Catching Fire

Dylan Swarts

Suzanne Collins• Born in New Jersey in

1963• Now lives in

Connecticut• Went to New York

University• Wrote Hunger Games

Trilogy and The Underland Chronicles

• Used to write for nickelodeon television shows

Protagonist

• Katniss Everdeen• Katniss wins the

hunger games and the government doesn’t like her so they basically take away her freedom and try to ruin her life

Antagonist

• The Capital• The Capital controls everything and is

somewhat communist

Gale Hawthorne

• Katniss’s best friend/lover

• Gale works in the mine in district 12

President Snow

• President of Panem

• Changes rules to get Katniss back in the games

• Forces Katniss to marry Pitta

Exposition

• Katniss comes back home after winning The Hunger Games with Pitta

• The two go on the Victory Tour and uprisings start throughout all the districts

Rising Action

• The government takes control of Katniss and do everything they say

• They send Katniss the the Hunger Games again

• The 75th hunger games send 2 from each district from all past hunger game winners

Climax

• Katniss and Pitta are 2 of about 8 people left in the games

• All of the sudden Haymitch (who is a past winner from district 12, and their games mentor) breaks in with others and captures Katniss

• They tell her there have been many more uprisings and they start to take her to District 13 with the other games competitors

Falling Action

• There is no falling action or resolution, the book is a complete cliff hangover to be continued in the next book. And I’m gonna go crazy until the next book comes out!

Setting

• Catching Fire takes place in the future country of Panem

• Katniss lives in District 13, but on the tour they visit all 12 districts

• The Hunger Games takes place in a Dome created by the capital with crazy species of plants and animals everywhere

Themes

• Trust• Interdependence vs. Independence• Loyalty• Government Control• Rebellion• Human Rights• Poverty

Rating

• Very good Book • 10 out of 10• I would recommend the Hunger Games

trilogy to everyone

Human Rights

• The capital of Panem takes away human rights from the citizens

• They make everyone in each district work the same job and everyone is poor

What is Human rights?

• Human rights are all the rights and freedom that every person alive has, or should have

• The UN made a list of 30 human rights

30 Human Rights• We are all free and equal• Don’t discriminate• The right to life• No slavery• No torture• You have rights no matter where you go• Were all equal before the law• Your human rights are protected by law• No unfair detainment• The right to trial• Innocent until proven guilty• The right to privacy• Freedom to move• The right to seek a safe place to live

• Right to nationality• Marriage and family• Right to own things• Freedom of thought• Freedom of expression• Right to public assembly • Right to democracy• Social security• Workers rights• Right to play• Food and shelter for all• Right to education• Copyright• A fair and free world• Responsibility• Nobody can take away your human rights

First they came… by Martin Niemoller

When the Nazis came for the communists,I remained silent;I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,I remained silent;I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,I did not speak out;I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,I remained silent;I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,there was no one left to speak out.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

On January 30, 1972, British soldiers opened fire on civilians in Derry, Ireland during a civil rights march.

14 were killed and others wounded.

This was know as Bloody Sunday.

 

Video on Human rights

Bibliography 

• Collins, Suzanne. "Catching Fire." Wikipedia, Web.•  "Human Rights." Wikipedia, Print. • Jone, Humphrey, and Roosevelt Eleanor. United Nations.

Universal Declaration Of Human Rights. Paris, 1948. Print.

• "Free Retired Colonel Held Unjustly." Human Rights Watch (2010): n. pag. Web. 27 Feb 2010.

• Khan, Irene. "Its Not Just The Economy, Its A Human Rights Crisis." Amnesty International (2009): n. pag. Web. Feb 25 2010.

• "International human rights law." The Graduate Institute. ADH Geneve, n.d. Web. 15 Feb 2010.