So the Hunger Games just came out today and I saw it at the midnight showing. I absolutely LOVED it. It made me think about what it would be like to live in a world like that. Never to go into the forest or leave the little city, or "district". What if we were all stuck here in Channahon? To be trapped behind fences and guarded 24/7, and to know you have a yearly chance to die and possibly be pitted against your best friend. Imagine that you were picked to go to the Hunger Games, against your best friend of the opposite gender. You both are very skilled in huntung and survival and know you can win. It comes down to you and your friend. One of you is going to die and one gets to go home. What would you do? Would you take the life of your BEST friend to go home? I wanna hear what you guys would do in this situation. (no copying what they did in the book!!!) I can't wait to hear your ideas!
First off, I know for a fact that if I were stuck in Channahon for the rest of my life, I wouldn't last a year. I would throw myself into the Hunger Games just to attempt to get out. As for being pitted against my best friend; that's an easy one: let 'em win. Living in a society like that; that's no life. That's prison with the smallest chance of bail: death. I would surely die if it meant my friend and my family could survive, no question about it. That kind of world is no life for me, or anyone, for that matter.
ReplyDelete^^ I really hope that was the kind of response you were looking for. I did not read the book. O.o
WELL NOW YOU HAVE TO READ THEM!
DeleteMy wife read these books, we then re-read them together OUT LOUD, and then saw the midnight showing on Thursday. I cried at least once in every book. Without understatement, these books changed my life. They're amazing, and if you haven't read them, you should! They're worth the time, and the last movie is going to be KRA!
ReplyDeleteOn the way home from the movie, my wife and I posed this very question: could you do it? My initial response is obviously no! Killing is against everything that I stand for. But when I think about this scenario in the context of NEVER getting back to my family, my emotions start to shift. On the verge of becoming a father, I can't help but feel a beast in my that would do almost anything to get back to my wife and soon-to-be daughter, but I still don't think I could kill someone. I have a solution, though. I LOVE outdoor survival, and I would simply try to out last everyone else. I know that the gamemakers wouldn't allow this, but I would at least try it.
May the odds be ever in your favor...
I have to say that I would feel the same. Leaving my mother, and my little sister on their own in a corrupted world just isn't an option.
DeleteI'd like to think that if I was in a society such as that one, I would not allow myself to grow close to anyone eligible for the Hunger Games. I would not have children, and I would not live near the other people. I would separate myself, because solitude is better than death.
ReplyDeleteIf I was in the Hunger Games with the male person I was closest to, and it became just me and him, I'd like to believe that I could kill him. Even in my life now, I am not close enough to any given male enough to kill myself for them. I'd certainly be bothered by my decision, and I'd have hoped that they were killed beforehand, but if it came right down to it, I'd do it, nevertheless.
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DeleteSolitude would be the same as death. What's the difference?
The difference is that you can't experience anything when you're dead, and just because you're alone doesn't mean that you can't experience. Everyone ends up dead anyway, so I might as well experience both options instead of just one.
DeleteI don't know what I would do. I would probably end up being one of the first people out anyway. Even if it did come down to my friend and I, I'd be too freaked out to do anything. I'm a lover, not a fighter! (To put it in the words of Alfalfa.) I might already be in one of those states where you're no longer you and do anything just to survive. I wouldn't want to kill my friend, and I wouldn't want my friend to kill me. I'd probably end up committing suicide one way or another. That way I wouldn't kill my friend and my friend wouldn't kill me.
ReplyDeleteAt first, I thought the same thing! What on earth could I do? I'm just a kid; I'm a clumsy, stupid one at that! Hw could I survive something that grueling? Except with me, my death would be an accident. I'd probably end up falling off a cliff or something utterly idiotic like that!
DeleteWhat if neither of you guys could do anything so you guys just waited untill you two died naturally? could you do that?
DeleteI read the book, and if I were in.the same situation as katniss I would have killed myself longbefore I realized peeta was still alive. I wouldn't have wanted to make a decision like she had to. And before I decided to end my life, I would have written a note asking for my family's safety andbegging the districts for a change.
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DeleteMockingjay, anyone? Eh?
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wow Mr. T. and i totally agree with you maria.
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DeleteBut, concidering the way they were all raised, wouldn't that change your decisions a bit? They've probably grown a little more accustomed to watching people kill each other for real, so maybe that would effect how they dealt with it.
DeleteMan I just saw the movie...so now I feel biased....
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Ah well. Anyways. I'd probably protect them with all my might, and if we were left, we'd both cry and just stay there -like- forever...and then the watchers would get bored andd end up killing us both...
If my friend died before that, I'd try with all my strength to win for us...and so I didnt die of course.
Honestly, if it came down to it, I would give my own life to save my best friend. That's jsut the kind of person I am. She's the only person who as stuck around for this long and I appreciate it beyond comprehension. But if our world was like the one in the Hunger Games, a lot of chaos would take place, too much for most to handle. It would be absolutely crazy.
ReplyDeleteAgreed! I would give my life for my best friend. I'd probably get super sad if they died so I wouldn't want to be alive to see it.
DeleteI agree as well. I would do the valiant thing and save my best friend because of the the sadness and pain we've gone through together.
DeleteI agree as well. I would do the valiant thing and save my best friend because of the the sadness and pain we've gone through together.
DeletePersonally I don't think humans would be able to handle that situation. Forcing people to make the decision involving the death of someone you care about is the type of thing that would just lead to our own demise. It's basically watching the world spiral into complete madness! Death is an idea that is taken for granted too easily and way too often. I don't think murder is a concept that could be comprehended by any book but by experience. If it came down to it I would already be running from the ultimate end as much as I could. I would not kill but I would not want to kill myself either. I would just sit and watch. Watch the world I've grown to dislike give way into chaos.
ReplyDeleteI think our society is slowly headed toward something like this. I could totally see a revolt happening and BAM we have districts. When watching the Hunger Games I saw many similarities between their government and ours today. Also the Hunger Games reminds me of the Coloesseum in ancient Roman times. They would watch people get slaughtered as a sporting event, so this idea isn't to far-fetched. I do have to say I feel that if I was in the Hunger Games I would have a fate similar to Rue or Foxface.
ReplyDeleteI'd be so full of adrenaline and the burning passion to get home to my mother and sister that honestly, I would easily attempt to kill my best friend. There would be nothing that could stop me from trying. I couldn't help myself or live with myself if I left my family alone with nothing to live off of. Ultimately, I would never run towards the middle in the beginning like a moron. I'd rather forage and scavenger off the eliminated players for my weapons and what not.
ReplyDeleteI think its cool that you seem to be so family oriented that you will be willing to lose a friend over it but in the end how would you deal with the guilt of taking their life?
Deletepowder, i would sleep like a baby only because i know it was for a good cause, to get home and see my family.
DeleteHonestly, I have not read this book yet so im not sure if what I would do is anything like what happened in the book. If i was in this situation with my friend and I I would mostly let my friend leave. Not just for the fact that I would want to get out of Channahon but because of the fact that I know that they will mostly be able to fullfill their dreams in life even if they are stuck in a 'distict' when I know i wouldnt be able to do so.
ReplyDeleteI would. I wouldn't want to be stuck in the district because when it comes down to it everyone stabs you in the back or does something to hurt you so what's the point in letting them have the freedom when it should be yours.
ReplyDeletefirst me gusta hunger games. now to answer your question, if it was my i would slaughter everyone who tried to do the same to me. yes i would take the life of a friend only because i know that he would try to take my life first.
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