Posted on 03/19/2012 7:03:50 PM PDT by Domandred
“The Hunger Games” by Susan Collins makes it to the big screen this week, meaning the audience made aware of the book’s dystopian sentiments is bound to expand from its already more than 23.5 million copies sold.
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The message board for “independent, grass-roots conservatism,” Free Republic,” also has a discussion on the ultimate political goal of the book. One commenter writes, “I‘ve heard some conservatives claiming that it’s a politically conservative message, but I’m not convinced.” Here are some of the responses:
Onelifetogive: The first two seem to have(at least) an anti-big-govt bent. Those opposing the big-govt are the heros.
IYAS9YAS: I took it as a struggle against oppression and a fight for freedom. I think the ending was a warning to not become that which you despised and fought against to begin with.
Albionin: I think the theme of the books is you can’t keep the human spirit down forever. Eventually the natural yearning for liberty will overcome any repression. I also think the world of the Hunger Games is a fictional representation of North Korea. People there are running the gauntlet not to entertain the elite but to escape, but everything else is eerily similar to that country.
Personal Responsibility: I’ve read all three books. The political commentary is not as cut and dried as “Conservative vs. Liberal”. It’s more like an all powerful state abusing its citizens, a spark ignites revolution and what the state will do to keep power. The message of the book is reminiscent of the message in 1984 — all powerful government is inherently corrupt and evil — but they don’t really get to that part of the story until the 2nd book and it’s not really emphasized until the 3rd.
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Thank you. I figure since I do the dirty work of child-rearing, I should get to have the fun, too.
Sounds like every movie starring Reese Witherspoon or Jennifer Anniston.
My friends said parts of it were filmed in Charlotte, Greensboro, and environs.
re: Katniss and her boyfriend Gale are survivalists, preppers and bow-strung `gun nuts.’ Her friend Peeta is a hard working baker and has courage, humor and fidelity,
Good points! How left-wingers could even attempt to claim the Hunger Games as “their own” defies logic. Of course, just about everything Liberals believe defies logic. So, I guess it is not so surprising afterall.
My son really really wanted to see it. Since my FR kin seemed to think it had some redeeming values I went along with it.
I think it is amazing this movie was made. Even more than "The Running Man" it makes fun of elitists, Hollywood, and the self-declared upper crust. (ie. liberals) I think it is equally amazing that it was made in this time of so much of Hollywood's rapture with hussein. The anti big, centralized, overbearing, vengeful, all-too-powerful central government message is plain. Even had hussein's "civilian" defense corps in there to keep the peace when District 11 started rioting.
This movie is a slap in the face of Hollywood, liberal intelligentsia, and big centralized government abusing its citizens.
Too lazy to go find the article claiming Hunger Games was about the evil rich. I’ve listened to the audiobook and it’s clearly an anti-gov’t message. While the people in the Capitol are the ones that watch the games, they are (with a few exceptions) completely clueless. The clear “evil” in the book is President sn0w {see what I did there}.
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