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// Surviving // Would you rather be left on an island alone or be in an arena with people trying to kill you? //The Island of the Blue Dolphin and// The Hunger Games are two great books about two girls trying to survive. The characters are Karana and Katniss Everdeen. Karana is in the book //The Island of the Blue Dolphin and// Katniss is in the book //The Hunger Games.// Both characters have to survive, find food and water, and make shelter. The characters have to use their strengths to survive.

Karana was on a boat to a new island. She was looking for her brother and then saw him on a rock in her old home. Karana jumps off the boat and swims a long distance to her little brother. Wild dogs that try to eat her, Aleuts that don't leave, terrifying natural disasters are her obstacles. Later two men come to the island and tell her the ship her family was on crashed into a rock. The men told Karana to come with them. She goes with the men, but is shy because she hasn't seen people in years. She adapted to the island because she grew up there.

Katniss came to be in the Hunger Games* when she volunteered for her sister at the reaping*. She can shoot an arrow at any moving or not moving target. Her obstacles are  Peeta* who is a boy from her district, the tracker jackers* that almost killed Katniss and the Careers*, who are great fighters. In the end Katniss falls for Peeta, but they are the two tributes left and only one can be left standing. So they both put nightlock* berry's in their mouth at the same time as the other. Then there is a voice that says they can both go. Katniss does not want to leave Peeta's sight when they get out of the arena. When she was in a cave, Katniss was  pretending to like Peeta(to get things from her mentor), but fell in love with him in the end.

Some people think all you need to survive is courage and water. You actually need to know how to make a fire, and set traps for food. Both characters survived harsh conditions, but they both survived in the end. Some people can't even survive a day in the wilderness, but these characters can survive because of their skill and strength.

Hunger Games-* The Hunger Games is a game with 24 kids (12-18) killing each other. In the end there is one person left. It's for the Capital amusement. Reaping-*An event were people get picked to go into the Hunger Games. Peeta-*Peeta is the tribute from District 12. The same District as Katniss. Tracker jackers-*Robot wasps. They were made in the Capitol. Their sting can kill you. Careers*The Careers are the tributes from district 1 and 2. They train for The Hunger Games their whole life. Nightlock-*Poison berries