Archive for February, 2010

How do you think Finnick will come through in book three?

Will he be a good ally for Katniss?

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John Granger of hogwartsprofessor.com takes us full force into “Unlocking the Hunger Games”.

Hunger Games is a dystopian novel at its core, though it has important mythic (think “Theseus and the Athenian Youths”), satirical (think Survivor), alchemical (think Tale of Two Cities), and coming-of-age (David Copperfield) touches. The post-apocalyptic setting of the trilogy with its oppressive authoritarian regime and its nightmare to-the-death competition between District tributes is an engaging cross of 1984 and Rollerball. And that hybrid story from nightmare futures powerfully delivers Ms. Collins messages, most obviously her critique of our addiction to television and its soul corrosive influences, but also a call for a change within us, a revolution against the regime’s shadow-casters and myth-makers via our choosing a counter-narrative of love and sacrifice.

Thanks to HungerGames.net via Twitter for the tip!

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Broth- brytning

What can I say?  A lot of new artist and pieces have been popping up online for the last month; I might be doing Fan Art for the Toss Up for a few weeks.

What do you think of this?  I love the background!

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Travis of TheHogsHead.org brings us more beautiful insight into the world of the Hunger Games.

But the more subtle version is the dehumanization of the citizens of Panem. What is valued, as is evident by the Capitol, is melodrama, entertainment, and fashion. The stylists working on Katniss are so out of touch with reality that they don’t even think she looks like a human until they’ve given her an extreme makeover. This constant emphasis on the superficial creates a horrifying situation far too much like our own: Capitol people are scandalized when someone’s fashion isn’t right, but are entertained by gruesome violence and death.

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