Book Review Rough Draft

In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, it speaks of what our future world will look like when the government takes control of everything in a monarchy way. The story takes place in the futuristic North America.

Some background info about the Games is that North America is divided into 12 districts and during the Hunger  Games, 2 teenagers from each district (a boy and a girl), ranging from the ages of 12-18 are chosen to take part in the games which take place ion the Capitol. The main goal, the challenge, is to fight until the death;the last man standing wins it all: that is food for their district.

The main character Katniss, steps in to go to the Hunger Games for her sister who was originally chosen at random. Her act of replacing her sister in the Games shows courage and strength. Throughout the first section of the book, she shows that she is an independent girl fighting for her survival. While actually in the Games, she learns that she has to fight independently and that was the only way she would truly survive. Even Peeta, the boy that was also chosen from her district, abandoned her. Katniss is a passionate and loving character. Her main focus is to win, not only for herself, but for her family: her mother and her younger sister, Prim.

In my opinion, the strengths of the book is honestly how the author chooses to characterize the main character Katniss. Usually, it is strange to see a girl actually being able to fight and fend for herself. Collins does a great job of adding a lot of detail as well so the reader is able to really get to know the main character after they're done reading. Another strength of the book is the overall story and theme. The Hunger Games is a metaphor for the government thinking they can control everyone around them and turn everyone in to their puppets. This is what our future might become like if the government takes control of each and everyone of our lives. Overall, the Hunger Games is one of the most compelling books I have read so far.


Whoot! I finished the book! Overall, I thought Hunger Games was really a great book and sort of kept me on the edge in terms of it being really exciting for me to read. I think I'm capable of reading the other two books by Suzanne Collins,Catching Fire and Mockingjay because I really enjoyed reading Hunger Games.

On my last book review, I had some comments saying that I should expand on my ideas more. The end of the book is very good! Throughout the games, Katniss had only one ally, Rue, but after she was killed, she was all alone. The Gamemakers had announced that they would be letting the two people from one district survive together and they would both be victors. With that in mind, the main character, Katniss, had to team up with the boy from her district who survived, Peeta.

Before arriving at the games, all of the members of the games have to meet up at the Capitol. There, Katniss' and Peeta's mentor, Haymitch had trained them. Right before going in to the arena, Haymitch told Katniss to pretend to be madly in love with Peeta in the Games because everyone would be watching and that gave them a better chance at survival.

The last couple sentences in the book is :

"Already the boy with the bread is slipping away form me. I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I finally have to let go," (374).

Peeta, throughout the entire games was not pretending to be in love with Katniss, but Katniss was. This shows how much a person would do to stay alive. In the Games, it's all about survival of the fittest, and in this case, Katniss survived by putting on a great show for her audience. The Capitol and the makers of the Hunger Games in the book demonstrate how they are the puppet master for all of the tributes in the game.

In my opinion, I still stand by the idea that this book was intended for an audience between the ages of 12-18, or maybe even younger. My little sister who is 11 years old read this book and she also enjoyed it. The book is appealing to all ages and there is a good reason behind that.