tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post7285878230387905541..comments2023-02-10T05:35:27.470-05:00Comments on The Hunger Games Readalong: Hunger Games Chapter 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-90654338208003866542010-07-09T00:24:34.865-04:002010-07-09T00:24:34.865-04:00Welcome Tanya and Rebecca! I also picked up this b...Welcome Tanya and Rebecca! I also picked up this book to readalong with the blog, and then I got carried away and kept on reading!<br /><br />Rebecca, I've not read "By the Waters of Babylon," and I'm surprised that fictions of dystopic futures were written in the 1930s. And now, as I type this, the 1927 film "Metropolis" comes to mind, and that's a story of Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680957802498753068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-68385289353594655432010-07-08T10:46:02.648-04:002010-07-08T10:46:02.648-04:00I started reading this morning (and I'm a firs...I started reading this morning (and I'm a first-time reader). I stopped at Chapter 4--but only because I was reading on the M7 bus and had reached my office. I have a feeling I'll devour the book over the weekend.<br /><br />I was perplexed about when the story is taking place while reading this first chapter. Katniss is hunting with a bow and arrow and coal mines have been mentioned. If Rebecca Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138361115317776477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-34932522935995791332010-07-07T13:16:24.271-04:002010-07-07T13:16:24.271-04:00I'm glad you're here, Tans! And no, you&#...I'm glad you're here, Tans! And no, you're not the only one reading this for the first time, although I think there are very few of you. And I envy your first read position. You're right, you only get to read it that way once! I'm impressed that you can resist the urge to read ahead!heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658499597077266268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-38766952358761292112010-07-06T08:43:25.415-04:002010-07-06T08:43:25.415-04:00I'm a few chapters behind, but I'm here, r...I'm a few chapters behind, but I'm here, reading along! I couldn't agree more: What a great first paragraph. When I first read the back of the book, it didn't interest me much, but that first page drew me in.<br /><br />This is my first time going through this series, so it's interesting to read everyone else's more-informed and scholarly comments here. I feel like I'mPhotography By Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372366111521202356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-57653220078668872242010-07-01T20:35:30.220-04:002010-07-01T20:35:30.220-04:00Heather, you're right, we learn a lot in this ...Heather, you're right, we learn a lot in this chapter. At the same time, I was eager to learn a lot more--just what exactly is going on here, and why is the situation so desperate? Could I help our narrator? And who is this narrator? I'm 4 pages in before I know it's a she. And that's only because I suspect a guy would object to being called Catnip.<br /><br />So this Hunger GamesSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680957802498753068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-50382928521390509762010-07-01T14:05:36.075-04:002010-07-01T14:05:36.075-04:00On a different note, as we get into the games and ...On a different note, as we get into the games and try to analyze why Katniss makes the decisions she does, I think it will be interesting to keep these lines from the first chapter in mind: "...this crazy lynx started following me around...I finally had to kill the lynx because he scared off game. I almost regretted it because he wasn't bad company. But I got a decent price for his pelt.Liz Waniewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380394928959520859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-37668604613785714682010-07-01T11:09:30.982-04:002010-07-01T11:09:30.982-04:00I think the author (can I call her Suzi?) knows wh...I think the author (can I call her Suzi?) knows what she’s doing and at this point she hasn’t quite shown her hand yet. Since this is from Katniss’s point of view, we only know what she knows and let’s face it, Katniss spent more time thinking about feeding her family, than wondering whether this Capitol-Panem-12 district set up is fair/makes sense.<br /><br />I think that the Capitol is all Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691837991757884582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-89099975249169130872010-07-01T11:04:37.952-04:002010-07-01T11:04:37.952-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691837991757884582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-29018300852985118822010-07-01T10:45:22.092-04:002010-07-01T10:45:22.092-04:00By offering fame and fortune as rewards, I think t...By offering fame and fortune as rewards, I think the Capitol recognizes one very human instinct: hope trumps all. Even when that hope is in the form of weak grain and the possibility of living well after having murdered your peers, it's still hope for a better future (of sorts). Forcing each district to watch fosters hope within each district that their tribute will win, and that someone, heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658499597077266268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495292846227578645.post-12592171041459184472010-07-01T09:59:39.602-04:002010-07-01T09:59:39.602-04:00Now that we've all read the first chapter, I w...Now that we've all read the first chapter, I want to discuss the issue raised by The New Yorker's HG review about the Capitol's lack of "ideological coherence." They ask whether the Capitol really would aim to make celebrities out of the people they are trying to suppress, and whether they would reward people with food and resources when they are actually trying to keep Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967347977899709107noreply@blogger.com