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Schroeder 1Hunter SchroederMs. CaturanoHonors face 9January 2013Independent Reading ConnectionsConnection Going to Extremes For LoveThe ache Games is set in world called Panem that was once America, before the Capitol was overcome in some unexplained, apocalyptic war. As punishment for that aggression, the remains were divided into 12 districts. E very year to severally one district has to send one son and one girl between 12 and 18 years old, elect by lottery, to compete in a nationally televised event called the smart Games. The purpose of this is to create a mass killing spree with all one survivor. What real(a)ly twists this storyline is when ii tri andes from the same district string up in love and fight to protect each former(a) until they be the last ones left in the games. The two go to extreme measures to march on one another out of danger. Youre still trying to protect me. unfeigned or not real, he whispers. Real, I answer. Because thats what you and I do, prote ct each other (Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games). Because the hunger games is such a gruesome event, the things Katniss and Peeta did for each other arent typical things couples would give up for eachother. These two would share supplies and weapons on with going as far as killing off an contend enemy. Seeing how far Katniss and Peeta were willing to go to be with each other gave me a better understanding of why Romeo and Juliet fought to never let anything stick out in between them. Even gmgh Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet and the two families have an ancient rivalry they did not let that stand in the way of being with each other. O Romeo, Romeo Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, ... ...ena. You love me. Real or not real? I tell him, Real. (Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games). Even though Katniss and Peeta are so young, they truly believe that they are in love. This changes my opinion of Romeo and Juliet and leads me to believe that they sincerely could have been in love so young. Romeo and Juliet were a mere 13 and 14 when they claimed to fall madly in love and get married, but this was around the normal marrying age for that time period. But, soft what light finished yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet). In this time period, young community were very romantically mature and knew about love and did not honorable marry anyone because there was no such thing as divorce. This makes me envisage that Romeo and Juliet may have been in love and people were just very critical because the were of rival families.