tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773382509071881565.post4789819696290242903..comments2023-10-28T06:37:45.669-07:00Comments on Choices: Is life and death a game?madeline40http://www.blogger.com/profile/06549058012582815995noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773382509071881565.post-83292513305728552562012-03-26T12:47:49.690-07:002012-03-26T12:47:49.690-07:00The Hunger Games follows a long history of barbaro...The Hunger Games follows a long history of barbarous treatment of children in our literature.<br />http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-hunger-games-heritage-20120326,0,1569396.storymadeline40https://www.blogger.com/profile/06549058012582815995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773382509071881565.post-76952598307241181872012-03-24T11:09:00.135-07:002012-03-24T11:09:00.135-07:00Thanks, Greg. I appreciate your commenting and poi...Thanks, Greg. I appreciate your commenting and point of view. I understand there are all sorts of interpretations about what these books are about. My main concern is the younger readers and what they will get out of them.madeline40https://www.blogger.com/profile/06549058012582815995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773382509071881565.post-27678307478451766792012-03-24T09:18:32.406-07:002012-03-24T09:18:32.406-07:00I felt that the Hunger Games books were the opposi...I felt that the Hunger Games books were the opposite of exploitative. Collins shows how evil acts are not only committed by cartoon villains, but also that an audience focused on spectacle and entertainment can be participants in the crime. And that's a fairly radical position for an author to take in presenting what ostensibly is an adventure story. Katniss is as damaged by the violence that she commits as she is by that which he is subject to.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778545186084203779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773382509071881565.post-21732326118294773342012-03-24T09:13:24.311-07:002012-03-24T09:13:24.311-07:00I found the Hunger Games books to be the opposite ...I found the Hunger Games books to be the opposite of exploitative; there is a powerful meta-narrative in which the audience is recognized as part of the problem. It shows that evil acts are sometimes sustained by people who are do not look evil in the usual cartoon sense, but instead by their indifference facilitate the commission of evil. A pretty gutsy position for a novelist to take with respect to her readers.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778545186084203779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773382509071881565.post-1642022189315579132012-03-22T16:57:29.455-07:002012-03-22T16:57:29.455-07:00Thanks for clarifying her point to me. I had lunch...Thanks for clarifying her point to me. I had lunch with a friend today who loves the books, but still worries about the message to her children.<br /><br />I'm probably reacting like your grandmother. I don't play video games, but I am very much in tune with the internet and other tech toys.<br /><br />Yes, my novel starts in Poland but then moves to the United States. I can't wait for you to read and review it. I loved your review of Leaving the Hall Light On. xoxomadeline40https://www.blogger.com/profile/06549058012582815995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1773382509071881565.post-63177906203580763592012-03-22T14:55:55.773-07:002012-03-22T14:55:55.773-07:00She has made such a great point in her books, thou...She has made such a great point in her books, though. We are so desensitized to violence through video games and movies and the internet, that we hardly bat an eye when we see something that should be considered appalling. There is a huge difference between how my grandmother reacts to things and how I react and I don't think that it's a good thing.<br /><br />You are writing a novel set in Poland!? How funny is that? I am very excited for it. I love your writing style :)Liber Avemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129132062869766047noreply@blogger.com