Whether you have read all of the books or just went along with the obsession and saw the movie, survey says, The Hunger Games (THG) are the $h*t!! You know you’re obsessed when you hear a bird and think of a Mockingjay or your too scared to finish the third book because how will you live once your finished reading the series? These are all things that I have experienced.
I loved reading these books. Even more so, I loved talking about these books with all of the other THG fanatics. And by all the others I mean the people who have kept it on the New York Times Best Seller List for 100 consecutive weeks and the people who grossed a total of $155,000,000 its opening weekend.
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| These are the 3 symbols on the cover of the novels to the series. |
What’s the premise of the book you ask? Death, destruction, corruption of government and of course love; all the beautiful things we as Americans are drawn towards. This societal pattern seems a little dark but I guess it’s nice to read about problems bigger than your own real one’s or leave reality for a few hours at a time. Plus, there is a huge reality television connection here, the District’s “live stream” the Games, which includes all the love affairs and the murdering!
I don’t want to forget that Suzanne Collins released this as a series of young adult novels. Some say it’s a little violent to be released to this audience but I think it is mixed with a balancing portion of science fiction to keep it from seeming inappropriate.
Something to think of, the books are FILLED with symbolic tokens; small objects (pins, birds, little white parachutes) that could literally spark a post-apocalyptic revolution.
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| The Mockingjay pin, the new symbol of the revolution. |
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