Malik Floyd

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          Overall I really enjoyed the book. I have to say that the book is way more descriptive than the movie which makes the book’s action drag in the beginning. I think that by the book being so descriptive it may turn adolescents away from the book at first especially if they have seen the movie before trying to read because they both are very different. It seems as if the movie has the viewer on edge from the beginning while the book is slow and descriptive. Overall this is a great read for adolescents. I think it takes them straight to a different world which makes the reader more interested. Katniss is a great example of what an adolescent experiences growing up. By her battling what is fake and what is real, trying to find herself, providing for her family, and trying to survive a scary world, all adolescents can relate to her. Adolescents face everything that Katniss face through this novel. Some may have to take care of their little brother or sister because their parents are at work majority of the time or they have to lend a hand to single parent. Some adolescents have to provide for their family at a young age. In some way shape of form, I think that adolescents can relate to both Peeta and Katniss throughout the novel.

            I think that the dystopian part of the novel plays a huge roll in gaining the readers interest. Making the setting of the novel in a post-apocalyptic America gives the reader a huge sense of interest of reading the book. YA readers love to think outside the box it kind of goes along with the latest video games also such as call of duty, they all share some sort of post-apocalyptic theme to it which gets the adolescents blood rushing with excitement to read the novel The Hunger Games especially if they have seen the movie first before having to read the book. 

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  1. kendall hendersonSeptember 8, 2016 at 5:12 PM

    I definitely see the connection between fantasy video games and the popularity of The Hunger Games. It's interesting to think what common elements of stories like this adolescents identify with or find engaging: the violence, the fast pace, a setting that feels unfamiliar. Maybe playing video games or reading novels that have that dystopian, jarring feel are a way for adolescents to learn how to cope with an adult world they're just getting used to as they grow up.

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  2. Lucy McElroySeptember 9, 2016 at 2:14 PM

    Malik, I agree with you in that the movie leaves out a lot of the descriptions from the book. I think in doing that, they lost a lot of the symbolism in the movie. I don't remember there being as much of a big deal about flowers in the movie as there was in the book. Great points.

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