The Girl on Fire

I have this knack for reading. I love it. It's something that just takes my mind away and I admit I enjoy reading young adult novels. A trilogy that I have read recently is Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. If you watched the movie, then you sort of understand the meaning behind this story. However, if you did enjoy the movie- I recommend the books!! Even if you haven't seen the movie, go ahead and watch it, but don't stop from reading the books. Or you could do what I did, read the books first and then enjoyed the movie. 

The book is based on the future, a world that has been destroyed by humans and war. They now live in 12 different districts, all commanded by the Capitol. In each different distract something is created or made. Example, district 12, the one our protagonist Katniss lives in is where coal is distributed from. Mostly everyone is poor, going hungry as time passes. This is the life that has been happening for years and no one knows any better. Seventy four years ago after one of the districts (#13- Nuclear District) decided to go against the Capitol and lost, the Hunger Games started. These games are of kids ages 12 to 18, a boy and girl from each district, that get chosen through a raffle and then placed in a arena to fight till the death. Throughout the arena cameras are hidden, the whole performance is recorded and the world is watching. The last one to survive, the victor, will live a life of riches in their district and for the rest of the year, the district will not starve and will be looked after. Nice reward, is it not? Almost like the time of the Gladiators, where slaves were forced to fight to the death, all to keep viewers entertained and to remind everyone who in fact still had the power.  

This story, as most nowadays, is about a the girl that always considered herself somewhat invisible but somehow is spectacular. Of course their is a love triangle that goes about all three books, but this isn't the story that matters- the love between Katniss and Peeta or Katniss and Gale is not the moral of this tale. This trilogy is not about who Katniss loves more or who she will end up with; even though it is a part that you can't help but wonder, but instead it's about the world and that one person can be the inspiration for something better. 

Go! Read the books, I promise you won't be disappointed.  And if you have read it, tell me what you think! Tweet to me @evyzdreams, I would love to hear your intake on the story of the girl on fire.