Fiction Reading Response ***Spoilers from Hunger Games***

Jaylene Miranda806ELA   Have you ever wondered if a character's world,even if its fantasy, ever had any similarities to our world? Well even if we don't realize it authors usually include little parts of our world into theirs. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about a 16 year old girl named Katniss who participates in the brutal death games hosted by the Capitol, the government of Panem, North America, while trying to keep up an act of love with someone she will eventually kill if she wants to get out of the 'arena'. Panem and the world we live in now are very similar.   
   Panem and the world we live in now are very similar. For example, in chapter 18 of The Hunger Games after Rue has bled to death Katniss says, "I’ve lost the will to do the simplest tasks, to do anything but lie here..." This is similar to our world because when somebody close dies people can fall into depression and just loose the will to live or move, like Katniss. Katniss said she didn't want to move but, unlike people who have lost someone Katniss was fighting for her life. I also think she was motivated by the promise she made to Rue saying that she was going to win and Katniss didn't want to break it. Another example is in chapter 1 Gale Hawthorne, Katniss' best friend, says, "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it." This quote shows many similarities. One similarity is the fact that most people run away from their problems like Gale wanted but, people like Katniss held them back and stopped them. Another similarity this quote shows is, most people show arrogance and say they can do anything and it looks like Gale is implying that he can survive in rebellion, whether he can or can't. This shows similarities between Panem and Our world.     
    Although it may not be intentional many authors implement real world characteristics to the book world. I think the author implemented bad similarities to show us that we can change for the better. I think the author chose to put in characteristics that make the worlds different so people can relate to the book. I personally agree with making worlds similar because its allows teenagers to relate without having to open up to somebody when they don't want to.