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    Science fiction is a genre of literature that focuses on possible outcomes of a near future (space, future buildings, robots, aliens). A good example of this genre are the books Divergent, published in 2011, and The Hunger Games, published in 2008. Science fiction is presented in both stories in how the setting takes place in a near future where society as we know it collapsed and it had to be build from the beginning with new sets of rules. In The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins builds her story around

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    Today’s options for medical healthcare is wide stream business that has taken off when healthcare became a hot topic on Capitol Hill. Thru the joining of American Association of Health Plans and Health Insurance Association of America a new trade association was created. That health insurance market is called The America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) representing the health insurance industry. Two million of AHIP’s members are provide health and supplemental benefits through employer-sponsored

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    Mockingjay most of the Capitol citizens have been evacuated. Upon hearing that Capitol homes, including Snow’s mansion, are taking in refugees, Katniss decides to refocus on her mission to kill Snow, which starts the battle. Tigris disguises the squad members, and they take off with Cressida and Pollux as the guides, Katniss and Gale as the refugees, and Peeta to create a distraction if needed. They are quickly separated and Katniss reaches Snow 's mansion alone. She sees Capitol children gathered in

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    On March 4, 1921, an unknown soldier from World War I was buried with the approval of Congress in the plaza of the Memorial Amphitheatre at Arlington National Cemetery. This serviceman was chosen randomly out of four other servicemen from four individual gravesites located in France. Not only was this soldier honored as a valiant trooper, but unknown soldiers from World War II and the Korean War were honored and remembered at this site too. The soldier located in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was

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    It Is I, Donato Bramante

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    road from me called the United States Capitol Building. I feel like I am back at home in Rome when I see such a building! The people of this strange land say this building houses the government of their country. I find this hard to believe. A building as large, and as grand as this should be a home of God, a

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    cold. In the hunger games it gets really cold at night so could you imagine such a night to sleep in. You are in the dark and extremely cold on top of a cornucopia and the whole night you have to listen to the screams of someone being slowly ate by Capitol engineered mutts. Also you know that if you fall down from the cornucopia you will die a painful death and scream just like the Cato who is slowly dying. Katniss is an amazing person because she was generous enough to

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    The Reaping The citizens of each of twelve districts in Panem are forced to participate in the traumatizing, Hunger Games. Attempting to overthrow The Capitol, now each District must; sacrifice a boy and a girl who will later compete against twenty-two other people from the age ranges of twelve to eighteen. The Capitol established these games as a reminder they are in power. According to a citizen, Katniss Everdeen says “Attendance is mandatory unless you are at death’s door. This evening

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    Qatar; The Arab Capitol of Culture Qatar rapidly developed from a small traditional tribal society into a vibrant modern nation, becoming the world’s richest country per capita. The greatest changes in Qatar have occurred over the last decade. Despite the motivations and reasons for success, it is clear that Qatar focuses on the present and the future. Therefore, Qatar transformed the way Emir would develop in the future, how the military is constantly developing to protect against new threats

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    tells the story of a dystopian United States where in a tragic future, the totalitarian country of Panem, is separated into 12 districts and the Capitol. The Games, put on by the Capitol, are intended to discipline the remaining 12 districts after recalling the dark days of how the 13th district was demolished for its uprising against the brutal Capitol. Every year, one young female and one young male is chosen by lottery to partake in the Games. With 24 young participants in total, ranging between

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    As mentioned in the very first chapter of this study, the type of control that the Capitol has is technological in nature. From the very beginning of the story, we are told that it is not safe to talk against the Capitol as they have eyes and ears everywhere. Katniss Everdeen, the narrator, mentions it that she goes to hunt in the forest to keep her family from dying and even in the ‘middle of nowhere’

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