Control in the Hunger Games

In my book 'The Hunger Games' the main themes are power and control. I will focus on the them of control. The main character in 'The Hunger Games', Katniss Everdeen, is always thinking about the idea of control. She thinks that the Capitol control everything and do whatever they want. The main the capitol keeps everyone under control is by showing everyone what they can do. They do this by creating the hunger games and making all the districts participate. So they have to put forward one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to go to the capitol and fight to the death with other contenders. While in the hunger games the people in control has now gone to the gamemakers who are just another part in the capitol. The way they have control is that they could kill anyone at anytime with just a flick of a button. Katniss knows this and is therefore quite scared of them and of what they could do to her. Through out the book Katniss never gains control of anything. She is always under supervision of the gamemakers and they could kill her at any time. The only time that Katniss shows any sort of power or control is when she nearly kills herself at the end of the hunger games. When she does this it shows that the capitol or gamemakers does not have complete control over her and I expect this makes them annoyed. They will probably does something to her for taking the only thing that they have away from them, but this will have to happen in the second book.

Reflection on POP

One of the main things in working that I have trouble in for working is time management. So since I was here all the way through middle school I always knew this project was probably going to be hard for me. So I would say my main lesson learned was time management. It was not that hard of a project if you did manage your time well and get everything done with time to spare. I think I did this and only had troubles with my EO. Another lesson I learned is how to research properly. You have to do a lot of research and now I think I know how to research properly and efficiently. The final lesson I learned is how to be patient when searching for something online. I had to be patient and I think that was the final lesson I learned.

Reflection on irony

The main visual elements of this cartoon is the writing at the bottom and the three people sitting areound the table. Mostly the little boy aswell because both of his parents are staring right at him. This gives the immediate idea that they are talking to him. This cartoon is about irony and how it is used all the time. He I beleive thinks that irony is quite funny and that it is used alot. I think that he thinks it is funny because of the underlining in the writing. And because that is what the whole cartoon is based around. This cartoon is ironic because rather than just telling his parents quickly what he did at school today and wating maybe thirty seconds of his day. He decides to tell them to read his blog wasting 10 minutes of their day. This shows irony because it is also opposite thoughts. This cartoon is also ironic because of how it shows that in the present day we resort to using the tecknology for doing just about everything for us. And in this cartoon they are even talking for us. It relates to technology because it shows how we rely on technology for everything. I think to make the cartoon more persuasive the cartoonist should make the parents look more outraged.

Worktime on POP

My plan for this week is to have all my sources and what Im going to use in my paragraphs done by Wednesday. My first and second paragraph should be done by thursday and the rest of my first draft done by friday. I am going to use all the full days I have in class to get all my sources done and in the right format. I will use the half days to write a bit of my paragraphs. Then I want to be able to completely get my first draft done by the end of friday.

Technology

Technology is generally thought of with high tech computers or lots of gadgets that flip out. These are all uses of technology but there are still many more. What I believe is technology is any sort of electronic equipment. So it could basically be anything that uses electricity. The five most important uses of technology I would say are the computer, x-ray, life support, security system, and water purifiers. Five least important are the electric toothbrush, electric shaver, hair dryer, PSP, and light up shoes. I feel that there is the right amount of technology used at AES.

Vonnegut and technology

I both agree and disagree with Vonnegut's statement that 'new fangled electronics' are bad. I believe that the invention of all these new tools of destruction. Such as new warheads or nuclear missiles. I do not believe that you should make anything if it is not used in a good way. That is where I disagree with Vonnegut. He believes that all technology is bad and that you should do everything yourself. I believe that some technology is good. Such as things that can help invent new things. Also all scientists use all these massive technology computers to help make new medicines or other things. Also the computer is used for many good things aswell and is definately a very important part of my every day life. So I also think the computer can help you become. The computer helps mange things and is definately important in alot of every day lives. Thats why I belive that he is right that technology can hurt, but I also believe that technology is very good at helping people aswell.

Quarter 4 goals

1. Improve ability to gather evidence to support ideas
2. Improve handwriting
3. Get a B
4. Remember to complete all homework
5. Remember to do all blog posts
6. on projects do NOT wait for the last night before rushing to finish it
7. Get a good grade on the research paper for POP