Exclusive Scene

Authors Note: This following short response is a creative scene from the book "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. My main focus in this piece is the use of figurative language.

Here I sit in the tallest tree within the whole forest, a tree that could touch the moon, a tree that can look over the whole world. While I sit on this sturdy branch, I listen if any of the remaining eight tributes left in the game are near, but all I hear is the wind whistling throughout the air; responding that I am completely alone. As I gaze into my thoughts, I find myself drifting into sleep, until shortly after woken by an announcement from the Gamemakers.

“There has been a slight change in the rules. Two tributes can both win if they are from the same district. Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor.”

I hastily untied the rope attaching myself to the tree, climbed down, grabbed my things and ran as fast as I could, not knowing where I was going or how I was going to find him, but running as if I were a lion trying to catch my prey; not giving up until I catch it. After running for about 15 minutes, I’ve spotted him. He’s with the careers and looks like he’s scared to death, almost as if they’re going to kill him. I hide behind a bush, being as quiet as a mouse. I watch and listen to them as they plan how they’re going to kill him, so I shoot two arrows through both of them, each aimed right in the center of their hearts, and finally see both of them cease to the ground in immediate death. I sprint as fast as a cheetah towards the love of my life and rescue him from the ropes wrapped throughout his body, setting the one I intend to win the games with free, Peeta Mellark.

Responce to "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Field Below"

Authors Note: These following paragraphs are responses to questions regarding the mood and tone within both of the poems/ songs "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Field Below", and their message.

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     The meanings of the poems are that you should be happy with what you have at the moment because it won’t always be there.

·         The first song seemed happy the way she was singing it, but while reading it, it seems sad. The second song seems so much more depressed and the message is expressed through the tone and slowness of the music. 

      The mood in the first one almost seems as if she’s trying to sound happy, but the lyrics do not. The tone is making me feel happy too. The second song’s mood was depressing and made me feel sympathetic.

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      The first song did not relate at all to the poetry. The singer did not do a good job using emotion and taking the lyrics and expressing them through sadness in the music. The second song could relate a ton to the poetry because you can hear in her voice how she sounds sad and depressed. I feel that the singer in the first song did not do a good job using emotion and taking the lyrics and expressing them through sadness in the music. I though the singer in the second song did a much better job with her emotion and relating it to the poetry and message in the poem.

Character Description Rue

Authors Note: In this following piece, I will discuss the physical features and events that included one of the tributes for the Hunger Games named Rue, from the book "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins.

Within the book "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, Rue is one of the tributes picked from District 11. Other than the fact she has dark brown skin and eyes, she's very much like Katniss's little sister Prim. Also like Prim, Rue is twelve years old. She has a little body and is small in height as if she were an eight year old girl.

Shortly after Rue's name was called as tribute for District 11, volunteers were asked to take her place, but all that was heard was the wind winding throughout the air. Being the youngest tribute in the games, Rue was given a high score from the Gamemakers. As she showed off her abilities to the Gamemakers while training, she must have had impressive skills to her high score of an eight out of ten. Unfortunately, Rue is one of the last eight to die, although instead of being taken away covered in blood and with a spear through her, Katniss gathered flowers and spread them around and on her, signifying the loving sisterly relationship they had.

Rue

Within the book "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, Rue is one of the tributes picked from District 11. Other than the fact she has dark brown skin and eyes, she's very much like Katniss's little sister Prim. Also like Prim, Rue is twelve years old. She has a little body and is small in height.

Shortly after Rue's name was called as tribute for District 11, volunteers were asked to take her place, but all that was heard was the wind winding throughout the air. Being the youngest tribute in the games, Rue was given a high score from the Gamemakers. As she showed off her abilities to the Gamemakers while training, she must have had impressive skills to her high score of an eight. 

Trust Your True Friends

Authors Note: This following piece is a formal five paragraph essay discussing the main themes within the book The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau.

When getting in the ages of twelve or thirteen, it's hard to know who your friends are because everyone is changing. Figuring out who will be there when you need help, who will defend you, and who will believe you with whatever you say.Finding out your true friends and not being able to trust everyone are the main themes within the novel The City of Ember for various reasons.

To start, a while after the graduating class had gotten their jobs, Lina bumped into one of her good friends from school. As Lina and her old friend Lizzie were talking, Lizzie acted strange, as though she didn’t want to speak to Lina.Since Lizzie works as a stocks-person, she has permission to go where all the substances are that all citizens have a limited amount to. As it turned out,Lizzie and her boyfriend were stealing food and light bulbs for not only themselves, but the mayor as well.


Next, in any given situation everyone should be able to trust their leader and believe they would do their best to help their people.Unfortunately, the mayor of Ember is the exact opposite. He is not trustworthy,which many people do not know. He has stock workers deliver whatever he needs for him without limited amounts. Also, he doesn’t care about the shortages on light bulbs and food. The discussion between Doon and the Mayor at the end of page 12 through page 13 shows that the Mayor doesn't care about the blackouts or shortages and is too afraid to admit that tragedies are happening to his city.

Unlike Mayor Cole, Lizzie, and her boyfriend, Doon Harrow is a true, loyal friend. He is always there for Lina when she is in need to talk to someone, and believes her for whatever she has to say even if it might seem completely insane. Lina discovered the mayor (someone who seems so devoted to his city)was stealing many things that are limited to the other citizens, and Doon didn't question her or tell her to prove it because he knew she would never lie to him. 

In conclusion; the theme in this novel is shown throughout several ways. Lizzie not being who Lina thought she was, the mayor not being trust Doon, and Doon being the one who was the most dependable out of all.

Mayor Busted for Stealing: True or Myth?

Authors Note: This is a creative piece based off of the book “The City of Ember”, by Jeanne DuPrau. I wrote as if I were the journalist of Ember writing for “The Ember Times”.

The word throughout the streets of Ember is out about the mayor's steeling of supplies that have been running low for years. As many of you, the citizens of Ember know, we have been in a shortage of many things for an extended amount of time now. We have been limited to taking a certain amount on everything now-a-days, so Mayor Cole stealing will only make life in the future worse for us.

The Ember Times interviewed the chief guard for the city, as he was the one who was confronted about the theft. "Nothing has ever gone on like this for the many years I have been working as a guard",says the chief guard. "They came up to me and told me they needed to speak in private, because of an important matter. Next they discussed how there was storeroom in Tunnel 351 on the south end of the pipeworks, stocked with food that hadn't been sold in years and millions of light bulbs being delivered to the mayor. The young girl had talked to a friend, who admitted everything about her boy friend stealing things for the mayor, himself, and for herself as well." These are shocking words, but could definitely be true as well.

As Mayor Cole was confronted about this complaint, he denied every part of it. Signs were put up all around Ember with Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow's names on them, wanted for false accusations. The question that is being asked by everyone is: is it true? While the next few weeks pass, guards will investigate more about the Mayor's theft,discovering if it's true, or a myth.

The Little Things are the Ones that Make the Biggest Difference

Authors Note: This short response is a Text Structure Conflict/Resolution on the book “The City of Ember”.

In the underground city, every year comes a day where the 12 year olds are given a job. The mayor comes to class with a bucket filled with scraps of paper with a different job written on each one. Doon Harrow is pleading to get a job underground near the generators so he can try to help save the city from darkness because they are using only light bulbs for light. Lina, on the other hand, is hoping to get anything but the underground jobs. One of her first picks would be to get the messenger, running throughout Ember, getting to see every inch of the city. As it turns out, they each get the total opposite, so they decide to switch after class. Getting their last choices is one of the main conflicts of the book because Doon is trying to save the city and he can’t do anything if he’s not near the generator.

“Doon reached into the bag and took out the last scrap of paper. He paused a minute, pressing it tightly in his hand. Unfolding the paper, Doon read: “Messenger”. He scowled, crumpled the paper and dashed it to the floor”. This line from the book shows that Doon will not be able to fix Ember’s light issues.

By Lina’s emotions, Doon could tell she was upset from the job she got which was pipeworkers. Since the pipeworkers work under ground near the generator, he decided to ask her to switch jobs. Lina was filled with joy after Doon’s arrangement to exchange jobs. As a line from the book “Happiness sprang into her”, and their conflict was solved.