GO READ THE BOOKS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY PLEASE
REALLY THOUGH, HOW HAVE YOU NOT READ THE BOOKS HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK?
THIS COUNTS FOR THE MOVIES TOO. IF YOU HAVE ONLY SEEN THE MOVIES, GO READ THE BOOKS
So, you've read the BOOKS, right? Great.
SUMMARY
The story begins with our main character, Katniss Everdeen, waking up on reaping day. Katniss goes on to explain to the reader what has happen to the world, which I will not describe as I am sure, if you are reading this, you already know. Katniss goes on her routine trip of hunting in the woods with her friend Gale. They have a small conversation about running away, and although is pretty insignificant in this book, it will actually become an issue in the next one, which I am sure you also know, After gathering some berries to trade with the mayor, they encounter Madge Undersee, the mayor daughter, who will also become a important character later in the series. Katniss and Prin are then brought to the reaping, where Prim's name, by some inexplicable stroke of unluckiness, is drawn, Katniss, driven by her love towards her sister, volunteers as tribute in the Games. When she hear Peeta Mellark's name being called, Katniss recalls a certain moment where he saved her life when she was younger, and how she thinks she may not be able to kill him in the Games, This thought goes through forms of fear, determination, and rage. The reader also encounters Haymitch Abernathy, District 12's only living victor, and so acts as a mentor to the tributes, Katniss and Peeta.
In the movie, the next scene is rather short compared to the one in the book. In the movie, only two groups meet Katniss in the Justice Building. In the book, Katniss meets with not only her family and Gale, but with Peeta's father, who offers to feed Prim, and Madge, who gives her the mockingjay pin as a token from her district. This also differs from the movie, where Greasy Sae, (though her name isn't mentioned in the movie, I believe) gives her it. After that, the two are taken right to the Capitol. On the way, Katniss notes Peeta's obvious crying and wonders if this will be his agenda for the games. She mentions a Johanna Mason, a person who used this idea, who she will meet in Catching Fire.
When Haymitch vomits all over the floor and Peeta offers to clean him up for Katniss and yet attacks Haymitch the next day, Katniss is lead to believe that pretending to be nice will become Peeta's strategy to win the Games. Haymitch, upon recovering from Peeta's sudden assault, agrees to help them survive if they do not interfere with his drinking. Haymitch's first instruction is to not object to whatever the stylists want. True to her word, Katniss keeps her thoughts of her prep team to herself and does not try to object when Cinna, her stylist, a very likable person, lights her with fake, synthetic fire. The fire is a great success with the Capitol people, giving Katniss a piece of hope for survival,
Katniss and Peeta then spend several days in the Training Centre, where they have the opportunities to impress the Gamemakers with their talents. During her kast moment, Katniss shoots an arrow at and apple in the direction of the Gamemakers, thereby earning an eleven, further raising her chances of surviving the Games. The next day, the day of the interview, Peeta declares his love for Katniss, which Katniss acts negatively to. On the roof on that night Peeta says that he wants to die as himself, but Katniss has no idea what he is talking about.
The day of the games. Katniss, despite orders from Haymitch to simply run from the Cornupcopia, garbs a backpack and gets away. Katniss battles the various survival problems for a night until she discovers that Peeta is working with the Careers. Katniss, upon being trapped in a tree, is shown by Rue, which she drops on the Careers. Katniss agrees to be Rue's ally. Together, they blow up the Career's supplies, where Rue dies in the process. This is where Katniss understands what Peeta meant by that he wants to die as himself; he doesn't want to become a killer because the Capitol says to be. (At least, that's how I understood it). She buries Rue in flowers. Sometime after that, there is a rule change that tributes from the same districts can both win. Driven by this, Katniss realizes that Peeta's hooking up with the Careers was just an act and determines to find him.
Katniss finds Peeta badly wounded and takes care of him until he is better. Katniss goes, mostly without choice, to the feast to get Peeta the cure for his infected leg. Thresh spares Katniss' life as he owes Katniss Rue's. Together they act as a team, occasionally acting in love for food, until the final days come. The two hunt down Cato and fight with dog mutts until Katniss finally sends the killing blow that mercifully ends Cato's life. However, the Capitol changes back the rules stating that now only one could win. When Peeta and Katniss attempt suicide, the Capitol stops them just in time, crowning them both victors. This leads to the Capitol growing to hate them. At the end, Katniss tells Peeta that she thinks that acting in love was indeed just an act, which Peeta (Kind of) breaks her heart with his response.
THOUGHTS
I find Katniss to be one of the most relatable character of them all, to be honest. Katniss tends to have a negative view of certain things and happens to stick with them unless they are proven wrong. I happen to be very much like this and so I agree with Katniss' philosophy, particularly about the Capitol. Though Katniss is hardly a shy character, she admits that she tends to be closed off at the interview. This aspect is also quite like myself, as I prefer to have some privacy in my life,
As I reader. I am not really ashamed to say that I am, currently, sick of love triangles. However, this was the first time I read a dystopian book, and so this love triangle is, for the moment, not utterly exhilarating. Although it gets rather shoved in one's face in Catching Fire, in this book, the love triangle is a little less obvious, and this helps a lot.
Do I like the books? YES with a capital everything. Do I like the movies? Yes, but with only a capital Y. It is impossible, admittedly, for me, for a movie to be on par with the book. The books that I enjoy the most are the ones that convey the emotions of a character, and screens simply cannot show all the emotions a character is feeling at once. In complicated situations such as in these books, a character is likely to have conflicting emotions which some actors may not be able to portray. So I found the movie a little less to my liking than the book.
Do I dislike the movie? NO, and I mean NO. I believe that the characters and the plot was fairly book-loyal enough, which pretty automatically means a good movie for me. Before you object, in my opinion, the entire series was so epic, that as the movie followed the book, the movie was good. It seems to be a pretty common fan opinion that book-loyal movies are better than the ones that are not Take the cries of joy from fans about the Divergent, (strictly the first movie), and the kind of dislike towards the Percy Jackson movies.
In conclusion, I simply loved this epic book. I normally don't like survival stories, because alot of them just fall into place and is former supplies deus ex machina, and this book is nothing along those lines. I like this trilogy, and I am lucky that there are 2 more epic books.
The story begins with our main character, Katniss Everdeen, waking up on reaping day. Katniss goes on to explain to the reader what has happen to the world, which I will not describe as I am sure, if you are reading this, you already know. Katniss goes on her routine trip of hunting in the woods with her friend Gale. They have a small conversation about running away, and although is pretty insignificant in this book, it will actually become an issue in the next one, which I am sure you also know, After gathering some berries to trade with the mayor, they encounter Madge Undersee, the mayor daughter, who will also become a important character later in the series. Katniss and Prin are then brought to the reaping, where Prim's name, by some inexplicable stroke of unluckiness, is drawn, Katniss, driven by her love towards her sister, volunteers as tribute in the Games. When she hear Peeta Mellark's name being called, Katniss recalls a certain moment where he saved her life when she was younger, and how she thinks she may not be able to kill him in the Games, This thought goes through forms of fear, determination, and rage. The reader also encounters Haymitch Abernathy, District 12's only living victor, and so acts as a mentor to the tributes, Katniss and Peeta.
In the movie, the next scene is rather short compared to the one in the book. In the movie, only two groups meet Katniss in the Justice Building. In the book, Katniss meets with not only her family and Gale, but with Peeta's father, who offers to feed Prim, and Madge, who gives her the mockingjay pin as a token from her district. This also differs from the movie, where Greasy Sae, (though her name isn't mentioned in the movie, I believe) gives her it. After that, the two are taken right to the Capitol. On the way, Katniss notes Peeta's obvious crying and wonders if this will be his agenda for the games. She mentions a Johanna Mason, a person who used this idea, who she will meet in Catching Fire.
When Haymitch vomits all over the floor and Peeta offers to clean him up for Katniss and yet attacks Haymitch the next day, Katniss is lead to believe that pretending to be nice will become Peeta's strategy to win the Games. Haymitch, upon recovering from Peeta's sudden assault, agrees to help them survive if they do not interfere with his drinking. Haymitch's first instruction is to not object to whatever the stylists want. True to her word, Katniss keeps her thoughts of her prep team to herself and does not try to object when Cinna, her stylist, a very likable person, lights her with fake, synthetic fire. The fire is a great success with the Capitol people, giving Katniss a piece of hope for survival,
Katniss and Peeta then spend several days in the Training Centre, where they have the opportunities to impress the Gamemakers with their talents. During her kast moment, Katniss shoots an arrow at and apple in the direction of the Gamemakers, thereby earning an eleven, further raising her chances of surviving the Games. The next day, the day of the interview, Peeta declares his love for Katniss, which Katniss acts negatively to. On the roof on that night Peeta says that he wants to die as himself, but Katniss has no idea what he is talking about.
The day of the games. Katniss, despite orders from Haymitch to simply run from the Cornupcopia, garbs a backpack and gets away. Katniss battles the various survival problems for a night until she discovers that Peeta is working with the Careers. Katniss, upon being trapped in a tree, is shown by Rue, which she drops on the Careers. Katniss agrees to be Rue's ally. Together, they blow up the Career's supplies, where Rue dies in the process. This is where Katniss understands what Peeta meant by that he wants to die as himself; he doesn't want to become a killer because the Capitol says to be. (At least, that's how I understood it). She buries Rue in flowers. Sometime after that, there is a rule change that tributes from the same districts can both win. Driven by this, Katniss realizes that Peeta's hooking up with the Careers was just an act and determines to find him.
Katniss finds Peeta badly wounded and takes care of him until he is better. Katniss goes, mostly without choice, to the feast to get Peeta the cure for his infected leg. Thresh spares Katniss' life as he owes Katniss Rue's. Together they act as a team, occasionally acting in love for food, until the final days come. The two hunt down Cato and fight with dog mutts until Katniss finally sends the killing blow that mercifully ends Cato's life. However, the Capitol changes back the rules stating that now only one could win. When Peeta and Katniss attempt suicide, the Capitol stops them just in time, crowning them both victors. This leads to the Capitol growing to hate them. At the end, Katniss tells Peeta that she thinks that acting in love was indeed just an act, which Peeta (Kind of) breaks her heart with his response.
THOUGHTS
I find Katniss to be one of the most relatable character of them all, to be honest. Katniss tends to have a negative view of certain things and happens to stick with them unless they are proven wrong. I happen to be very much like this and so I agree with Katniss' philosophy, particularly about the Capitol. Though Katniss is hardly a shy character, she admits that she tends to be closed off at the interview. This aspect is also quite like myself, as I prefer to have some privacy in my life,
As I reader. I am not really ashamed to say that I am, currently, sick of love triangles. However, this was the first time I read a dystopian book, and so this love triangle is, for the moment, not utterly exhilarating. Although it gets rather shoved in one's face in Catching Fire, in this book, the love triangle is a little less obvious, and this helps a lot.
Do I like the books? YES with a capital everything. Do I like the movies? Yes, but with only a capital Y. It is impossible, admittedly, for me, for a movie to be on par with the book. The books that I enjoy the most are the ones that convey the emotions of a character, and screens simply cannot show all the emotions a character is feeling at once. In complicated situations such as in these books, a character is likely to have conflicting emotions which some actors may not be able to portray. So I found the movie a little less to my liking than the book.
Do I dislike the movie? NO, and I mean NO. I believe that the characters and the plot was fairly book-loyal enough, which pretty automatically means a good movie for me. Before you object, in my opinion, the entire series was so epic, that as the movie followed the book, the movie was good. It seems to be a pretty common fan opinion that book-loyal movies are better than the ones that are not Take the cries of joy from fans about the Divergent, (strictly the first movie), and the kind of dislike towards the Percy Jackson movies.
In conclusion, I simply loved this epic book. I normally don't like survival stories, because alot of them just fall into place and is former supplies deus ex machina, and this book is nothing along those lines. I like this trilogy, and I am lucky that there are 2 more epic books.
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