The Hunger Games blog 2

The Hunger Games

By: Ramsin Shawil

The Hunger Games , by Suzanne Collins, is a story about a corrupt government that chooses a boy and a girl from each district so they can put them in a arena to fight to the death. Katniss Everdeen is a girl who's father died when she was young and had to take care of her family. She has a sister named Primrose and her mother Mrs. Everdeen. On the reaping day, which is when the boy and the girl is chosen, Katniss's sister Primrose was chosen. But Katniss couldn't let her go to the hunger games so she volunteered for her instead. The boy who was chosen was Peeta Mellark, he was the son of a local baker in district 12. When they enter the games they team up to take down the other tributes. At the end their plan succeeds and they become victors.

The Hunger Games  reminds me of the book Divergent because in both book the government is always controlling the people. They also have a similarity because they both take place in the future and have similar technology. The Hunger Games also reminds me of the movie Gladiator because in both worlds people are forced to fight to the death instead of living a peaceful life. Gladiator also had a similar type of government because they gave nothing to the poor and forced them to slavery.

  If I were Katniss at this point, I would train my hardest to try to win because that is the only chance that I'm going to see my family again. I would also try to unite a team during the games instead of going by myself. I was also confused why Katniss's Dad died. I thought there was supposed to be a warning that the mine might explode or be unstable.