Hunger Games

Hunger Games:


I have just finished reading Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In this book A girl named Katniss Everdeen lives in a furturistic world in which a Capital is the main government. This capital is a tyrant. They force the many districts to partcipate in games in which 24 children fight to the death in an arena. Katniss Everdeen volenteers for her little sister Prim after Prim is picked. During the fight in the arena Katniss is forced to act like she is in love with a boy named Peeta in order to stay alive, but to him it is not just pretend. When it finally comes down to it they both get out of the arena alive and win the Hunger Games.


I love this book. Hunger Games is the perfect amount of action and romance. I love all of the charcters and Collins does such a good job of building each one its own story. I believe Collins wrote this for a way to show people that in the future this what are world could come to. I also think she wrote this book because it is just a new make believe setting where she can make anything happen, there are no ground rules on how society works.


In this book I think the theme is staying who you are. Right before Petta and katniss go into the arena, Peeta talks about not wanting to be part of the Capitals game. He wants to find a way to keep being himself and to show the capital that they do not own him. This is such a good message and is actually protrayed in the book. When Peeta and Katniss are the last two left in the arena they know that they will both not kill the other, so even though the capital says there can only be one winner, Katniss pulls out some poisonious berries and they decide to both eat them so that the Capital will not have a winner. This plan ends up succeding for both of them end up winning so there is a victor.


My favorite charcter is Katniss. She is so brave and she truly cares about others. She knows that by her volunteering for her sister she will die. This is so courageous. She grows though-out the book as a person. At the beginning of the book she explains how she doesn't have any friends. Katniss doesn't like making friends and she doesn't really like talking to people, but when she is at the capital she grows to find new friends and the ablitiy to talk to people in a kind way.


A cool quote from the book is when Peeta says, "She came here with me." This is when Peeta confesses his right now fake love for Katniss in order to get sponsers and support for in the game. This is so cool because it is what starts their romance that will become real. One of the questions I have for the author is why she named the games the Hunger Games?