Saturday, June 15, 2013

The Wanted Outcome

We all try to be in control. And mainly because we want something to go our way. That is why Seneca Crane and President Snow love their job so much. They can have control over life and death. Seneca Crane gets tod ecide who dies and who lives in the Hunger Games and how he wants the tributes to struggle. Seneca Crane had an announcement saying that tributes from the same district are allowed to become allies and win together. But when Katniss and Peeta a.k.a "The Starcrossed Lovers" are the last two standing, the new rules are revoked, so the viewers can watch the most interesting showdown ever. So this proves it.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Genetic Engineering

In our book club, we discussed that Panem has very complex genetic engineering, with canibal muttations, arenas, and toxic flowers. So far, in our world today, we have created many mutts ourselves. We have a human-made sheep called Polly. Polly has produced more sheeps. We also created a mechanical jellyfish. Scientists can now splice animal DNA and add human DNA into it. Panem is built on these mechanical man-made creatures. So if something goes wrong in the lab, we might have a canibal half-human half-lizard mutt.

Examples of extreme genetic engineering can be shown in not just The Hunger Games trilogy but also Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In it, Victor tries to create his own creature, but he messes up an creates a monster. The monster is just like humans, but because of its appearance it is shunned and abused by everyone he encounters.