Saturday, September 4, 2010
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The final book of The Hunger Games. I'm not sure how I feel about how this book turned out. Katniss is crazy as ever and dealing with some serious mental issues the entire time, but I guess all the tributes pretty much are dealing with trauma and it is nice to see that Suzanne Collins portrays them in a way that is pretty realistic for what they all have gone through. It still bugs me how selfish Katniss is most of the time. I guess not selfish, but self-centered may be the better word to use. Gale even summed it up when he and Peeta where talking. "she'll choose who she can't live without." Everything is centered around what she needs or wants and is rarely about the overall need of everyone. It takes her a long time to realize this about herself. How she gets away with everything she does is amazing and lucky on her part and unfortunately she doens't seem to really appreciate or understand this. Even at the end she has to be convinced to have kids by her husband. You'll have to read the book to see if she chooses Gale or Peeta. In the end it makes sense who she chooses and is a good choice for her. This series was a good series to read and probably one of the more educational series I have read in the sense that it makes you think about government and people. It's not just about reading for enjoyment, but also about thinking about how things are run and how people react and handle stressful situations. When I read these books I think of how these would be good books to discuss in a classroom.
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