HW Mr. Padilla 5.6.16

Homework: Parents and guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Connection between theme of Rich and Poor in Hunger Games and real life:

Option 1:

One of the most recent events that supports this theme is the Occupy Wall Street protests.

One of the main goals behind the protest was the unrighteous divide of the 1% Wall Street rich and the more common 99% of the working class. In the novel the working class encounters problems such as lack of food, shelter, clothing — the bare necessities that we are accustomed to. Whereas, the other half of the people in the novel are exposed to the finer things in life ranging from decadent pastries to glamorous costumes and wardrobe.

Mention a current real life (not Occupy Wall Street) event that supports the theme of Rich and Poor.

How is this real life theme similar to the novel?

Do you believe that the division between rich and poor in real life are as bad as in the novel? Can they become as bad? Explain why or how?

Option 2:

One of the most recent events that supports this theme is the Occupy Wall Street protests.

One of the main goals behind the protest was the …divide of the 1% Wall Street rich and the … 99% of the working class. In the novel the working class encounters problems such as lack of food, shelter, clothing — the bare necessities that we are accustomed to. Whereas, the other half of the people in the novel are exposed to the finer things in life …from decadent pastries to glamorous costumes and wardrobe.

In your own words,  compare Occupy Wall Street protests to the theme of rich and poor in the Hunger Games. You can use the chart below to organize your response.

Hunger Games	Occupy Wall Street

Option 3:

One …recent event that supports this theme is the Occupy Wall Street protests.

One of the main goals behind the protest was the …divide of the 1% Wall Street rich and the … 99% of the working class. In the novel the working class encounters problems such as lack of food, shelter, clothing — the …necessities that we are accustomed to. Whereas, the other half of the people …are exposed to the finer things in life …from … pastries to glamorous costumes..

A.     What recent event supports the theme of rich and poor in The Hunger Games?

B.     What was one of the main goals of the protest?

c. What is a problem that working class people and people today share in common?

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