Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Must Read!

I read the novel "Hunger Games", written by Suzanne Collins. This book was published by Scholatics Inc in 2008. The basic summary of this novel is about a young lady named Katniss, and she lives in an era where the capitol overpowers the lower class. It starts off the same day the reaping is going to happen, and that is where they pull names from a bowl to see who will be playing the hunger games. It is a fight till the death! Katniss little sister Primrose was choosen, but Katniss insisted to voluenteer instead. Katniss was sent away along with a male named Peeta who was also from the same district. They both were eventually going to kill eachother but they were bothed being trained by the same people. The day comes up and the first thing Haymitch( the trainer) said was run away from the weapons. As they did what they were told people who weren't given that advice slaughtered eachother. After retriving later with weapons; one by one was struck dead in the forest. Eventually leaving Katniss and Peeta teamed up against the gathered group. Soon to realize the rules were changed and that there would only be one winner between either Katnis and Peeta. They managed to both win the title with the intelligence of commiting suicide and no winner. They took the title back to district 12 happy.

I would recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys the pleasure of forestry, and action that leads to suspense. Although I gave up most of the information, there are times when you actually feel the emotions of a certain character. You learn more about who they really are. I feel that the book was way better than the movie because I just pictured Katniss to be brave and not such a weenie like in the movie.

1 comment:

  1. It sounds like a suspenseful book that keeps the reader entertained. I saw the movie and I really liked it. Here's a line that stood out to me, though I'm not sure that it is in the book. The President says "A little hope is effective a lot of hope is dangerous." THat struck me as very powerful and so true. Sherman Alexie says a very similar line in the short essay "Superman and Me."

    Good review.

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