Part 3!

Hi! Sorry we haven't been posting! Here's Part 3 (information from Wikipedia)!

Themes

In an interview with Collins, it was noted that the books "[tackle] issues like severe poverty, starvation, oppression, and the effects of war among others." The book deals with the struggle for self-preservation that the people of Panem face in their districts and the Hunger Games in which they must participate. The starvation and need for resources that the citizens encounter both in and outside of the arena create an atmosphere of helplessness that the main characters try to overcome in their fight for survival. Katniss's proficiency with the bow and arrow stems from her need to hunt in order to provide food for her family—this necessity results in the development of skills that are useful to her in the Games, and represents her rejection of the Capitol's rules in the face of life-threatening situations.

The choices the characters make and the strategies they use are often morally complex. The tributes build a personality they want the audience to see throughout the Games. Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) names the major themes of The Hunger Games as "government control, 'big brother', and personal independence." The Capitol makes watching the games required viewing. The theme of power and downfall, similar to that of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, was pointed out by Scholastic. Laura Miller of the New Yorker finds that the author's stated premise of the Games -- an exercise in propaganda and a “humiliating as well as torturous .... punishment” for a failed uprising against the Capitol many years earlier -- unconvincing. "You don’t demoralize and dehumanize a subject people by turning them into celebrities and coaching them on how to craft an appealing persona for a mass audience." But the story works much better if the theme is vicissitudes of high school and "the adolescent social experience".

"The rules are arbitrary, unfathomable, and subject to sudden change. A brutal social hierarchy prevails, with the rich, the good-looking, and the athletic lording their advantages over everyone else. To survive you have to be totally fake. Adults don’t seem to understand how high the stakes are; your whole life could be over, and they act like it’s just some “phase”! Everyone’s always watching you, scrutinizing your clothes or your friends and obsessing over whether you’re having sex or taking drugs or getting good enough grades, but no one cares who you really are or how you really feel about anything."

Donald Brake from The Washington Times, as well as Jessica Groover from the Independent Tribune, states that the story has Christian themes, such as that of self-sacrifice, which is found in Katniss' substitution for her younger sister, analogous to the sacrifice of Jesus as a substitute for the atonement of sins. Brake, as well as another reviewer, Amy Simpson, both find that the story also revolves around the theme of hope, which is exemplified in the "incorruptible goodness of Katniss' sister, Primrose." She also states that Peeta Mellark is "a Christ figure" in the story. Similar to the events in Passion of Jesus, in the Games, Peeta is stabbed and left for dead after saving Katniss' life—taking the wound that was initially meant for her—and is then buried in the ground and placed in a cave for three days before emerging with a new lease on life. Moreover, the Christian image of the Bread of Life is used throughout The Hunger Games; in the story Peeta shows up "bearing a warm loaf of bread," and Katniss slowly comes "back to life." A news video starring Fr. Jonathan Morris aired on Fox News discussed the religious themes in the story further. In addition, some pastors have written Bible studies discussing the Christian allegories in the story.

That's it on The Hunger Games book! If you want more info, just look it up online, or go to Wikipedia!


Here is something from HungerGamesProblems.tumblr.com...

I want one SO bad!

Hunger Games//Part 2

Plot

The Hunger Games takes place in a nation known as Panem, after the destruction of North America by some unknown apocalyptic event. Panem consists of a wealthy Capitol and twelve surrounding, poorer districts under the Capitol's hegemony. District 12, where the book begins, is located in the coal-rich region that was formerly Appalachia.

As punishment for a previous rebellion against the Capitol in which a 13th district was destroyed, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district are selected by annual lottery to participate in the Hunger Games. This is an event in which the participants (or "tributes") must fight in an outdoor arena controlled by the Capitol, until only one individual remains. The story is narrated by 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th annual Hunger Games in place of her younger sister, Primrose. Also selected from District 12 is Peeta Mellark, a baker's son whom Katniss knows from school, and who once gave her bread when her family was starving.

Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Capitol where their drunken mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, victor of the 50th Hunger Games, instructs them to watch and learn the talents of the other tributes. They are then publicly displayed to the Capitol audience in a televised session with interviewer Caesar Flickerman. During this time, Peeta reveals on-air his longtime unrequited love for Katniss. Katniss believes this to be a ploy to gain audience support for him in the Games, which can be crucial for survival, as audience members are encouraged to send gifts such as food, medicine, and tools to favored tributes during the Games. While nearly half the tributes are killed in the first day of the Games alone, Katniss relies on her well-practiced hunting and outdoor skills to survive. A few days into the games, Katniss develops an alliance with Rue, a 12-year-old girl from the agricultural District 11 who reminds Katniss of her sister, Primrose. The alliance is short-lived; Rue is killed by another tribute. At Rue's request Katniss sings to her, then spreads flowers over her body as a sign of respect—and of disgust towards the Capitol.

Supposedly due to Katniss and Peeta's beloved image in the minds of the audience as "star-crossed lovers", a rule change is announced midway through the Games, stating that two tributes from the same district can win the Hunger Games as a pair. Upon hearing this, Katniss searches for Peeta and eventually finds him wounded. As she nurses him back to health, she acts the part of a young girl falling in love to gain more favor with the audience and consequently gifts from her sponsors. When the couple remain as the last two surviving tributes, the Gamemakers reverse the rule change in an attempt to force them into a dramatic finale, where one must kill the other to win. Katniss, knowing that the Gamemakers would rather have two victors than none, retrieves highly poisonous berries known as "nightlock" from her pouch and offers some to Peeta. Thinking that Katniss and Peeta intend to commit suicide, the Gamemakers announce that both will be the victors of the 74th Hunger Games.

Although she survives the ordeal in the arena and is treated to a hero's welcome in the Capitol, Katniss is warned by Haymitch that she has now become a political target after defying her society's authoritarian leaders so publicly. Afterwards, Peeta is heartbroken when he learns that Katniss's actions in the arena were part of a calculated ploy to earn sympathy from the audience. However, Katniss is unsure of her own feelings and realizes that she is dreading the moment when she and Peeta will go their separate ways.

That's it for Part 2! ;)

**Information from Wikipedia**

~Rose~

About Hunger Games-Part 1!

Here is what Wikipedia said about The Hunger Games Book...

The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by American television writer and novelist Suzanne Collins. It was first published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, in hardcover. It is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, holds hegemony over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle until only one person is left.

The book has been released as a paperback and also as an audiobook and e-book. The Hunger Games had an initial print of 200,000 – twice doubled from the original 50,000. Since its initial release, the novel has been translated into 26 languages and rights of production have been sold in 38 countries. The book received mostly positive feedback from major reviewers and authors. The Hunger Games is the first novel in The Hunger Games trilogy, followed by Catching Fire, published on September 1, 2009, and Mockingjay, published on August 24, 2010.

A film adaptation, co-written and co-produced by Collins herself and directed by Gary Ross, was released worldwide on March 23, 2012.

Inspiration and origins

Collins says that the inspiration to write The Hunger Games came from channel surfing on television. On one channel she observed people competing on a reality show and on another she saw footage of the invasion of Iraq. The two "began to blur in this very unsettling way" and the idea for the book was formed. The Greek myth of Theseus served as the basis for the story, with Collins describing Katniss as a futuristic Theseus, and that Roman gladiatorial games formed the framework. The sense of loss that Collins developed through her father's service in the Vietnam War also affected the story, whose heroine lost her father at age 11, five years before the story begins. Collins stated that the deaths of the young characters and other "dark passages" were the hardest parts of the book to write, but she had accepted passages such as these were necessary to the story. She considered the moments where Katniss reflects on happier moments in her past to be the more enjoyable.

Come back tomorrow for part 2 (there will probably be 3 or 4 part total)!

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Peeta Mellark (Pronounced: Pee-tah or Pea-tuh) is a fictional character and one of the protagonists of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. He is the male tribute from District 12, picked alongside Primrose Everdeen (whose spot is subsequently taken by her sister, Katniss Everdeen) to participate in the 74th annual Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games

Peeta is introduced when he is chosen to be the male tribute for District 12 in the Games. Katniss recalls that he gave her burned bread when she and her family were starving to death. When interviewed before the 74th Hunger Games, he confesses that he has secretly been in love with Katniss, which she assumes is his strategy to gain popularity with sponsors watching the Games. It seems that view is justified when he teams up with the "Careers," a pack of tributes from the richer districts who are actively hunting Katniss. He saves Katniss from a raging Cato, the boy tribute from District 2, and suffers a serious leg wound inflicted by Cato's sword. Much later, Katniss learns that Peeta's alliance with the Careers was actually a strategy to protect her, knowing they would attack her first; Peeta positioned himself to thwart their plans. Later, the Gamemakers announce a new rule: if the final two tributes are from the same district, they can both be crowned victors of the Games.

Katniss seeks out Peeta, who is injured and near death from blood poisoning. She cleans him up and takes him to safety, and realizes that if she pretends to be in love with him (as she believes he is pretending to be in love with her), she will gain viewers' sympathy and receive life-saving gifts from sponsors. Later, Katniss risks her life to get medicine to cure Peeta's infection. Peeta did not let Katniss go, but Katniss secretly gives him a sleep syrup the sponsors sent.

Finally, Katniss and Peeta are the last two alive, but instead of being crowned joint victors, the rule is revoked and there can be only one victor. Katniss readies to defend herself, but Peeta throws away his knife. Katniss then suggests they commit suicide by ingesting deadly nightlock berries. Remembering Peeta earlier comment about showing the Capitol that they are not just pawns in their game, but actual people, Katniss knows this will show up the Gamemakers and bets that the Gamemakers would rather have two victors than none. The ploy works, but the two learn later that President Coriolanus Snow considers their behavior a rebellious act against the Capitol. Once they are safe, Katniss discovers that Peeta really is in love with her. When he realizes that Katniss may have been faking love for him during the Games to win sponsors, he is saddened and emotionally withdraws himself from her.

Some pictures Josh Hutcherson (he who plays Peeta)! <3

In the arena!

The boy with the bread!

Good photo!

Run Peeta, run!!!!

Interviews!

The night before the games!
"If I'm going to die, I wanna still be me."

So true! ;)

So cute!

Painting himself to look...like a tree!

Looking good!

I made this photo! ;)

As you can see, I am having a Peeta/Josh Hutcherson phase. ;) I <3 you, Peeta! :) Don't worry, I won't turn into some crazy stalker fan! ;-)

Thanks for reading!

~Rose & Morgan~

P.S. Most of these photos are from my friend and Hunger Games buddy, Mackenzie! :) Thanks Mackenzie!

P.P.S Happy belated Birthday Katniss Everdeen! Her birthday was May 8th! :O

;)

All about Katniss!

Here is what Wikipedia has on Katniss Everdeen!

Warning! This information may contain spoilers for those of you who haven't read all of the books!

Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games trilogy. Her name comes from an edible plant called katniss. Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss in the movie The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross.

Katniss and her family come from District 12, a coal-mining district that is the poorest and least populated district in the dystopian fictional autocratic nation of Panem. In the course of the first book, The Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to replace her sister, Primrose Everdeen, after she is called forth during Reaping Day, a day in which, annually, one male and one female tribute in the age bracket of 12 to 18 are called forth from each district to fight to the death in an arena in what are known as the Hunger Games. Katniss, after an alliance with Rue from district 11 (who reminded Katniss of her own sister), a 12 year old who had a very touching death, she joins up with fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark, compete in the Games together. She uses her knowledge of hunting and archery to survive, and the two become the victors after defying the Capitol's attempt to force one to kill the other. Throughout the next two novels, Catching Fire and Mockingjay, Katniss becomes the symbol of a rebellion for the twelve districts against the Capitol's oppression, and ultimately decides the final balance of power in Panem by killing the aspiring president of District 13, the vanguard of the rebellion, for attempting to oppress the defeated Capitol itself.

*OKAY SPOILERS OVER!*

Here are some Katniss photos...

Sorry, I just had to include Peeta! :)
(I made this on my iPod)

Here is a great photo I got from my friend Mackenzie!

I totally agree with this! ;-)

That's all for now!

Hunger Games Photos!

Hi! Here are some photos of Hunger Games Photos!

A quote from Peeta!
I <3 Peeta!

A collage I made!

A Hunger Games poster I got! :)

Thanks for reading!

(Sorry it's short today)

~Rose & Morgan~

Hunger Games (reaping) Video!

Hi! Sorry, we've been so busy lately we haven't been able to post!! But, I made a video, so I hope this makes up for it...

I made this while I was sick, so my voice is hard to hear or weird sounding. ;-)

(This video was made for THIS site because my doll is a tribute)

Thanks for reading/watching!

~Rose & Morgan~

P.S. We will make a signature soon!