District 8
- District 8 is one of the poorest districts in Panem.
- Its main industry is making textiles and clothing.
- One of the factories is used solely to make the Peace keepers umiforms
- The following jobs for District 8 are as follows: Factory worker, Dress maker, Designer, Warehouse manager, Teacher
- Hates the Capitol just like the rest of the poor Districts
- Katniss describes District 8 as "an ugly urban place stinking of industrial fumes, the people housed in run down tenements, barely a blade of grass in sight."
CHARACTER INFO
Name: Hemish Montana
Age: 18
Occupation: N/A
District: 8
My name is Hemish Gravel Montana, I am 18 years old. My mom is Queen Latifah but she hardly talks or does anything with us after Ham Kabob Montana ran away to District 2. Soon after my dad, Simon Cowell, followed her. I know they have a show Panem Idol but i don't care not really there are 7 of us not including me. I spend most of my time away from home, away from everything actually, I only come back for food occasionally and birthdays. And the Reaping. That dreaded day, none of us have been picked but i grow up watching friends go, none came back. Jahfar Mohammed
Age: 18
Occupation: N/A
District: 8
My name is Hemish Gravel Montana, I am 18 years old. My mom is Queen Latifah but she hardly talks or does anything with us after Ham Kabob Montana ran away to District 2. Soon after my dad, Simon Cowell, followed her. I know they have a show Panem Idol but i don't care not really there are 7 of us not including me. I spend most of my time away from home, away from everything actually, I only come back for food occasionally and birthdays. And the Reaping. That dreaded day, none of us have been picked but i grow up watching friends go, none came back. Jahfar Mohammed
Emotion Poem
Caution is yellow
Caution is tasteless like a small nibble
Caution smells like a musty room
Caution feels like your toe dipped in water before jumping
Caution sounds like the birds morning cry
Caution is the look of hesitant
Caution makes life a maze of doubt
Caution is tasteless like a small nibble
Caution smells like a musty room
Caution feels like your toe dipped in water before jumping
Caution sounds like the birds morning cry
Caution is the look of hesitant
Caution makes life a maze of doubt
Gender Stereotypes
Gender Stereotypes are stereotypes that we associate with the different sexes.
Katniss is brave and dominant while Peeta is emotionally expressive and feminine.
Katniss is brave and dominant while Peeta is emotionally expressive and feminine.
All the other characters so far are stereotypical, Gale is a hunter, dominant and provides for his family.
The book gives a good representation of gender equality, by reversing the personalities of Katniss and Peetea
I'd have thought, in District 11, you;d have a bit more to eat than us. You know, since that you grow the food," I say. "Oh no, we're not allowed to eat the crops... they whip you and make everyone one else watch. pg 202
This is an example of a Tyrant, There are countless stories of African war lords controlling land and forcing the locals whom they have taken over to hand over their food and while the war lords live well.
"The money ran out and we were slowly starving to death... I kept telling myself if I could only hold out till May... I would turn twelve and be able to sigh up for the tesserae: pg 27
If you remember in 2010 a group of miners in Chile were trapped in a mine from the 5th of August to the 22nd. The miners as well as Katniss held out.
This is an example of a Tyrant, There are countless stories of African war lords controlling land and forcing the locals whom they have taken over to hand over their food and while the war lords live well.
"The money ran out and we were slowly starving to death... I kept telling myself if I could only hold out till May... I would turn twelve and be able to sigh up for the tesserae: pg 27
If you remember in 2010 a group of miners in Chile were trapped in a mine from the 5th of August to the 22nd. The miners as well as Katniss held out.