How does fear work? What is it like to enjoy killing someone in combat? Is Rue gullible or smart? Why is District 11 like that? Could Rue be a Christian? We discuss all of this and more in chapters 15 and 16 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

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Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdalahttps://www.pbs.org/tpt/going-to-war/themes/combat-experience/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-embodied-mind/201212/survival-mode-and-evolutionary-mismatchhttps://thehungergames.fandom.com/wiki/District_11https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/11/fighting-voter-purges-across-southhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/22/police-killings-disabled-black-people-mental-illnesshttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/half-people-killed-police-suffer-mental-disability-report-n538371https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/your-brain-on-music/

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