This six weeks I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This novel was published in 2008. Collins wrote this book in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the 12th district of a Panem in North America. This book captures the feelings Katniss begins to experience when her worst nightmare seems to become reality. Each year, two representatives from each twelve districts are chosen to fight to the death in an annual battle which is televised to each district. With the help of Katniss' new companion, Peeta Mellark, she is blessed with someone who can provide her with more strength and strategy than she already contains, and together they make a remarkable pair throughout this awful time for both of them. I think the overall theme of this book is the inequality between the poor and the rich.
The author tells the story in a first person point of view. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are both chosen to represent district twelve in the 74th Annual Hunger Games. During the Hunger Games they are given many challenges to overcome by the game makers, along with 22 other opponents to ally and kill. It is up to both Katniss and Peeta to find a way to keep them both alive throughout this brutal battle. The intended audience for this book is teenagers and adults any age who like action. The general genre of this book is science fiction because everything in this book involves science and the characters and events are all fictional. The author kept me interested in this book because she created a completely fictional event and incorporated many thoughts and feelings of the main protagonist throughout everything she was going through. This helps the reader stay involved in the whole plot of the story.
This book affected me by making me realize how fortunate the world is to not have to be dealing with this large amount of violence towards any ages at all times and that the government has not considered any kinds of these ideas. This book fits into my personal world view because it shows that if our government were to go into disagreement for a vast period of time in the future, no one would want that to result in fighting to the death. This book does not remind me of any books I have read in the past.
Overall, my thoughts on this book were that it is very well written and included many details no matter if the occurring event was a small or large part of the book. I think it is an enjoyable read, and I recommend it to any of my classmates.
Nicole Childress
12/18/13
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