The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy
Includes 3 brand new essays, plus access to 10,000 words of extra, e-book only movie content: our contributors thoughts on the film!**Already read the first edition of The Girl Who Was on Fire? Look for The Girl Who Was on Fire - Booster Pack in the Kindle store to get just the three new essays...
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Includes 3 brand new essays, plus access to 10,000 words of extra, e-book only movie content: our contributors thoughts on the film!**Already read the first edition of The Girl Who Was on Fire? Look for The Girl Who Was on Fire - Booster Pack in the Kindle store to get just the three new essays and the extra movie content.**Katniss Everdeen's adventures may have come to an end, but her story continues to blaze in the hearts of millions worldwide . . . especially with the highly anticipated March 2012 release of the film version of The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence.The Girl Who Was on Fire - Movie Edition offers even more to think about for readers already engrossed by the world of the Hunger Games. From the trilogy's darker themes of violence and social control to reality television, fashion and weaponry, the collection's exploration of the Hunger Games by other YA writers reveals exactly how rich, and how perilous, Panem really is.The Girl Who Was on Fire - Movie Edition, released just in time for the release of the first Hunger Games film, includes three brand new essays to take readers even deeper into this challenging multimedia phenomenon.* How does the way the Games affect the brain explain Haymitch's drinking, Annie's distraction, and Wiress' speech problems?* What does the rebellion have in common with the War on Terror?* Why isn't the answer to ?Peeta or Gale?" as interesting as the question itself?* What should Panem have learned from the fates of other hedonistic societies throughout history-and what can we?This e-book also gives you access to special content from our writers right after the release of The Hunger Games on the big screen: their thoughts on the film.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781936661596
Publish date: January 17th 2012
Publisher: Smart Pop
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Science Fiction,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Anthologies,
Culture,
Speculative Fiction,
Short Stories,
Dystopia,
Pop Culture
Series: The Hunger Games Companions
Reading this book was like reading a collection of essays by an incredibly articulate college class.It's been a long time since I've read "critical reviews" like this, and it seems perhaps I've lost the taste for it. I guess I just expected something different than for a bunch of YA authors to write...
This book was okay. The analyses were surface level and for the most part failed to extrapolate to real world situations, which was both useless and cowardly. The strong themes of the Hunger Games, and (especially) young readers looking for more, deserve better treatment than this book offered.
Seen at Scott Reads It!I have been a Hunger Games fan ever since 2008 and I remember when THG wasn't the global phenomenon it is today. In fact I remember recommending THG to a few of my classmates and I remember them telling me it sounded stupid and ridiculous. **Fast Forward 4 Years** The same peo...
Commentary and analysis and just plain old opinions from some YA authors and it is a great collection. I did not care overly much for this series by the time I had slogged through Mockingjay. But these authors did such a great job at presenting their cases in their essays and raise some very interes...
I feel as if I need to defend my stance on any polarising books. Although, as G.K. Chesterton just pointed out to me, if my audience is set in their views nothing I say can persuade them otherwise. Eitherway when it comes to [b:The Hunger Games|2767052|The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)|Suzanne...