Love.

Author's Note: This is a creative essay I wrote, and the topic I chose was love.

Love is a very interesting thing. It could be looked at in different ways, different perspectives. People have different experiences with love. Some good, some bad, some are just confusing. I won't lie, love is a strange thing.

A way that love is bad is when you have those wonderful heart-breaks. I'm sure most people have had plenty of those. The thing that sucks about it the most is that if you have strong feelings for someone, and then they break your heart, your completely crushed. Now, in movies heartbreaks are so depressing, and all you do is sit around in your room watching love movies and eating chocolate. Which could be true, but it is also a little exaggerating. Yes, people cry or sit around like a zombie for awhile, trying to figure out what they did wrong. They might also watch the movies and eat fatting foods. But, only until reality slaps them in their face, telling them to pull it together. Heartbreaks are not easy, but they make you stronger and more careful; which I would say is a good thing. For your next relationship, your going to have more red lights, and wait longer for 'taking it to the next level.' In which case, if you do get dumped again, you'll still be hurt but it won’t as bad as it was before.

The good thing about love is feeling loved. When you think you've found someone that's right for you, everything they do is sweet. The cute messaging/ conversations, the cute little stuffed animals, cute roses and with every moment you spend with them, you don’t want it to ever end. One of the best things about love is when you think you've found someone you might actually want to spend the rest of your life with, you get this feeling when your with them that makes your feel like you are the most awesome person to have someone that loves you for you. You love how they make you feel good about yourself, instead of all those other jerks that would always put you done. You feel wonderful that you have someone to lean on when your having a bad day. If feels good to you knowing that someone actually cares about you. It makes you feel good that you don’t have to keep wondering if he means it, or if he's lying because you already know the answer.

Love is definitely a interesting thing. People constantly go through it; it just depends on if it’s for the better or worse. Love can either stay with you for the rest of your life or never be there. Love is not something you need its something you want.

                                                         Comparison of Hunger Games to North America.

Author's Note: for my compare and contrast essay I decided to compare Hunger Games with the US.

As time  passes, things change. There is many things that have changed since the hunger games. For example, if you were to compare the knowledge of people from then to people now, we would probably have more education. Now a days we have more technology and different style of clothes, that they never had back then. Which might not always be a good thing..

Back then, they knew how to appreciate things they had. They would be happy with a loaf of bread to feed their whole family for a couple of days. Compared to now we have vegetables or fruits, meats, and grain for one meal. People back then would die (figure of speech) to go on a 'shopping spree' for clothes. Then you have people these days whine for 'not having enough of clothes' even though they have a closet full. Back then they weren't able to bath every day, now we can; which I guess is a good thing.. So I guess you could say we all have our ups and downs.

Like war, it's one way Hunger Games and the USA are similar. The only difference is the way it comes to a decision vs. being chosen for you.  In the Hunger Games, the day of the reaping must be one of the most 'cliff-hanging' moments of your life. This reaping was mandatory, and you had no choice if you wanted to go in war or not. Everyone's name (ages 12 and older) was put in a bowl. Separated by gender, but they would pick one name from each bowl. So there would always be one girl, and one boy who were picked and had to battle against 23 other people. 22 of them from other districts, one from being in your own district. Obviously there were no rules nor where there lines that could be crossed. It was a game that they recorded onto a TV show. The game was all about killing others, and making you survive.

When it comes to the USA, it is no longer mandatory for people to go to war. If you want to enlist in the military you have to be at least 18 or older. It also depends on your health if you get into the military. In regards to your health, most minor health issues are except able under curtain guidelines. Our wars these days aren't recorded TV show. Meaning, they don’t have cameras hiding in trees and people deciding what happens next. They don’t expect you to kill every last person in order to win the war. As a matter of fact, they want you guys to protect each other and not leave anyone behind.

Or education/ schooling. Its another thing Hunger Games and US have in common. One way is the style of teaching, knowing that they didn’t have technology back then, the kids probably learned the 'old-fashioned way'. When the teachers is standing up in front of the class and writing on the chalkboard. Maybe the kids of the Hunger Games time learned about different topics, like hunting. Hunting isn't easy with out some knowledge about angles, math, and timing. To be able to hunt as well as they do, you got to know when the right timing is and what angel to point your weapon.

Granted, it may be a completely different type of education, but it still counts. Now, our kind of education is similar, because MOST schools have a teacher in front of the class teaching.