Reading Log #2

Although you may consider it boring that I am doing yet another post on the Hunger Games, it was imperative that I finsh the book. This particular book falls into the category of books that are so intriguing you would skip dinner to finish, and that's what I did. Just as I had hoped, Katniss won the Hunger Games, however, adding a surprising twist, so did Peeta.  "We both know they have to have a victor" (Hunger 344). These are the words that clung to Katniss as she began to think...

"Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers' faces. They'd have failed the Capitol" (Hunger 344).

In the last second before death overtook both of their lives with a mouthful of poisonus berries, they heard a frantic announcement to stop as they were both awarded victors of the Hunger Games. Not that I want to overthrow the government, but it would be the proudest moment of my life if I had the strength and wits to overthrow something so powerful. However, while Katniss may be feeling a sense of pride, she doesn't show it. The Games are over, she just won AND Peeta gets to survive as well, and she has a sulky attitude about her. Not necessarily the harshness and immorality of the whole Hunger Games, but the relationships that were made in the process changed Katniss. She began the Games with the attitude `how different is killing a human, than killing an animal` and she ended the game with pain everytime someone died. I don't think that the rough terrain, dehydration, or food shortage makes the Game unbearing. I think it is building a relationship with people and then seeing their faces in the sky the night they died. Just like that. Katniss is a perfect example of this. She saw her little sister, Prim, in the young girl Rue, who was selected as a tribute. Naturally, they formed a bond, and eventually, Rue was killed. Nothing seemed to bother Katniss until this point in the Hunger Games. Katniss was thoroughly upset with the loss of Rue, and she took the time to decorate her body with flowers before she was taken away. I think this is all true about life too. It isn't the obstacles in life that make it hard, it is the people around you. Your best friend moves away, you lose someone you love, your boyfriend breaks up with you. People make life hard, but they also, make it worth living. Katniss proved this.