Posted on 04/01/2012 3:14:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
What really distinguishes these privileged people demographically is that, whether in government power directly or as officers in companies, their careers and fortunes depend on government.
I can see some truth in that.
http://www.scholastic.com/home The ‘Hunger Game’series was published by this company and it was written by a childrens’ author.
I think this is where I was headed with my wordy post (below).
I would add "...Snowbama and his cabal...."
Thanks in advance.
Whether “The Hunger Games” or “Lord Of The Flies”, when people cease to regulate themselves, “horrid mischief” ensues - a phrase that the Founders took seriously.
So should we.
‘Specially as Horrid and Mischief dwell in the White House as I type.
Which is my point. I am very tired of the media trotting this out as an example of an “excellent” book. It is twilight with a poorly thought out dystopian society instead of vampires/werewolves.
The media should be presenting it for what it is and any decent critic would be tearing the books apart. It’s a children’s trilogy. Not a Novel nor anywhere close to a masterpiece which is, IMO, how the media is presenting it.
I don’t go to the movies. I’ve got The Hunger Games saved in my DVD Netflix queue.
1984 was all I needed to read to know what is in store for us.
Ever read ‘The Lottery’? That was written in 1948. It’s a story. Stories come and go.
Blackie,
Consider “The Hunger Games” as Ayn Rand “trainer wheel version.” We’ve got to start the youngin’s with something, and this series is a good way to grap their attention. And from some of the younger kids where I go to church, the good ideas in it have sunk in.
They're called urban public schools.
As far as I know, third world tyrrany / tribal-centered-control and safe efficient distribution continue to be the main problem in solving “world hunger”. We have the capacity to feed the world!
The late ruler of North Korea was a fat little bastard. The population could have been prosperous. Communist Kim reduced them to eating tree bark.
Rhodesia was a net exporter of food until Communist Jimmy Carter installed Communist Robert Mugabe. Now Zimbabwe is one of the poorest, hungriest nations on Earth.
Under Batista, Cuba thrived. Now, people will ride anything that can float to escape Communist Castro’s “Socialist Paradise.”
Anybody notice a trend? What’s the common denominator?
I disagree. This series is an excellent series for young girls who adore “Twilight” but it fails miserably outside of describing teenage romance/clothes/make-up.
Gotta disagree with you. Twilight was a terribly written masturbatory fantasy with a bland Mary Sue lead character based on a the physical description of the author being lusted over by nearly everyone, with a little smidgen of a plot tossed in as an afterthought.
In the hunger games, it’s a plot with a bit of romance tossed in. I didn’t care for the style in which it was written, but that’s just me.
‘This series is an excellent series for young girls who adore Twilight but it fails miserably outside of describing teenage romance/clothes/make-up.”
If that is all you got out of it, then you missed the point of the trilogy, which is seeking individual freedom that is denied by a tyrannical dictatorship that requires human sacrifice every year as a reminder to the oppressed districts that they lost the war of rebellion 74 years earlier.
I also recommend that you read the following article from “The American Thinker:”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/the_unseen_message_of_the_hunger_games.html
One line from it is: “the book series’ pro-individualism, anti-socialist/communist/totalitarianism message has thus far eluded them — but the legions of children reading the books are getting the message.” And that is not the best line in the article.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/the_unseen_message_of_the_hunger_games.html#ixzz1qqBhZ4mf
I saw the movie yesterday. It is very faithful to the 1st book. There were only a few minor changes and additions, but these make several things understandable to those who have not read the book/trilogy. The Hollywood leftists did NOT get their hands on the script to give it their usual makeover. I hope the next 2 movies also remain true to the story line.
I forgot to mention that the name of the country is Panem, which my daughter reminded me is the Latin word for “Bread” and thus the “hunger games” can be seen as the “circuses.”
I got the point however where was the depth? She never expanded on the political or economic underpinnings nor was the action particularly believable.
In short, it was a terrible trilogy. Just my opinion.
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