Quicklet on The Hunger Games [NOOK Book]

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ABOUT THE BOOK

“Here’s some advice. Stay alive.”

If you like social commentary, strong female characters, thrilling suspense, a dash of romance, and being in on pop culture references, you should have already read The Hunger Games.

Not convinced? Here’s one example of how The Hunger Games is fully infiltrating our lives, with or without our cooperation: the popular phone app Draw Something recently announced that they have added seven new words to their pictionary-like game that directly relates to The Hunger Games. This essentially means that without a rudimentary knowledge of Katniss and her pals you may lose your next Draw Something game.

Published in 2008, The Hunger Games quickly asserted itself as the heir apparent to an enviable line of young adult franchises. Like its predecessors, Harry Potter and Twilight, Suzanne Collins’s book has managed to transcend its genre, finding fans of all ages.

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BOOK OUTLINE

About the Book
About the Author
Overall Summary
Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary and Summary
Character List
Key Terms and Definitions
Major Themes
Symbols
Interesting Related Facts
Sources
Additional Reading

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EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK

Collins gives readers a possible future that is as frightening as it is familiar. The major difference between our reality and hers is the distribution of power. In her dystopian world, all power resides in the hands of the Capitol. The people of the districts have absolutely no ability to stand up to their rulers, even when it involves sending their own children to die for the entertainment of others.

This dystopian theme is fairly common in literature, evident in such enduring classics as George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, but what sets The Hunger Games a part is its use of children. Hardly any glimpse of a possible future seems worse than one in which we pit young children against each other.

Reality Television

Perhaps the most chilling reference to our current culture is Collins critique on reality television. While we would abhor the thought of the Hunger Games as a form of actual entertainment, we still enjoy watching real people humiliate themselves, fight each other (thankfully, not to death), and suffer. As troubling as it may be, the Hunger Games do not seem like such a radical extension of our society’s obsession with sensationalist television programming...

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