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How are the Games used to maintain control over the  districts? 
The Hunger Games are a display of power. The Capitol established the Games after the districts attempted a rebellion. Now, people from each district are forced to compete and fight to death. By doing this, the Capitol makes it clear that it has the power to kill, if it wishes. So much so that people would rather risk having their own kids' names drawn to the deadly Games than fighting for freedom. It is as if they think it is better to lose one or two with a certain frequency than battling and losing thousands of lives at once, not seeing that such a sacrificial ritual will never lead to change.
Conversely, how are the Games used to keep  the Capitol happy and content?
The Games keep the people in the Capitol entertained. While people in the districts barely survive each day, in the Capitol they have too much of everything. Not having to starve, hunt, work, fight to live, they become easily bored. This cruel, barbaric display of violence is, therefore, a lot of fun for them.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer: A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time. ... But a key part of paradoxes is that they at least sound reasonable. They're not obvious nonsense, and it's only upon consideration that we realize their self-defeating logic. For example: This statement is a lie.
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After winning the Battle of Brandywine, the British captured Philadelphia on September 26, 1777. The British army finally left the Continental capital almost nine months later on June 18, 1778, following France's entry into the war.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer: C. Third-person point of view.
Explanation: When writing, the author can use different types of narrator, depending on the effect they want to cause in the audience. To identify what type of narrator or point of view is used in a text, we need to pay attention to the pronouns used. If the speaker uses the pronouns "I" and "we" it is a first person point of view, if he uses "you" is a second person point of view, and if he uses the pronouns "he," "she," "it" or "they" it is a third person point of view, which is the case of the given excerpt ("Caloran slowed his horse as he came to the clearing in the forest").