Science+Fiction

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Kathleen Lapszynski Mrs. Thompson-Calio English 9 Honors 23 September 2011 Do YOU want to play in the Games? In a competition where it is not over until one man or women is left standing alone in victory is called //The Hunger Games//. This is an intriguing novel captivating realistic reactions of how someone would respond to represent their home district. This is the first book in a three part trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. It was published in October of 2008. It is an adventurous nail biting experience only understood once one has read the book. This is and will always be one of favorite books that I have read, especially for summer reading. This novel stars the two tributes from district twelve, Katniss and Peeta. Their district is the most poor of all the other eleven districts. Each year all the districts must take part in the governmental games (the hunger games). Two tributes are randomly selected one male and one female from each district to participate in the games. The tributes compete until there is only one person still alive. Whoever is the survivor wins riches for themselves and their district. Once the game actually begins Katniss is unsure who her alliance will be with. When she does find one, they are split apart by death. The game makers add a few tricks of their own adding to the already complicated competition. One of the worst parts is the games are broadcasted on live T.V. Their friends and families back home are watching their loved one suffering and trying to stay alive. The game makers and government are also watching, but in pleasure to see what they had created. In this intense competition the reader will never know what will happen since “winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun…” (Collins Book back cover). //The Hunger Games// is a must read for all the young adults. It was a great choice book for me and made me feel like this was not even a requirement for school because it was that enjoyable for me to read. Also it was a moderate reading level that is easy to comprehend and having the reader wanting to finish the book all at once. Even if the reader might say this book is un-relatable because they will never be in this type of situation. They might be surprised when they find they have the same feeling and reactions about the games and family back home as some of the other tributes feel. For instance when Katniss takes her sister Prim’s place in the games since Prim is young and delicate Katniss knows she would not be able to handle or survive the intenseness of the games. This is a non-difficult way to make a connection with this novel. The only downside to this book that I could think of is if the reader is a person like Prim who doesn’t do well with violence or just sadness in generally this isn’t a great book to choose, except if the reader can bare the violence for the sake of the book than this is a great choice read. Since without it the book will just be mediocre and not an interesting novel to read. So this factor isn’t actually an issue because when the reader is that intrigued by this outstanding book it will not even bother the reader. An example of when it doesn’t have an impact on the reader view of the book is when they describe how all the tributes are killed because without the gruesome descriptions the reader will always wonder what happened to this tribute. So overall //The Hunger Games// is a great novel to read for school or just as a book to read in the reader’s leisurely time. The games are a terrible occurrence for the government to have, but there is nothing the districts can do to prevent this matter of concern from happening every year. This novel has a way of grabbing the reader’s attention making everyone wanting to read it. There are so many exciting instances that the reader is captivated to read and never wanting to put the book down. Violence is a key feature that becomes a necessity to have in this type of novel. So if the reader ever decides to take part in the games they need to remember…”strategy is everything” (scholastic). Works Cited Collins, Suzanne. //The Hunger Games//. New York: Scholastic, 2008. Print. Scholastic. //www.thehungergames.co/// ‌ //uk//. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2011. .