The Hunger Games (Hunger Games)
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
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Like most twelve year olds in 2014, I was obsessed with the Hunger Games, I would constantly watch it and talk about it, and even on a few occasions, I was more than happy to act out the bloody events that I failed to truly understand at that age. However, despite how obsessed I was with Suzanne Collins' masterpiece, I only read the books once each. Maybe it was because I found them too harrowing in comparison to the other things I was reading, but I only had it in me to read the books all the way through one time. So, I decided, almost ten years after my obsession, to reread the series that once had such a hold over my mind.
Collins starts the novel off as she means to go on, and everything is very fast paced. It is within the first chapter we meet all the characters that motivate Katniss to proceed through the games, and it is within this chapter, that Prim, Katniss' younger sister, is chosen to compete. This fast paced method works quite well, as it reflects how quickly everything is changing and happening in Katniss's life, she barely has a moment to recall everything. In some moments, we are told what characters say, instead of having their dialogue, which is well done and highlights how many things are going on in Katniss's mind.
The actual portrayal of the games are as bloody and brutal as they are expected to be. Watching Katniss fight to survive feels as though the reader is dying of dehydration with her. Capturing the moments between Katniss and Peeta reminded how much I had once loved them, and like all the Capitol members, I was rooting for their success.
One of the reasons Suzanne Collins dystopian novel has stood the test of time, is because everything is still so relevant, even years after its publication. The fact that everyone focuses on the beauty of Katniss and Peeta's relationship, instead of the gory battles they are subjecting young children to, is a perfect mirror to media in a modern society.
UEHSSHABAISMAKAMSG no one will fw THG The way i do peeta and katniss in like the Last two chapters😭😭 SOBBING
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