The Hunger Games trilogy has been one of the most popular book series of my generation. The books have been turned into movies that are extremely successful and have grown a pretty large fan base. For me, The Hunger Games has always been one of my absolute favorite book trilogies that I’ve ever read. I remember vividly when I was in about 4th grade the only thing that I wanted as a reward for a straight A report card was the hardback copy set of The Hunger Games trilogy. I absolutely loved to read (I still do) and getting those books was super important to me and I was so excited. When I first read the series I feel as though I was too young to understand the actual message of the books. I obviously liked the plot of the books and was interested in the love story of Katniss and Peeta and the action when they were in the arena, but as a teenager, I started to enjoy the books for a different reason. When they started making The Hunger Games movies I was obsessed with them, but it also made it a lot easier to see the themes and messages that were actually important. I’ve seen every Hunger Games movie about 100 times but in my late teens I decided I wanted to re-read the books. Reading the books again when I was older and able to understand what was happening in a different way made the books even better to me. It was easier for me to see the themes of inequality between the rich and poor, the importance of appearance, sacrifices for entertainment, hypocrisy, and much more. It was like I was reading a totally different book because I was old enough to understand it differently. To this day these books and their movie adaptations are my all-time favorite and I frequently re-read and re-watch the trilogy. I think everyone should read the books at least once in their lives because it can also show you some similarities between their government and ours and it truly is just one of the most influential book series I’ve ever read.
