My big question is; how far would you go for someone that you love? And The Hunger Games definitely addressed this very well. To start off with we see Katniss’ decision to go to the hunger games instead of her younger sister, Prim because she knows Prim will not survive. At the same time she also thinks that she will probably die if she goes. It’s an interesting twist on my big question, because it’s not a clear “if I do this, this will happen” situation. Katniss only has a prediction as to what would have happened if Prim went to the hunger games; she also has no idea what she is giving up. She knows it is a risk but she has no idea exactly what will happen to her or how she will do, she just knows she doesn’t want Prim to do it. My question pops up a couple more times throughout the book, especially towards the end when *spoiler alert* Katniss and Peeta (the boy from her district that was sent to the Hunger Games) are the only two left and the capitol tells them that there can only be one winner. I don’t want to explain out the whole book, but it’s pretty easy to see how that fits in with sacrificing for people you love.
My answer to my big question was basically that I have no idea and that it would have to be a spontaneous decision. This book definitely supports that idea, it’s not like Katniss has the plan to take Prim’s spot all along, she makes the decision right then and there when she hears Prim’s name called. The book also helped with proving that it needs to be a spontaneous decision through the things that happen between Peeta and Katniss because there is no way she would have been able to anticipate the situation so her eventual action could not have been pre-meditated at all.
Yes! I would recommend this book! It’s a really good book and keeps you interested; the story is well thought out and has a cool futuristic feel to it. It is a little mature at points just with the nature of the “games” and the concept of fighting to the death. It’ s also nice because the book is in a series, there are two more after The Hunger Games and I think I’m going to read the second one, which is also apparently great.
