I’ve wanted to read The Hunger Games for a while now mostly
because everyone talks about how amazing it is, so I decided to start it this
weekend. I’m only into the 4th chapter, but so far I love it! It’s
hard to relate to a book about situations so different from the lives we live,
but it’s interesting to compare. Katniss mentions that Panem, the country they
live in was once North America. I can’t imagine the country we are in now
turning into a place so horrible, but thousands of years from now who knows what
is possible? I have never once had to hunt for food, it is never my job to
“keep the family alive” and I can guarantee I will never fight to the death on
National television, but those are things that Katniss has to deal with
everyday and for someone so young she does a fantastic job. Prim her younger
sister was chosen to enter the Hunger Games, but Katniss volunteers to take her
place and compete for her. She is sent on a train to leave home for weeks
possibly to never return again. Could you imagine being sent away, having
barely any warning with the chance of never seeing your family again? I know I couldn’t.
I can’t wait to keep reading, I just hope the odds are in her favour!
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