At the beginning of this stage, thad knew about 50 words and could make a few two- or three-word sentences. by the end of the stage, thad is a fluent speaker of the language, with most of the spoken language skills of an adult. what stage is thad passing through?

Preoperational

Explanation:

The preoperational stage of learning is the first stage where a person learns a language. In this stage a person cannot form sentences as they do not understand concrete logic. This makes it not possible to manipulate information which is required to make sentences and speak. It is also not possible to another person's perspective.

Hence, Thad was passing through the Preoperational stage of cognitive learning.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.  

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