sunnudagur, 29. september 2013

Chapter 8

Name: Una Matthildur Eggertsdóttir
Date: 24.09.2013
Assignment: Hunger Games Reading Journal
Chapter: 8
Pages: 107-117

Characters:
NAME DESCRIPTION















Chapter Summary:
Katniss is afraid with the gamemakers, she things they will probably give her a low score so she get no sponsors. She will know what will happen to her.
Peeta was in grade 8 and Kat in11 which was the highest of all.
Impressions/Thoughts:

Chapter 7


Name: Una Matthildur
Date: 24.09.2013
Assignment: Hunger Games Reading Journal
Chapter: 7
Pages: 90-106

Characters:
NAME DESCRIPTION
Avox
dark red hair, the striking features, the porcelain white skin
Rue
She is the female tribute distrct 11. She is 12 years old, with dark brown hair and skin, and "bright, dark" eyes.











Chapter Summary:

Katniss wakes the next morning from terrible nightmares. Its the first day of training today. Katniss is realy nervous. She is realy worried about her mother and sister. It’s only a two day´s since she left District 12. Haymitch is trying to see what they are good in. Katniss tell Haymitch that she is good hunter. They have three days where all of the tributes train together and after that they will train in private. The days are difficult for Katniss and Peeta. Should they be friends or not. Katniss show her skills at the training.

Impressions/Thoughts: Katniss has to stop worried about her self.

sunnudagur, 22. september 2013

Chapter 6

Name: Una Matthildur Eggertsdóttir
Date: 17.9.2013
Assignment: Hunger Games Reading Journal
Chapter: 6
Pages: 77-89

Characters:
NAME DESCRIPTION
Girl
Girl with a dark red hair.














Chapter Summary:

Each team get its height in the training center. Katniss and Peeta gets the 12 floors. After Katniss has take a shower she went to a dinner with Peeta, Cinna, Portia and Effie. The morning after will be the first training session. Katniss is sure she should know the waitress, she had seen her when she and Gale were hunting.

Impressions/Thoughts:

Chapter 5

Name: Una Matthildur Eggertsdóttir
Date: 17.9.2013
Assignment: Hunger Games Reading Journal
Chapter: 5
Pages: 65-76

Characters:
NAME DESCRIPTION
Venia
A woman with aqua hair and gold tattoos above her eyebrows.
Falvíus
In the prep team.
Oktavía
A fat woman with green skin.
Cinna
Katniss' stylist. A sly and witty man, Cinna is clever with his fingers and even smarter in his mind
Portia Peetas stylist

Chapter Summary:
Katniss been in the designs for 3 hours. So she meets her stylist Cinna.
They eat together and try and get some ideas of costumes for the opening ceremony. Attire should be in line with the industry, Peeta and Katniss must therefore be something related to coal.
Cinna and Portia will focus on something with fire because coal is burned.
They will be dressed in black and in leather boots. When they then go on opening day will be kindled fire on their chariot rolls.

Impressions/Thoughts: it is very weird that everybody should wear costumes and that they had to change Katniss's look and all that.

sunnudagur, 15. september 2013

Chapter 4

Name: Una Matthildur Eggertsdóttir
Date: 13.09.2013
Assignment: Hunger Games Reading Journal
Chapter: 4
Pages: 52-64
Characters:
NAME DESCRIPTION
Haymitch Abernathy
A paunchy, middle-aged man, drinks a lot. He is the only visitor still alive
from District 12.
Effie Trinket
She is the one that announce the entrants of Hunger Games.
Peeta Mellark
Medium height, stocky build, with blond hair.








Chapter Summary:
A very drunk Haymitch, the former champion who is supposed to be mentoring Katniss and Peeta, slips around in his own vomit.Peeta offers to clean Haymitch up, which Katniss wonders about until she realizes that Peeta is being kind. Kind? This could be bad for the Games since kind people have a way of working their way inside Katniss and rooting there Flashback alert. Katniss tells us what happened those many years ago after Peeta gave her the bread and she saw the dandelion. She and Prim go to the Meadow where they gather enough dandelion greens for a huge salad. Katniss realizes she could scavenge for even more food with her mother's book from the apothecary. Katniss also begins going under the fence surrounding District 12 and out into the woods to hunt. She uses the small bow and arrow that her father had made for her and hidden in a hollow tree. Katniss kills a rabbit on her first day and the family has meat for the first time in months. Over the course of time, Katniss is able to use the woods as the family's main food source: eggs, fish, rabbits, squirrels, and plants.


Impressions/Thoughts:

chapter 3

Name: Una Matthildur Eggertsdóttir
Date: 13.09.2013
Assignment: Hunger Games Reading Journal
Chapter: 3
Pages: 38-51

Characters:
NAME DESCRIPTION

Haymitch Abernathy
A paunchy, middle-aged man, drinks a lot. He is the only visitor still alive
from District 12.

Effie Trinket
She is the one that announce the entrants of Hunger Games.
Peeta Mellark
Medium height, stocky build, with blond hair.










Chapter Summary:
They get only one hour to say goodbye to family and loved ones.
Prim and Mother visit Katniss. She gives them instructions for her absence. They are not to accept tesserae for Prim, but instead get by selling goat milk and Mother's apothecary business. Gale is to supply the herbs. Katniss warns her mother that she can't become depressed again and "clock out," leaving Prim on her own. Prim makes Katniss promise to try to win; despite Katniss's doubts about her ability in the competition, she agrees. The next visitor is, to Katniss's surprise, Peeta Mellark's father, the baker. Without his witchy wife around, he's much nicer. He offers Katniss a white paper package of cookies and promises to keep an eye of Prim. After the baker leaves, Madge, the mayor's daughter enters the room. She offers Katniss a circular gold pin to wear as a token of District 12. On the pin is a small bird. Katniss agrees.




Impressions/Thoughts:
Why is not enough for them to fight for victory but not death??

sunnudagur, 8. september 2013

Chapter 2

Name: Una Eggertsdóttir
Date: 8.9.2013
Assignment: Hunger Games Reading Journal
Chapter: 2
Pages:

Characters:
NAME DESCRIPTION
Peeta Mellark
Son of a baker. Peeta is an extremely kind boy, blond hair, medium height, stocky build.
Peacekeepers
Police force of Panem.
Madge
Daughter of district 12's mayor. Blond, and Katniss only friend. She is very kind to Katniss, and gives her the mockingjay pin before katniss heads off to the Hunger Games
Effie Trinket
District 12 chaparone for the Hunger Games tributes. Pink hair, make-op, has that capitol look.
Mayor Undersee
Mayor for district 12. Madge's father. Middle aged, has a fondness for strawberries.

Chapter Summary:

Katniss leaps into the crowd and voluteers herself as replacement for Prim, her litle sister.


Impressions/Thoughts:
Why send the kids in such a contest? What i do not understand..

Chapter 1

Name: Una Eggersdóttir
Date: 7.9.2013
Assignment: Hunger Games Reading Journal
Chapter: 1
Pages: 3-21

Characters:
NAME DESCRIPTION
Katniss Everdeen
She is 16 years old, she works hard for her mother and sister after she lost his father in a mine explosion. She looks out for her sister.
Gale
He is 18 old boy. Straight black hair, gray eyes. He was Katniss best friend and her hunting partner. Gale is described by Katniss as muscular and very handsome. He catches the attention of girls in District 12.
Prim
She is 12 years old, Katniss younger sister. She looks like her mother, blonde hair and blue eyes. She is thoughtful and sweet litle girl.
Katniss´ mother
She is never named in the novel. How ever she is an important part of katniss's life.





Chapter Summary:

This was the day in Distritc 12. Day of the riping. When they choose a contestant for the hunger Games. The bubbly effie Trinket is on hand to pull the names out of the hat. First up, the ladies. The name she reads out gasp, it's little Prim, Katniss younger sister- who only hand her name in the hat once.
Katniss went to the wood to meet her friend Gale. He was waiting for her. They spent some time together, hunting and went back with strawberries and herbs too sell in black market.


Impressions/Thoughts: