The Hunger Games: A review by Samuel Troconis

           

            The Hunger Games is a very famous series of books published my Suzanne Collins. 

           The series is set in a Dystopian world, which consists of many social classes that divide the people in it, these are the Capital and the Districts. Each year, as a form of punishment and control, the Capitol requires each district to send one boy and one girl, known as "tributes," to participate in the Hunger Games—a televised event where the contestants fight to the death until only one person remains. The protagonist, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, lives in District 12, one of the poorest districts. She volunteers to take her younger sister Prim's place as a tribute when Prim's name is called during the Reaping, which is when the candidates for the Hunger Games are chosen. Katniss, along with another boy in her district are sent to the games. The Hunger Games are a brutal and deadly competition where the tributes must navigate a dangerous arena filled with traps, deadly creatures, and other tributes determined to survive. Katniss ends up winning the hunger games.

            Before reading the book, I had watched the movie in 7th Grade. I remember that I began reading it because people told me how the book was so much better than the movie. After recently watching the new Hunger Games movie, I decided to reread the book. Although many people told me the book was better than the movie, I think that both of them are around the same. Both of them have differences from each other. There were many moments in the book where I felt the tension of the scene, which almost made me feel like I was in the book. After finishing this book, I decided to continue reading the series, and I think you should read this book and the rest of the series too.

Thanks for reading.