TOMMSetting

= *SETTING* = Here is Mrs. Pullman's instructions on how she wants us to write about our Dystopian setting.

Setting Description: Should discuss in a few well-developed paragraphs:
 * Time and Place,
 * Major Locations,
 * What the Society is like, and the
 * Atmosphere/Mood of the setting

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Tonantzin:

Oaks : The book //Hunger Games//, takes place in a country called Panem. It is a countrey that is built up in the future in the place of america after a natural disaster whipes out the government leaving only thousands of civilians. The book takes place 74 years after this event. Panem is devided into 13 districts and a capitol. One of the districts is destroyed after being rebellious aginst the capital. Because of this the capital holds a gladitorial event called the HUnger Games to remind the other districts what happens when you rebell. the story is mainly told in 2 places which are the hunger games arena and district 12 which is the home district Katniss. District 12 is a mining district in where Katniss breaks the law and goes hunting outside of the district. Relations are not good between the capital and the districts because people are going hungry why the people in the capital live a life of luxury. The other setting is the arena which is very futuristic and is ran by the game makers like it is a video game. The mood of the book is intense and anger aginst the capital because they want to rebell but dont know how.

Michelle:  In The Maze Runner it doesn't really say what time period it comes from. Though to me it seems like it is from the future because the people in it mentions what kind of clothes they wear and they sound like pretty normal clothes not like they the clothes they wore back in the days. The book Takes place in the Glade, which is a society that has a wall surrounding it. Inside Glade is where they do everything like eat, sleep and live. The only thing that they know about on the other side of the wall is a maze. The wall opens in the morning for a certain amount of time and then re-opens at night for the same amount of time leading to the maze, allowing them to go in and out of it.

 There are no adults involved in the society and no one can remember their age. The only thing the kids/ teens remember is their first name when they arrive at the Glide. To me the mood in the beginning seems creepy and secretive. They don't share very much information for a while.

Megan: In the book //Life As We Knew It//, it doesn't really clarife when it is taking place, but it sounds like it takes place in the present. The technology is the same as ours and their living conditions are also the same. Pennsylvania USA is where the main character resides. This book is her diary. The Society is just like ours but when the meteor hits the moon and knocks it closer people start to panick. They try to pretend it never happend and just get on with their normal lives but that won't work. They start to have many hazardous things happen and it all seams to take a fearful and depressing affect on all the people. In the begining every one was fine and lived normal lives like most of us do now. But things changed when the meteor hit and every one believes the 'end of the world' is taking place. It has an atmosphere of suspense and fear.

Hey guys! Well, I've been trying to get these paragraphs done but please add to them and put anything in that you might feel I have left out!

Group:

PG#1 - Our group has been reading these following books. //Life As We Knew it, Maze Runer, The Way We Live Now and Hunger Games.// The only similarities these books really have is their darker atmosphere. It seams to be all about survival. They seam to have lot's of differences though. In //Hunger Games// The government is trying to let every one know who's in charge. In //Maze Runner// There really isn't a real government that they know of, and in //Life As We Knew It// every one is more so on their own, but the government tries to help out a little bit.

PG#2 - The settings of these books affect the plots immensely. In //Life As We Knew It// every one has to figure out how there going to survive because there practicly is no more food on the earth. In //Hunger Games// there is food but people are starving to death nonetheless.It makes every thing more depressing and downcast. In //The Maze Runner// they receive their food in rations from a box, and have enough to make it everyday.

PG#3 - In the beginning of the book in //Life As We Knew It// I guess you could say every one took things for granted. But when the crisis took place, they start to realize of how wonderful every thing really was before the disaster happend, their outlook on life changed. It's about the same in the other books. the atmosphere and situation really affect the characters moods, passions, and thoughts. The setting and story in a way tells you of what you should be feeling and how the characters are going to feel and act.

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