The following paragraphs are from a compare-and-contrast essay. they've been placed in an incorrect order. which is the correct order?

i. what i used to think about seattle seems absurd now that i have lived a whole year in this breathtaking place. the rain seems a trivial thing and the city a charming place to live and work. my perspective has definitely changed - for the better.

ii. before coming to seattle, i had a few misconceptions of the city. first of all, i thought that rain was the only weather seattleites ever "enjoyed." i also believed that seattle revolved around tourist traps like the space needle. now i realize that houston, texas, actually receives more rain than seattle, and even in the misty rain, seattle is beautiful. it is not a touristy city at all, but a series of quiet neighborhoods surrounded by gorgeous mountains and lakes. my opinions are obviously more well informed now, and much more positive.

iii. rain, rain, rain! that's all there ever is in seattle. at least that's what i thought before moving here. but after having lived here for a year, my perspective of seattle is much more optimistic.
a. i, iii, ii
b. ii, iii, i
c. i, ii, iii
d. iii, ii, i

the penalty for defying creon's decree is death, as can be seen in the tragedy. if you do obey him however, all is forgiven

the hunger games, written by  suzanne collins, is fiction in the young adult genre, which is not my age group, but i found myself unable to put it down. its combination of nerve-racking tension, thrilling action, and engaging love story kept me up until the wee hours. i was surprised at how completely engrossing the plot was. like  brave new world, this story is set in a future where the government oppresses its people, but the book also borrows ideas from the greek myth of theseus and the minotaur.

divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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