely living mound of meat. As Katniss leans over the edge and shoots Cato it is more an act of kindness than of vengeance. The cannon fires immediatley after but there is no announcement of victory. Katniss and Peeta decide to walk to the lake so that the hovercraft can take Cato’s body. Katniss helps Peeta to the lake because by now Peeta has lost a lot of blood from his wound. When they arrive at the lake the body is taken, but instead of an announcement of victory the the speaker (Claudius Templesmith) announces the revoking of the previou provision which means there can only be ONE victor. In a moment of sadness Katniss and Peeta argue over what to do. Peeta says, “We both know they have to have a victor”, which gives Katniss an idea. She empties a handful of nightlock berries to Peeta and herself.
Important image: They stand back to back, empty hands held together, holding the berries out in front of them.
On the count of three they go to eat the berries when Claudius Templesmith yells stop and announces the victors of the 74th Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. THEY WON!
Chapter 26:
Chapter 26 begins as the hovercraft arrives to take Katniss and Peeta from the arena. Inside the vehicle Peeta falls unconscious but fortunately there are doctors present and ready to operate. Katniss panics when they take her from Peeta and begins banging at the glass door that separates her from Peeta. Obviously she is still in shock from the being in the arena. As Katniss watches Peeta on the surgeon’s table she remembers how whenever Prim and her mom had a patient she would run off to the woods. She could never understand why the family members of the patient would want to stay, but now she realizes you have no choice.
Katniss is put to sleep and she wakes to find herself strapped to a table with tubes running from her right arm. The redheaded avox girl enters to bring Katniss a tray of food. Katniss proceeds to ask the girl if Peeta made it and she nods yes. Katniss is comforted by knowing this and then begins to eat. When Katniss tries to leave the bed she is quickly put to sleep by a liquid that enters the tubes in her arm. The cycle of eating and being put to sleep continues until wakes to find herself free of restraints and tubes. She also finds that all of her scars and wounds have vanished and her skin is flawless. She dresses in an outfit that is the same as what she wore into the arena and prepares to meet her team.
The first person she runs to is Haymitch. He, Effie, and Cinna are all extremely proud of her. Katniss asks where Peeta is and they tell her that the capital wants their first sight of each other to be live on stage. Cinna then takes Katniss to be dressed for the evening’s events. The dress Cinna created is made of a sheer light yellow fabric that ripples by just the slightest movement. The dress gives the illusion of candlelight which still makes Katniss the girl on fire but now she is soft and sweet. When Katniss asks about the dress Cinna says he thought Peeta would like it better. The outfit with flat sandles, loose hair, soft makeup, and a simple dress gives the impression of innocence. Katniss realizes his true motive is not Peeta and knows by the sound of his voice that it is a warning.
Katniss’ suspicion is correct. Before she takes the stage that night, Haymitch hugs Katniss and gives her a message. He says, “Listen up, You’re in trouble. Word is the Capital’s furious about you showing them up in the arena… Your only defense can be you were so madly in love you weren’t responsible for your actions” (Collins 357). The chapter ends as Katniss ponders Haymitches words. He told her he didn’t have to tell Peeta because he was already there (in love). Katniss realizes that her feelings are too complicated and that she hasn’t yet figured out if she really likes him or if she only pretended to as part of the games.
Chapter 27:
Chapter 27 begins as Caesar Flickerman greets the audience before Katniss and Peeta arrive on the stage. Next, Katniss and Peeta see each other for the first time since the arena. Katniss unexpectedly runs into Peeta’s arms. They hug and kiss, which drives the crowd crazy, until they are taken to their seats. Katniss’s thoughts are concerned with whether or not Peeta knows about the danger they’re facing.
Their seat is a small velvet red love seat. Katniss can tell from Haymitch’s expression that she needs to look more “in love.” Therefore, she tucks her feet up behind her on the coach and leans on Peeta’s shoulder. Peeta immedialtely put his arm around her without hesitation, and this is how they watch the 3 hour film clip of the competition. The movie portrays the pre-game events, the arena, and their victory. The movie allows Katniss to see how Peeta used his time with the careers to protect Katniss. He misled them, stayed up the entire night under the tracker jacket tree, and fought off Cato so she could escape. It also shows Katniss’s hysteric reaction on the hovercraft when Peeta undergoes an operation.
After the movie they President Snow of Panem present the crown (1 crown that splits into 2 halves). Next, they arrive at the president’s mansion for the victory banquet and meet all of their sponsors. The next morning they are prepared for their last interviews. Katniss wears a white dress with pink shoes. In the interview they are seated the same way on the love couch as the previous nite. Caesar Flickerman’s interview informs Katniss of Peeta’s artificial leg. Katniss is upset because she feels it is her fault, but Peeta reassures her by saying he would have tied with her using the tourniquet.
Caesar asks Katniss two major questions:
– “When did you realize you were in love with him?” Katniss says when she heard the announce of two tributes being able to win. This is because for the first time she realized they could both live together forever.
– “The moment when you pulled out those berries. What was going on in your mind?” Katniss thinks carefully because her response determines whether or not the capital will punish her for challenging them or just consider her crazy in love. She says, “I don’t know, I just… couldn’t bear the thought of… being without him.” (A perfect response).
On the train ride home Katniss begins to thinks about home. Since she never seriously thought about the chance of returning home, she worries that she has forgotten who she realy is as a person. When the train makes a stop, Haymitch tells them to keep up the act and Peeta and Katniss get into a fight. Peeta is hurt because he realizes Katniss has been acting in love the whole time. Katniss has difficulties determining who she loves, Peeta or Gale. She feels as though she has lied to them both. The story ends when Peeta asks Katniss to pretend to be in love one more time for the cameras, but his voice is hollow. Katniss dreads the moment when she will have to let go of him. End of “The Hunger Games.”
The chapter opens with Katniss feeding Peeta the broth. That night when Katniss slips into the same sleeping bag as Peeta (it’s really cold), she notices how hot he really is, and wonders what to do about his fever. The next morning Katniss went looking for some food. Katniss comes back to a worried Peeta, who was afraid that the District 2 tributes had found her. They play up the Romance a bit, then Peeta forces Katniss to get some sleep.
Katniss wakes up in the afternoon, and checks Peeta’s leg wound. She is horrified to see that it is much worse, and that he has blood poisoning, which will kill him if unchecked. Katniss cooks them a meal down by the stream, and comes back to see how miserable Peeta is. To ease Peeta and take his mind off things, Katniss tells him the story of how Prim got her goat. After she finishes the story, the trumpets blare and Templesmith’s voice blares out over the arena, and as Katniss expected he is inviting everyone to a feast. Katniss is about to dismiss his offer, but he says that a backpack will be waiting for each district that contains something that they each desperately need.
Peeta automatically tells Katniss that she can’t go, and risk her life for him. Katniss trys to lie to Peeta telling him that she wasn’t planning on going, but he sees right throught it. She then tells him that she is going whether he likes it or not. Peeta is determined to go with her even though he can barely walk.
Katniss decides to go wash up down the stream, and as she is lost in thought a parachute fall down with a little vial. She is hoping that it is medicine, but quickly realizes that it is sleep syrup. Haymitch sent this to her so that she can knock Peeta out enough for her to go to the feast. She mixes sleep syrup in with some berries, and then feeds it to him. Peeta realizes what is in the berries, but it is to late because he ate them and is already starting to loose consciousness. End of chapter.
Chapter 21:
The Chapter opens with Katniss preparing to go to the feast, and she is camoflouging the cave in order to protect Peeta. She knows that Cato, Clove, and Thresh will be at the feast. As Katniss waits to go to the feast, she thinks of her family.
A few hours later she leaves for the feast, but she makes sure to kiss Peeta goodbye. Katniss reaches the Cornucopia, and is wondering where everybody is at. Katniss watches as the ground under the Cornucopia, and a round table with backpacks sitting there in all its’ glory. Just as the table clicks, Foxface dashes out, snatches her backpack, and quickly retreats. Katniss realizes that she has to go now before someone snatches up her bag. She sprints for the table, and hears the first knife coming towards her, but deflects it with her bow. Katniss draws her arrow, and shoot Clove right in the heart, but Clove turns and it hits her upper arm. Katniss is at the table, and she snatches up the backpack. As she turns around, the second knife creates a gash right above her eyebrow, and Clove slams into her.
Katniss tries to trick Clove into thinking that Peeta is alive and hunting Cato. Clove is straddling Katniss as she takes out a knife, and taunting her by bringing up Rue’s death. Just as Clove puts the knife to Katniss’ face, a great force pulls Clove away from Katniss. Katniss looks to see that Clove is dangling in Thresh’s arms.
Thresh is enraged with Clove because he thinks that she killed Rue because Clove had mentioned her just a while ago. Clove calls out to Cato, and responds to it. Thresh hits Clove with hard with a rock, and Katniss can tell that she won’t make it. Thresh turns around with rock in hand, poised before Katniss. He asks Katniss about having an alliance with Rue, and Katniss tells him about their strategy to take out the Careers and Rue’s death. Thresh lets Katniss go, but with the warning that he won’t do it again; they are even.
As Katniss leaves, she sees Cato drop down next to Clove, and beg her to stay with him. Katniss watches Thresh grab Cato’s and his bag befor running away so she guesses that Cato went after Thresh. Katniss makes it back to the cave, and Katniss manages to take the hypodermic needle and put it in Peeta before going unconcious from her head wound. End of Chapter.
5 tributes left.
Chapter 22:
The chapter opens with Katniss regains consciousness, and she sees Peeta. She notices that he is healed, and is instantly relieved. She feels her forehead, which was bandaged by Peeta. A storm starts, and that means that the Gamemakers are out to get someone. Katniss says that it is probably for Cato and Thresh. Katniss tells Peeta about the incident with Thresh and Clove. Peeta says that hopefully Cato and Thresh would kill each other, but Katniss doesn’t want Thresh to die even though if he lived then she would die. Katniss breaks down at this point and tell Peeta that she wants to go home, and Peeta promises her that she will. Peeta tells Katniss to go to sleep and that he will wake her up in the afternoon.
When Katniss wakes up, they eat the last little bit of food that they have left to try and calm their hungry stomachs, and look at the sky to see that there is no deaths that day. Peeta tells Katniss that Thresh was hiding in a grain field, and that no one had really wanted to track him down. Katniss starts to think that maybe Thresh is making use ouf of the grain, and that is why he was steal healthy looking at the feast, or maybe he just has really good sponsors. Peeta then wonders aloud what would they have to do to get some bread. Katniss has an idea: her and Peeta need to play up the romance in order to get more food.
Peeta and Katniss kiss again, and this is for real. Neither of them or sick or unconscious. This is the first kiss that makes Katniss want another one (AWWWWW :D). That night the storm picks up, and the next day is worse. Katniss and Peeta are starving for food, but the weather is preventing them from hunting. Katniss knows that she has to do something worthy of recieving food from a sponsor. Katniss asks Peeta about the interview when he said that he had a cruch on Katniss for a long time. Peeta then precedes to tell her when he knew that he liked her. Katniss let’s her guard down, and has a personal and intimate conversation with Peeta. The Chapter ends with a sponsor sending a feast of fresh rolls, goat cheese, apples, and a tureen of lamb stew.
Chapter 23:
Chapter 23 begins as Katniss and Peeta begin to enjoy a meal sent to them by Haymitch and their sponsors. Their conversation had been interrupted by the arrival of the package and now Peeta picks up where they left off: (Now pay attention this is my favorite part of the whole book and deserves to be quoted:) (P.S. It’s a sweet love scene). Peeta decides to go out, and check the sky for a death toll, and he comes back to report that Thresh is dead. Katniss is very upset over this. If anyone besides her and Peeta won, she wanted it to be Thresh.
“What was that you were saying just before the food arrived?” says Peeta. “Something about me… no competition… best thing that ever happened to you…” Katniss responds, “I don’t remember that last part.” Peeta says, “Oh, that’s right. That’s what I was thinking. Scoot over, I’m freezing.” AWWWWWWWW:D
As they continue to chat in the cave, they realize for the first time how Haymitch managed to win the games. He outsmarted the others! Peeta and Katniss’s time in the cave is a major bonding moment for them as well. They share old stories and discuss their friendship. After the bad weather ends, which was confining them to the cave, they resume hunting for Cato once again. The only problem is that Peeta is a heavy walker and makes a lot of noise as they travel through the forest. This makes it hard for Katniss to hunt for food so they decide to hunt and gather seperately.
After she spends some time hunting Katniss sends a message (a bird whistle) to Peeta which recieves no response. In a moment of panic she runs back to find Peeta gathering berries and almost shoots him with an arrow by accident. In her furry she yells at Peeta for not responding to the signal and for eating some of their food. Just as Peeta denies stealing the food a gong rings and a hovercraft takes foxface’s body. Peeta panics because thinks Cato is near but Katniss realizes the berries he collected are nightlock(deadly) and tells him foxface is his own kill. End of Chapter 23.
3 Tributes l
Chapter 24:
Chapter 24 begins as Katniss explains to Peeta how he killed Foxface. Peeta then goes to throw away the berries but Katniss decides to save a few in case they can be used to fool Cato as well. Afterwards they cook their meal and begin to discuss where to make camp. Katniss wants to climb a tree, but Peeta wants to return to the cave. Katniss knows this is a bad idea because it will take hours of walking and they will only have to leave in the morning to return to the woods to hunt. Peeta argues, however, that he will be unable to climb a tree with his hurt leg. Katniss gives in because he would do the same for her. They next morning they decide to pack up and head out because today is the day the Gamemakers will make sure they face Cato, but they don’t know how it will be done. As Katniss and Peeta leave the cave they notice all of the water in the streams is gone. It is apparant at this moment that the Gamemakers want them to face Cato at the lake in the center of the arena where there are no trees for protection. So with courage and determination they head straight for the lake.
At the lake they restock with water and wait.When Cato rushes through the trees they pose to fight, but when Katniss shoots him the arrow is deflected by some sort of armor. Next, Cato runs straight past them as they realize he is running FROM something. At that moment in time Katniss sees the creatures and has no other reaction but to save herself.
Chapter 25:
Chapter 25 begins and the creatures are called Muttations. They resemble huge wolves, but have humanlike qualities. They are able to stand easily on just their hind legs and wave as though they have wrists. As Katniss runs towards the Cornucopia after Cato she remembers Peeta. He is behind her about 15 yards because of his hurt leg. Katniss climbs the cornucopia and kills some of the mutts as Peeta makes his way to safety. At the top of the Cornucopia Cato is overtaken with cramps but asks if the mutts can climb. Katniss and Peeta watch as the mutts assemble and then one takes a running start and jumps onto the Cornucopia. It is unable to hold on and quickly slides off, but Katniss shoots it when she realizes the mutts resemble the other tributes. She explains to Peeta how the eyes, hair, and size all match one of the tributes. The collars also have their District number on them. The next attempt is made by Thresh who pierces Peeta’s leg. Katniss pulls Peeta back to the top of the cornucopia away from the danger of the mutts but Cato then graps Peeta in a headlock. In a sense of emergency Katniss weighs her options. She can shoot Cato in the head but Peeta will fall to the mutts with him, or she can wait but Peeta will die of asphyxiation. In a last attempt Peeta draws an X in blood on Cato’s hand. Katniss catches the signal and immedialetly shoots Cato’s hand. As Cato releases Peeta and stumbles backwards Peeta gives him a last shove which causes him to fall over the edge. Katniss is able to grab Peeta and they both wait to hear a cannon fire which signals the end of the competition.
When the cannon fire fails to come Peeta and Katniss realize they must kill Cato because of his armor. The mutts have turned him into a barely living mound of meat. As Katniss leans over the edge and shoots Cato it is more an act of kindness than of vengeance. The cannon fires immediatley after but there is no announcement of victory. Katniss and Peeta decide to walk to the lake so that the hovercraft can take Cato’s body. Katniss helps Peeta to the lake because by now Peeta has lost a lot of blood from his wound. When they arrive at the lake the body is taken, but instead of an announcement of victory the the speaker (Claudius Templesmith) announces the revoking of the previou provision which means there can only be ONE victor. In a moment of sadness Katniss and Peeta argue over what to do. Peeta says, “We both know they have to have a victor”, which gives Katniss an idea. She empties a handful of nightlock berries to Peeta and herself.
Important image: They stand back to back, empty hands held together, holding the berries out in front of them.
On the count of three they go to eat the berries when Claudius Templesmith yells stop and announces the victors of the 74th Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. THEY WON!
Chapter 26:
Chapter 26 begins as the hovercraft arrives to take Katniss and Peeta from the arena. Inside the vehicle Peeta falls unconscious but fortunately there are doctors present and ready to operate. Katniss panics when they take her from Peeta and begins banging at the glass door that separates her from Peeta. Obviously she is still in shock from the being in the arena. As Katniss watches Peeta on the surgeon’s table she remembers how whenever Prim and her mom had a patient she would run off to the woods. She could never understand why the family members of the patient would want to stay, but now she realizes you have no choice.
Katniss is put to sleep and she wakes to find herself strapped to a table with tubes running from her right arm. The redheaded avox girl enters to bring Katniss a tray of food. Katniss proceeds to ask the girl if Peeta made it and she nods yes. Katniss is comforted by knowing this and then begins to eat. When Katniss tries to leave the bed she is quickly put to sleep by a liquid that enters the tubes in her arm. The cycle of eating and being put to sleep continues until wakes to find herself free of restraints and tubes. She also finds that all of her scars and wounds have vanished and her skin is flawless. She dresses in an outfit that is the same as what she wore into the arena and prepares to meet her team.
The first person she runs to is Haymitch. He, Effie, and Cinna are all extremely proud of her. Katniss asks where Peeta is and they tell her that the capital wants their first sight of each other to be live on stage. Cinna then takes Katniss to be dressed for the evening’s events. The dress Cinna created is made of a sheer light yellow fabric that ripples by just the slightest movement. The dress gives the illusion of candlelight which still makes Katniss the girl on fire but now she is soft and sweet. When Katniss asks about the dress Cinna says he thought Peeta would like it better. The outfit with flat sandles, loose hair, soft makeup, and a simple dress gives the impression of innocence. Katniss realizes his true motive is not Peeta and knows by the sound of his voice that it is a warning.
Katniss’ suspicion is correct. Before she takes the stage that night, Haymitch hugs Katniss and gives her a message. He says, “Listen up, You’re in trouble. Word is the Capital’s furious about you showing them up in the arena… Your only defense can be you were so madly in love you weren’t responsible for your actions” (Collins 357). The chapter ends as Katniss ponders Haymitches words. He told her he didn’t have to tell Peeta because he was already there (in love). Katniss realizes that her feelings are too complicated and that she hasn’t yet figured out if she really likes him or if she only pretended to as part of the games.
Chapter 27:
Chapter 27 begins as Caesar Flickerman greets the audience before Katniss and Peeta arrive on the stage. Next, Katniss and Peeta see each other for the first time since the arena. Katniss unexpectedly runs into Peeta’s arms. They hug and kiss, which drives the crowd crazy, until they are taken to their seats. Katniss’s thoughts are concerned with whether or not Peeta knows about the danger they’re facing.
Their seat is a small velvet red love seat. Katniss can tell from Haymitch’s expression that she needs to look more “in love.” Therefore, she tucks her feet up behind her on the coach and leans on Peeta’s shoulder. Peeta immedialtely put his arm around her without hesitation, and this is how they watch the 3 hour film clip of the competition. The movie portrays the pre-game events, the arena, and their victory. The movie allows Katniss to see how Peeta used his time with the careers to protect Katniss. He misled them, stayed up the entire night under the tracker jacket tree, and fought off Cato so she could escape. It also shows Katniss’s hysteric reaction on the hovercraft when Peeta undergoes an operation.
After the movie they President Snow of Panem present the crown (1 crown that splits into 2 halves). Next, they arrive at the president’s mansion for the victory banquet and meet all of their sponsors. The next morning they are prepared for their last interviews. Katniss wears a white dress with pink shoes. In the interview they are seated the same way on the love couch as the previous nite. Caesar Flickerman’s interview informs Katniss of Peeta’s artificial leg. Katniss is upset because she feels it is her fault, but Peeta reassures her by saying he would have tied with her using the tourniquet.
Caesar asks Katniss two major questions:
– “When did you realize you were in love with him?” Katniss says when she heard the announce of two tributes being able to win. This is because for the first time she realized they could both live together forever.
– “The moment when you pulled out those berries. What was going on in your mind?” Katniss thinks carefully because her response determines whether or not the capital will punish her for challenging them or just consider her crazy in love. She says, “I don’t know, I just… couldn’t bear the thought of… being without him.” (A perfect response).
On the train ride home Katniss begins to thinks about home. Since she never seriously thought about the chance of returning home, she worries that she has forgotten who she realy is as a person. When the train makes a stop, Haymitch tells them to keep up the act and Peeta and Katniss get into a fight. Peeta is hurt because he realizes Katniss has been acting in love the whole time. Katniss has difficulties determining who she loves, Peeta or Gale. She feels as though she has lied to them both. The story ends when Peeta asks Katniss to pretend to be in love one more time for the cameras, but his voice is hollow. Katniss dreads the moment when she will have to let go of him. End of “The Hunger Games.”
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