Anaconda Plan In The Civil War

Serena Pang
Part Six-Final Project
Mr.Anthony
05/20/2015
In the Civil War, the strategy that the Union used to conquer south is called Anaconda plan. The purpose is to block Southern ports, divide Confederacy in two in west and capture Richmond, Confederate capital. The tactics of south are to avoid major battles for letting the north get tired of fighting, invade north if opportunity arose, and they hoped Europe would help them due to their need for cotton.
In the Hunger Games, when Katniss got hurt by the hound meanwhile chased by the tributes from other districts. She climbed to the top of the tree, cut the bee hive down to hit them and escaped. It’s so smart of her using the things around her to ran from danger. Also, Katniss and Rue

became partner, they set up the fire and destroy the food, weapons and any other resources their enemies have. It weaken the other tributes’ strength. At the last part of the game, Peeta and Katniss pretended they fall in love with each other so they don’t have to died. The “tragic lover” is a tactic they used to survive at the first Hunger Game.
The Foxface hide in the brush when there is a massacre outside, which is a good way to avoid the danger.

She also use the mental illusion of people that everyone is afraid of taking a risk being the first one exposed in the others’ sight. So she went first and take the medicine she need.
The question is why these wars are created? Or how did it begin? Here is the answer, after Abraham Lincoln took office as President of the United States. South believed that was a threat to their liberty, but north believed south was pouting because they lost the election. In March of 1861, the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter and seized it. In response, Lincoln decided to go to war.That’s how Civil War had begun.
For the Hunger Games, the Capital decided to let the 12 districts contribute children from 12 to 17 years old every 2 years to attend a live television show-the hunger games. However, hunger game is not really a show or game because the rule of the hunger games is put all the children on the arena to kill everyone except yourself. It means there is only a survivor. The purpose of this “game” is designed to warn those people who want to overthrow the cruel and brutal Capital to back

off.
The common between these wars is they both have their own brilliant leaders. In the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is the one who give people hope and inspire them to fight. In the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was the one who encouraged the society to think about African Americans’ situation and he fight for the rights they deserve. They both have their own virtues. They are brave, selfless, smart and they are the real leaders that we need in the world for more justice and good.
In both war, the war came as no surprise because both sides had been arguing for years. The people don’t want the hunger games continue, the capital wants to eliminate all the rebellions. The south want slavery, the north don’t want slavery. They want what they want but there is no compromise, the solution for this is to start a war and let the winners make the decisions. If the Confederates won, the United States will never be the same. They will be split to two countries. There will be slavery still exits in the Confederacy. In the Hunger Games, if your enemies win, then you must be a died person who never get a chance to back home again.
In the Hunger Game3 Mocking Jay, the Capital’s president took Peeta as their public representative to speak to the other districts by the mass media at their world. They broadcasting what the Capital want the rest of the rebel districts to do, to cease the fire. It’s like in the Civil War, the government officials from both sides talked to the people by mass media, such as newspaper, videos blamed and threaten each other to cease the fire or irritate the others.
Also, district 13 is trying to get more people from the other districts to support them and stand by their side. It’s like the secession in America Civil War. Everyone choose their side. States like Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas joined the Confederacy
Besides, in the U.S Civil War, the southern government planned to crush down all the “opposition”, their government officials use the military forced to hurt those people who are innocent. They shoot African Americans, Latino, immigrants. They don't care if they were women, children, minority or any other innocent people, because they thought their race were higher than the others. Just like the Capital, president Snow take it for granteed that every districts should obey his orders, rules or laws. When there is so called “rebellion”, the Capital don't treat these people as their subjects. They don’t think others’ interests and feelings before they make decisions. They never listen, never have self-reflection, never know what’s wrong or what’s the right thing to do, and they never thought that is their fault and they don’t have sympathy and patient to the other people. They do things in a reckless and brutal way. All of these flaws that president Snow had is what the southern government had.
The difference between these two wars is in the U.S Civil War, everyone thought the war would be short at the beginning. They never thought about it is going to last more than 4 years. However, in the Hunger Games, district13 and the other people who side with Mocking Jay knew it is going to take a lot of time and a lot of energy to win this war with Capital.
There are many important people contributed to Civil War. Abraham Lincoln took office as President of the United States March 1861. He bring the United States back together, issued the Emancipation Proclamation and he made a great president. General Ulysses S. Grant captured Confederate Forts Henry and Donelso. This is important because these two places held strategic locations on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. David G. Farragut, he commanded fleet that took New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Natchez and captured all of the major cities along the lower Mississippi would cut Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Only Port Hudson, Louisiana and Vicksburg Mississippi stood in the way. It’s the Union’s victory in the west. In the battle of Antietam, George McClellan didn’t pursue the Confederates’ army. If he did, the Union might win the Confederacy earlier at this time.
For the Confederates, they have Thomas J. Jackson, who earned nickname “Stonewall” for firm stand in battle. He forced the Union to retreat at the first battle of Bull Run. General Lee won Second Battle of Bull Run and marched into Maryland on August 29 and 30 1862. He put Washington D.C. in danger. Union troops had to withdraw to protect it.
In the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is the main character who is a reasonable, brave and wisdom 16 years old girl.

She lived in a slum with her mother and her little sister. Her father died in the mine so she had to hunt for her family, that’s why she is indifferent, independent and strong. She is kind and she will protect the innocent people she didn’t even know their names. In the 74th annual hunger games, she volunteer for her little sister to the bloody and cruel hunger games. In the game, however, her bravery, justice, wisdom and the decisions she made about love, life, humanity let her won the hunger games and overthrow the Capital. Peeta MellarkandGale Hawthorne are the supporters of Katniss Everdeen. They helped Katniss overthrow the Capital. Coriolanus Snow, the president of Capital. He is a brutal tyrant, a dictator and a murderer. Panem is groaning under the intolerable yoke of him. He come up the idea of the Hunger Games. If there is anyone disobeys his orders, he will kill them

all.
The Civil War caused many families in the border states to split. William Tecumseh Sherman cut a wide path of destruction in Georgia and lived off the land. He abandoned supply lines and burned Atlanta. William Sherman burned and destroyed almost everything in his path. That’s what happened to the area of the Civil Wars, the street full of dead bodies, blood, remain and gun shells.
In the Hunger Games2 Catching Fire, Katniss use the wire blew the whole arena. It caused the control center lose the power and signal. She literally scraped the arena and let the area of war collapse.
These two wars are both happened in the North America geographically. But the Hunger Games is happened in a country named Panem, which contains 13 districts. The Civil War is in the United States contains the Union and the Confederacy.

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