Daniel O'Rourke: The Hunger Games

[fionnbharro]

The Hunger Games

April 12, 2012  Daniel O’Rourke

At the promptings of my 12-year-old granddaughter, I read Suzanne Collins’ best selling trilogy and have seen the movie based on her first book: The Hunger Games. A quick summary: the book is a young adult novel; its chief character is 16-year-old, street smart Katniss Everdeen. She lives in a

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[aimeric]

It's funny, I read a review recently where the reviewer noted that the story is popular with both the Left and the Right because they each see themselves in the protagonists.

The Left sees District 12 as Occupy Wall Street and Panem as Wall Street/Goldman Sachs/US Govt
The Right sees District 12 as the Tea Party or, more precisely, local government, vs Big Government/"the elites"

[fionnbharro]

Dude -- You're still on LiveJournal? I thought I was the only one left, since I won't use Facebook.

Hmmm. I really ought to check-in once in a while / more often than I currently do.

Oh, well; leaving at noon with the kids for 'birthday weekend' M is turning 7 on Sunday, and C is turning 5 on Thursday. "Legoland" here we come!

[fionnbharro]

Oh, yeah; I heard that too -- about the left/right viewpoint thing in the books and movie.

Oldest Daughter has read the books. I have no interest. Apparently, that makes me 'old'.