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 Comparing and Contrasting Survival Books

 Have you ever been in a situation that decides life or death for you? There are books that are based on survival, and making the right decisions. In the Hunger Games, a young girl is chosen to fight to the death. In The Island of The Blue Dolphins, a young girl is left on an island all alone, and is forced to survive on her own. Both these girls are trying to survive in different situations, and there are similarities and differences between these two books.

 Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen year old girl from district twelve who volunteers for her younger sister, fights to the death with other contestants in an arena. Katniss is placed in the woods to try to survive and kill the other tributes, or contestants. The forest they are placed in is specially designed so that people outside the arena can control what happens in the arena, like make trees grow, or make it dark in the arena with just the slide of a finger. Also, Katniss has to try to get food in the arena. The way she does this is by hunting. She is very skilled with the bow and arrow, and practiced this skill back in district twelve. Katniss also needs to make allies, or friends, to survive. The way she does this is by seeing if someone is trustworthy or if they are hiding something. Katniss has some strengths and weaknesses. Some of her strenghts are that she can shoot a bow and arrow with accuracy, and is protective. Some of her weaknesses are that she doesn't have much skill with any other weapon, and is not particulary friendly.

 Karana, a young girl who dives in the water after her brother Ramo is left on the island they live on, faces her brothers death not long after they started living on the island together, and is forced to survive on her own. K arana is stranded on the island and only has herself to rely on. The island is not a bad place to stay because the island has shelter, food, and water, which is what you need to survive. With lots of seafood on the island, Karana eats shellfish and abalones. These are two foods that are very resourceful and have lots of protein. Karana makes friends with a wild dog she rescues and names Rontu, and a young girl named Tutok, a young girl whoes tribe comes to the island, but soon leaves. It's good to make friends when you're all alone because then you have someone or something to rely on and trust. Karana also has some strenghts and weaknesses. Some strenghts are that she can build a shelter, and she can find food and water. Some of her weaknesses are that she is a very tough girl, and in the beginning of her survival, she won't go with anyone or any tribe. This could have been a disadvantage to her because the tribes could have helped her.

 The Hunger Games was a great book, and The Island of the Blue Dolphins was good too. They are both about a young girl in a survival situation in different places. They get food in different ways, but Karana has more of it. They both made friends, and that helped them survive. This essay could help the reader or anyone else because after reading the essay, they will know which book to read. The Island of The Blue Dolphins and The Hunger Games have their similarities and their differences. Note!