Amelia+Cotsanis+-+The+Hunger+Games

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 * I CHOSE TO REVIEW THE BOOK “THE HUNGER GAMES”. IT IS WRITTEN BY SUZANNE COLLINS AND WAS PUBLISHED BY SCHOLASTIC IN 2008. IT IS A FICTIONAL, FANTASY ROMANCE NOVEL THAT IS VERY INTERESTING, INTRIGING AND SUSPENSFUL NOVEL THAT IS SURE TO KEEP YOU READING UNTIL THE END.**=====

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 * THE HUNGER GAMES IS A BOOK ABOUT A REALITY TV SHOW SET IN THE FUTURE, WHERE 12 BOYS AND 12 GIRLS COME TOGETHER FROM THEIR DISRICTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HUNGER GAMES. THERE ARE TWELVE DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE LIKE 12DIFFERENT CITIES, A BOY AND A GIRL ARE PICKED FROM EACH DISTRICT AND ARE FORCED TO GO TO THE CAPITAL OF THEIR COUNTRY, THE COUNTRY THAT THEY LIVE IN IS CALLED PANEM AND THE CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY OR MORE LIKE THE RULING CITY IS CALLED THE CAPITOL, TO TRAIN AND FIGHT IN THE HUNGER GAMES. YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY I SAY FORCED. WELL, IN THE HUNGER GAMES THERE IS ONLY ONE RULE: TO KILL OR BE KILLED. IT IS A FIGHT FOR SURIVAL IN AN UNKNOWN ARENA WHERE THE 24 TRIBUTES FROM EACH DISTRICT, USUALLY TEENAGERS OR CHILDREN, FIGHT FOR THE DEATH AGAINST EACH OTHER TO STAY ALIVE.IT IS FILMED AND SHOWN TO THE COUNTRY ON TELEVISION AND IS CONSIDERED ENTERTAINING TO WATCH. ONLY ONE PERSON COMES OUT ALIVE FROM THESE GAMES AND WOULDN’T YOU WANT TO BE SURE IT’S YOU. WHEN YOU ARE CHOSEN TO BE IN THE HUNGER GAMES AFTER A REEPING, WHICH IS LIKE A DRAWING OR A RAFFLE WHERE EVERY CHILDS/TEENAGERS NAME IS PUT IN A GLASS BALL AND PICKED OUT, YOU ARE TAKEN TO THE CAPITOL FOR A FEW DAYS TO TRAIN FOR THE GAMES AND THEN YOU ARE TAKEN TO THE ARENA TO FIGHT.**=====

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 * THE STORY IS TOLD IN FIRST PERSON FROM THE MAIN CHARACTERS POINT OF VIEW, KATNISS EVERDEEN. KATNISS IS A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM DISTRICT 12. SHE IS A VERY INTELLIGENT, COURAGOUS, THOUGHTFUL AND INTENSE CHARACTER WHO BY THE PUBLIC IS KNOWN AS “THE GIRL ON FIRE”. SHE ISN’T VERY FRIENDLY, SHE ONLY HAS ONE FRIEND AND THAT IS GALE HAWTHORN, A CUNNING AND BRIGHT YOUNG MAN FROM HER DISTRICT. THEY BECAME FRIENDS THROUGH HUNTING TOGETHER. SHE FINDS HERSELF IN THE HUNGER GAMES BECAUSE AT THE REEPING OF THE TRIBUTES TO ENTER THE GAMES SHE STEPS FORWARD IN HER YOUNGER SISTER’S, PRIMROSE EVERDEEN, PLACE TO ENTER THE GAMES BECAUSE PRIMROSE WAS PICKED AND KATNISS DIDN’T WANT HER SISTER TO BE IN THE GAMES AND TO POSSIBLY BE KILLED. KATNISS KNOWS SHE HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING THE GAMES. SHE IS A GREAT HUNTER AND IS VERY HANDY WITH WEAPONS, ESPECIALLY THE BOW AND ARROW, IN WHICH SHE HUNTS AND KILLS ANIMALS WITH FOR FOOD. SHE IS VERY SMART AND KNOWS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF IN SUCH HARSH CONDITIONS BECAUSE HER DISTRICT IS SO POOR AND BECAUSE AT HOME SHE HAS TO NOT ONLY CARE FOR HERSELF BUT HER MOTHER AND SISTER TOO.**=====

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 * ANOTHER MAIN CHARACTER IS PEETA MELLARK, WHO IS A BOY ALSO FROM DISTRICT 12 AND IS DRAWN FROM THE REEPING AS THE BOY FROM THEIR DISTRICT TO COMPETE IN THE HUNGER GAMES. PEETA WORKS IS A BAKER IN THE DISTRICT AND HIS FATHER OWNS THE BAKERY. HE ISN’T A VERY GOOD HUNTER LIKE KATNISS AND ISN’T CONFIDENT TO WIN THE GAMES. HE IS A VERY KIND, GLAD AND FASCINATING CHARACTER AND EVEN THOUGH HE MAY NOT BE SUCH A GOOD HUNTER, HE IS VERY STRONG AND CREATIVE AND HAS SOME HOPE FROM THE PUBLIC TO SURVIVE IN THE GAMES. HE IS A REAL CROWD-PLEASER AND KNOWS HOW TO BE FRIENDLY, UNLIKE KATNISS, AND BEING FROM THE SAME DISTRICT THEY COME ACROSS ASA GOOD TEAM TO THE PUBLIC, EVEN THOUGH IN THE GAMES THEY WILL NOT BE FIGHTING AS A TEAM, THEY FIGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER AS INDIVIUALS.**=====

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 * THE MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP I THINK IN THIS NOVEL IS BETWEEN KATNISS AND PEETA. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE A FEW OTHER FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE STORY, KATNISS’S AND PEETA’S IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY CONFUSING RELATIONSHIP AND BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS. IT STARTS OFF WITH THEM BEING FRIENDS, THEN KATNISS FORMS HATRID TOWARDS HIM WHEN PEETA ADMITS HIS LOVE FOR HER IN A PUBLIC INTERVIEW AND THEY ARE SEEN AS “STAR-CROSSED LOVERS”. THERE IS LOTS OF CONFLICTS INVOLVED IN THIS RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE KATNISS DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FEEL TOWARDS PEETA. HATRID? FRIENDS? MORE THAN FRIENDS? WHERE WILL THIS RELATIONSHIP END UP AND HOW WILL IT END.**=====

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 * MY OPINION OF THE HUNGER GAMES IS THAT IT IS EXCITING, THRILLING AND A REALLY INTERESTING NOVEL THAT I WOULD DEFINANTELY RECOMMEND TO OTHERS. I THINK THAT THE AUTHOR IS VERY SMART FOR COMING UP WITH A STORY LINE LIKE THIS. THE CHARACTERS ARE INTERESTING AND INTRIGING AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND FOUND IT HARD TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN.**=====