Book Worm blog # 5

Social inequality is a big issue in Mockingjay by: Suzanne Collins. "It isn't enough, what I've done in the past, defying the Capitol in the Games, providing a rallying point. I must now become the actual leader," ( Collins, Mockingjay, 11) Without the social inequality, there would be no Hunger Games. There wouldn't be the 12 districts. Katniss wouldn't have been put in the hunger games and won. Katniss and Peeta wouldn't be 'Star Crossed Lovers'. Rue never would have died. But you can't help but ask questions about what would happen if the social inequality wasn't there. What type of government would they have to keep everyone in order? Would  some people still be starving? Would there be a war because no one could agree on anything? Would their world be like ours?

Book Worm Blog # 4

   The book I am currently reading is the Hunger Games book 2, Catching Fire By: Suzanna Collins. The two significant elements in this book is suspense and following Katniss Everdeen in the book.

   Katniss Everdeen is the main character of the book and it is important that we see the story through her eyes. We as readers get attached to characters as we read a book. I've become attached to Katniss, so in order for me to continue reading the series, it is necessary that I am following Katniss's journey. For Katniss is the main element in developing how the plot will play out. ' "...All right, Katniss, big smile, you're very excited , right?' I don't exaggerate when I say she shoves me out the door' (Collins, Catching Fire, 41). 
    Suspense is needed because it pushes Katniss to make decisions she wouldn't usually make if she wasn't in the suspenseful situation. Suspense keeps the reader with the main character, as he/she faces it and it can change the plot for better or worse. The character has to make a choice. But it is up to the reader to guess what choice he/she is going to make and see if they were right. '....am I wrong? Or do I see the president fixated on me as well?' (Collins, Catching Fire, 213)