Tuesday, March 6, 2012
HUNGER GAMES (and yes, I did put this in ALL CAPS)
I really enjoyed the hunger games book discussion. It was really fun and exciting to hear other people's point of views. I can't wait to see the movie and I wish there was another meeting because I was having so much trouble trying to not reveal the other books. It's easier to go so much more in depth. However, I didn't agree on Katniss being a strong female lead, but I thought it was a great story nonetheless, telling about the political affects of a "war-torn" world. Again, I can't wait to see the movie!!!! This was one of the best discussions and the turn out was great. :)
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The Hunger Games discussion was really a lot of fun. I finally read the series a month or two ago and I am so excited for the movie; it was great to meet with others who enjoyed the series as much. It was great to hear the other opinions and views of my fellow Humanities scholars too. Although I will admit I had difficulty not mentioning the other books! I hope that we can have a discussion about the rest of the series next quarter!
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games discussion was interesting. I read the books because my girlfriend recommended them and I found them to be....ok. (sorry to all you fans). I found I was a bit outnumbered in the discussion being that there were about 6 girls to every guy but nonetheless it was interesting to hear everyone's views and interpretations on the novels. Only talking about the first novel made it rather difficult so maybe there will be another one down the road. I would definitely consider going.
ReplyDeleteI thoroughly enjoyed reading the hunger games series and was thrilled to learn that we would be discussing the book late this quarter. I liked the book discussion because it was very organized, and we had preset questions to answer, which kept things moving. Everyone was very open to different opinions about the book, which was great, and I realized several things about the book that I hadn't previously realized. I hope that we will have a 'Catching Fire' discussion in the future.
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ReplyDeleteThis quarter, I attended the Humanities book club discussion for the Hunger Games. I thought that the discussion was really great. I have yet to read the next two books, and people who did read the other books did a good job of not spoiling the other books. Also, I really liked discussing the future of the characters as well as how it relates to our society today. It made me think about how the world might change and how important it is to be involved in government and society so that this dystopia world in the Hunger Games never becomes a reality. I think that it is important to recognize that our society today often acts like the people in the capital, throwing away food and not realizing how bad people have it in lands that seem so far away like in Africa and South America.
The hunger games book discussion was interesting and though I don't know the guys name (sorry) There was one guy who said he didn't really like the books which I thought was awesome because even thouh I have only read all the way through the first book I have to say this author has some problems with writing. The first third of the book seemed very forced and the whole she puts herself down nobody really likes her they tolerate her and love her sister thing was pushed out to the point where I almost stopped reading. It is a nice story idea that had little romance which made me happy but the execution was average. I'm an avid book reader so maybe my standards are too high but its a great little read though the cheesy romance appears to be a main focus of the second book so I would recommend reading only the first book to keep from being dissapointed. Still it was an intersting discussion and it was nice to see more levels of the humanity scholars participating.
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