Collins’s story brings a very exciting and different take on the idea of "hunting"
When a beloved book, like The Hunger Games, is adapted into a movie two things are certain: details will be left out, and it will break records at the box office. And this movie did just that.
The Hunger Games is a young adult novel, the first in a trilogy that is sold worldwide. The author, Suzanne Collins uses Greek and Roman mythology as influences for the dystopian society where the novel is set. In this society there is a country called Panem located in North America, and because of an unknown war has lead the Capitol to take control over 12 outlying districts. As punishment for the rebellion of these districts, the Capitol has each district send one girl and one boy between the ages of 12 and 18 to partake in the event known as The Hunger Games, where these children fight to the death. The games are viewed as entertainment in the Capitol, broadcasting it to all the districts as a morbid reality show.
Collins’s story brings a very exciting and different take on this age-old idea of “hunting,” [click to continue….]
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