E.qual'i.ty (i-kwol'i-te) n. The idea of possessing the same privileges and rights. Wouldn't it be great if all people were equal and no one was treated worse than others, well that's a false hope in district 12 of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games.
The novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dark story that shows the realest sides of society. The book is about a young woman named Katniss Everdeen. She is a very intelligent and witty. She goes about her life with her mother and sister in a place called District 12. District 12 is a grimy,poor,withered place where Katniss and her family reside. District 12 is the last of 12 districts which each lowering in wealth starting from 1 ,and thus making district 12 the poorest out of the twelve districts. The districts are in a circular shape and they all revolve around the capital. The capital is where all the richest and high powered individuals live. Capital people are snobby and stuck up and get what ever they want. While the district people are hard workers who do the best with the little they got. So, since the people of the Capital are so stuck up they run a brutal annual fight to the death called the hunger games. The games are when the Capital randomly picks a male and a female from each of the twelve districts ,and then makes them fight to the death until one person remains. There is no point behind the games ,but for the people of the capitals amusement and to show that the capital has power over the districts. The people of the districts think "Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. 'Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen'"(Collins 18-19). So, the picking of the games comes around and its Katniss's last year ti be eligible to be picked for the games ,but on the other hand its her sisters first.
So, the picking is happening for the games and the first name called is Peeta Mellark ; the son of the baker. The next person called is not Katniss ,but her sister Prim. Katniss being the great sister she is sacrifices herself to save her sister when she yells "'I volunteer!'" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!'"(Collins 22). So, the rest of the book is pretty much is the intense battles the soon ensue in the games. While this is going on, Katniss finds love with the baker's son Peeta Mellark,and much more interesting events happen ,but ill leave that for the reader to read because this book is great.
I love this book. This novel was a solid ten out of ten ,and if it was possible I'd give it an 11 out of ten. I've never been a reader ever. I always thought reading was a snooze-fest with every word you acknowledge a ten pound wait was put onto your eyes. However, this book was way different. There was a real enjoyment while reading this book. With each page I flipped I got more and more into the book. I think I can say that partially happened because of Katniss's character. She was just a great person and a hero. Which made me want to see what would happen to her because I liked her so much. For example, when she volunteered to be the tribute to save her sister that was one pf the most heroic things I've ever read. Katniss must've known that it was almost certain death going into the games ,but she still bucked up and stuck her head out for her sister and this made the book so much better. Also, Collins does a great job painting the picture of the districts and the capital. Through her writing she some how did such good job that I started to hate the capital with a burning passion. So, like I said I don't read that much ,but when I read my next book I'm going to look for something of that affect ,because I was just amazed by how her writing made such an impact on me. The final reason why I loved this book was because of the violence. This may sound cruel and terrible ,but I really couldn't care any less. I love violence. Ever since I was a little kid it was just fascinating to me and it just drew me in. So, after saying that its already pretty easy to guess whats in the novel and theres a lot of it. I can strongly say that after the first few chapters there is a large a mount of violence in every chapter after that. The violence is great it keeps the booking moving along at nice pace while also making it suspenseful ,and I appreciate this very much. So all in all, I would recommend this book to everyone because its a great book with little to nothing wrong ,and has great things going for it like I already mentioned and much much more. So, read the book!
Great title!
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