Hunger Games Trilogy

[Narnian525]

Eskie: I'm also team Katniss.

[gwenhyver42]

As much as I've ranted on about the love triangle... I agree, Eskie. There is certainly a deeper commentary going on in the story, which I felt, but cannot quite put into words. I saw history reflected in the political goings on, which was why the timing of my reading the trilogy really struck me as interesting –– the Winter Olympics in Russia? I could not have chosen a stranger time! I look at what I know of Russia/the USSR (the Gulag), Nazi Germany, etc., and I look at Kafka, George Orwell, and some of their contemporaries –– even some of the classical music of that era: Prokofiev in particular.... and I can't help but think that the Hunger Games is deeply influenced by those things.

[Narnian525]

One aspect of The Hunger Games that strikes me as interesting is the capitol. I'm not sure if this was her (Suzanne Collins) intent, but I see a lot of similarities to how controlling the capitol got compared to how controlling our government from today can get. I think it represents how much of an ego the government has, and how some are threatened to lose their jobs families or even lives for not following their demands. Maybe that's just me, but... Something I wanted to bring to attention.

[gwenhyver42]

It also reminded me of the French Revolution... which I forgot to mention. Sounds random, I know, but when you think about it:
French royalty swimming in wealth and frivolities in Versailles, while the people themselves starved and worked to support it all...
The Capitol swimming in wealth and frivolities, while the people themselves starved and worked to support it all....
And then the Revolution itself, which went overboard in bringing the nobility down...

[mojoboy31]

Thank you for mentioning the French Revolution (That's the biggest one I got from watching the movie); and it's going "overboard".