Hunger+Games-Before+the+novel

=Choose one of the videos and write a one page reaction/reflection based on the questions provided.=

Sacrifice
Katniss Everdeen, the main character in //The Hunger Games//, volunteers to be a tribute to save her sister’s life.

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Have you ever sacrificed something for someone you love? (Your example doesn’t have to be extreme. Think about instances in which you gave up an object or even your time to help someone or make them happy). Describe your sacrifice and how it made you feel to give something up for another person.

Mayte: The time I sacrificed something for someone was when my friend had no lunch money for lunch and she was very hungry she told me, so I gave her my money so she would eat something and I didn’t eat anything because I wasn’t that hungry. My sacrifice was not huge because I could go a day without eating lunch it’s not going to be the end of the world but she still thanked me. My other friends thought I was dumb for not eating but it was totally fine with me.

Shay: I think its worth dieing for someome you care about and love. I'll do it if i had to. like for one of my little sisters. i would step up and say ill go because im older so that means they have lomger to live. and me going into to a fight make me feel like i have a better chance of winning. so than my family could look at me as a leader and a believers. i think it just depends on the type of person they are. if they can handle it. but it would be hard and secary.

Cristian: When I was younger I would have younger family members and I if I had toys or something they wanted that I had most of the time it was hard to give up, I knew I was the old one and had to give it to them because they were younger and it was hard but I ended up giving it to them so they won’t cry and I guess I did most of the time good about doing that although sometimes I did get a bit mad but it’s okay! But for Katniss to do that big sacrifice for her sister Prim is a really big thing to be proud of and she had to be super brave to do it.

Political Commentary
//The Hunger Games// is set in a world where the government forces children to be sacrificed in a violent, public way. Writers often create hyperbolic, thought-provoking stories to reveal flaws in our world. What message do you think the story’s creator is trying to express with this dark tale?

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