Mockingjay is the Third and last instalment of the Hunger Games Franchise. The start of the book returns to the cliffhanger of Catching Fire (Previous book) and the contents of the book has remotely changed from the first book as the story doesn’t revolve around The arena or the trials but the consequences and conclusions to the main protagonists actions. The heroin is called Katniss Everdeen and she is a near traumatized young adult who has gone through physical and mental trauma to protect her family and friends.The world is a post-apocalyptic dystopia in which citizens are very much like puppets with strings a lot like reality shows today instead with a fear of death rather than a fear of unpopularity controlling them. The puppet master is President Snow who’s appearance is of a retired Father Christmas with puffy lips and a single white rose tucked snug in his breast pocket. Katniss chooses to replace her younger sister Prim in the Arena where selected youths are chosen from each district to fight to the death and where one victor is allowed to survive. Throughout Katnisses time in the games she gives off gestures and signs of resistance. This is the first incentive that she will be the beacon of hope for Panem. The Mockingjay is figure or idol in which will free them from the clutches of the Capitol. A Mockingjay is a bird like creature created by the Capitol using the genes of  Jabber jays which were birds that the Capitol genetically engineered to be spies during the rebellion of the past 13 districts.The Jabberjays had collected the information for the capitol and had fulfilled their purpose so the laboratories were destroyed and the surviving subjects were left in the wilderness to die out. Eventually they had died out but not until they had passed on their genetic code to female Mockingbirds. The use of having the Mockingbird could have been a hint to the Harper Lee novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ as it shows pride. The book is written in 3rd person but from Katniss’s point of view which i also enjoy because the author is also a female so this helps the connection between the antagonist and the writer. Suzanne Collins even states that”Katniss is a wreck” This was a good pillar for the book because it doesn’t contain any stereotypes as the apocalyptic war had changed them. Her character is a tom-boy who hunts animals and sells them to feed her small family as her Father was killed in a mining accident when Katniss was younger and her mother was a doctor for the sick and starving community. This had made Katniss the man of the house and this had stripped her of her childhood. For female readers this was good because there are not many Female heroes in today’s novels and films as Katniss is independent and strong instead of a damsel in distress.The setting of the hunger games was based on  reality TV and coverage of the war in Iraq with child soldiers being killed and people watching it on TV. She was also influenced heavily by Greek Mythology. The story of Theseus and the Minotaur is a favorite story and she had used the children being sent to death in the arena with the Minotaur in her story being King Minos of Crete as President Snow and Athens is panem in which King Minos demands Athens to send him seven children every year. This had been the backbone for the famous franchise. This does not have many non fiction parts as it is an allegory like Animal Farm but for the distant future. This is very different and therefore unique as it explores the dark side of humanity. The few books that surround the Hunger Games are Divergent,Twilight and Maze runner.

Bayonet Charge written by Ted Hughes

“Bayonet Charge” is set in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. The poem elaborates the situation that many soldiers had to face. Going over the top is when the soldiers would climb out of the trench with their Long knives known as bayonets attached to the end of their rifles and head out on the battlefield to face heavy fire and mortar shells. The first paragraph is about an anonymous soldier in who gets out of the trench and charges ahead a midst the flailing bullets towards the enemy trench. It has a lot of metaphors and adjectives to guide our imagination. The rest of the poem just explains the journey and what the soldier is going through to reach the enemy stronghold (Or Trench). I very much enjoy re-reading this poem because it contains a lot of action and descriptive metaphors to fill my reading needs.

The poem is somewhat written in the same way as Out of the blue as they both contain many rhyming adjectives and also other similarities.”In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations. Is he the hand pointing that second”. This sentence stands out for me as the poem is to do with war the poem makes a reference to soldiers using the stars for navigation and a way of telling the time. There is also a use of personification as the the hand of the clock is referenced as a human hand.

Dear Mum and Dad

Hi Mum hi Dad how’s things? The weathers pretty moist and damp I mean its virtually the same as back home aha. in Asia but At least the foods nice. How is Stella by the way ? Is Dad still taking her out for walks ? I have so much to say but not much ink to use so I will try to make this quick. Our defenses are good and its just a simple recon mission that we have to deal with but then ill be straight on a flight back to Norbury where a check should be delivered carrying the dosh. Cant wait to see you.   X

From your beloved son Gary.

The character that I have chosen is Lev.
I like the character Lev because he appeals to me. One of his traits that I like is his tough exterior in which part of the script he shows his softer side. Lev seems to care a lot about his squad and with the bird that flew in he did not allow the bird to stay in their group. He cares very little for bullshit and likes to show it. He also indicates in a part of the play that he believes fights should be fair and he would love to fight Like a Roman Soldier.
The scene in which the soldiers reminisce on what they miss and what was back home. This includes someone indicating that would love to be reunited with their gaming console that is an “X-Box”. By this being said it indicates that the time period is set soon after The November the 21st , 2001 when the Xbox was initially released.
“The Grandfathers” script is set in Central Asia preferably Nepal on a hillside.

Propaganda enables governments to manipulate people because they have a lot of power and
That makes the general public vulnerable to brainwashing.
Propaganda in Animal Farm is based on the character of Squealer because he
Uses his words to his advantage by altering opinions of other characters in the book.
This use may be used through newspapers and posters e.g in the great world war .
Mostly throughout the book Napoleon Continue reading

P : I believe  that Squealer uses persuasive language to manipulate the animals and to get what he wants.

E : The evidence for Squealer’s wit is Napoleon grinding down the commandments and changing it into one “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”.
Many of the animals quote that Squealer could “Turn Black into White”.
He uses the word “Comrades”. He justifies the fact that Pigs need the milk and apples to feed there smart brains and and that if they did not get apples Farmer Jones might come back and reign terror.