the hunger games. damn that was depressing.
i haven't posted on here in ages, but i needed to get out some thoughts on the hunger games trilogy.
i finished the hunger games books last night. it actually kinda irked me... i suppose i wasn't expecting the main character's tragic downfall, fading away over the course of the series. "the girl who was on fire" is completely accurate, with emphasis on WAS. she starts out badass (life gives her lemons, and she says, "fuck that, i'm gonna go shoot a deer for dinner"), and just winds up whiny and weak (fainting all the time, in and out of the hospital, not even going along with the rescue party for peeta), a mouthpiece for the revolution who can't make up her mind, can't even do propaganda without pretty extreme external stimulus (she needs to have a hospital blow up before she can get riled up for the cause?). she really is a mockingjay - not even a jabberjay who can repeat words, she can only repeat general sounds. it's sad.
i feel more sorry for gale, who had this awesome friend he loved who petered out (peeta'd out?) until she was more suited to the boy who never really was on fire, whatever his game costumes suggested. it's kind of fitting that gale's last appearance was giving her the weapon for her final little flare (shooting coin) before being completely extinguished, and it breaks my heart that he never gets his old partner back. at first i thought that it was crummy of him for never visiting her in district 12 at the end, but there really wasn't anything left of his old katniss for him to visit.
it's possible that was all intentional (i'd like to think that it was-all of their names are very telling), but i'm not 100% sure what the message was with her burning up/disintegrating. the ravages of war? the futility of her sacrifice when her sister dies anyway? i kept hoping she'd overcome, but i guess not. it's very pessimistic. now i'm kinda curious how they'll play it in the movies.
i finished the hunger games books last night. it actually kinda irked me... i suppose i wasn't expecting the main character's tragic downfall, fading away over the course of the series. "the girl who was on fire" is completely accurate, with emphasis on WAS. she starts out badass (life gives her lemons, and she says, "fuck that, i'm gonna go shoot a deer for dinner"), and just winds up whiny and weak (fainting all the time, in and out of the hospital, not even going along with the rescue party for peeta), a mouthpiece for the revolution who can't make up her mind, can't even do propaganda without pretty extreme external stimulus (she needs to have a hospital blow up before she can get riled up for the cause?). she really is a mockingjay - not even a jabberjay who can repeat words, she can only repeat general sounds. it's sad.
i feel more sorry for gale, who had this awesome friend he loved who petered out (peeta'd out?) until she was more suited to the boy who never really was on fire, whatever his game costumes suggested. it's kind of fitting that gale's last appearance was giving her the weapon for her final little flare (shooting coin) before being completely extinguished, and it breaks my heart that he never gets his old partner back. at first i thought that it was crummy of him for never visiting her in district 12 at the end, but there really wasn't anything left of his old katniss for him to visit.
it's possible that was all intentional (i'd like to think that it was-all of their names are very telling), but i'm not 100% sure what the message was with her burning up/disintegrating. the ravages of war? the futility of her sacrifice when her sister dies anyway? i kept hoping she'd overcome, but i guess not. it's very pessimistic. now i'm kinda curious how they'll play it in the movies.