The Hunger Games Blog

The Hunger Games Blog

Blog by: Jackson Taylor

  I recently reread another of my favorite novels at home, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. You have all at least heard of the hunger games and probably know that it is about a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen. Katniss lives in a economically poor region called District 12 in the dystopian country of Panem. And every year the Capital hosts a Hunger Games, where a boy and a girl from each district is thrown into an arena and they are forced to fight to the death. If someone wins then their district is rewarded with riches. This is to remind the districts of their crushing defeat in the rebellion almost 75 years ago.

  As you could guess either from or from the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9a5V9ODuY, Katniss is selected to fight for District 12 along with a boy named Peeta Mellark. Together they travel to the capital and experience the true beauty of it. Katniss is astounded by it, The slums and towns and cities of the districts all work toward feeding the capital. Once Katniss lands in the capital she is immediately taken to a training facility where she will have 3 days to show her skills and impress a series of judges whom will give a rating of 1-12, a higher rating will naturally attract sponsors who will send Katniss supply drops during the games. Under the advice of her mentor, Haymitch, the district 12 victor of the 50th Hunger Games, she managed to impress the judges with her archery and achieve a high rating. Finally Katniss is lifted up into the arena and the 74th Annual Hunger Games begin.

  The hunger games is a thrilling novel and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes a good story or action and suspense in their books. The Hunger Games is a 10/10 for me and it is personally one of my favorite novels. The sheer amount of detail in each sentence is mind boggling, The story is amazing and the jaw dropping suspense will keep you from putting it down, I am glad that I gave the Hunger Games another read.