The Hunger Games

A lot of people have asked what it really is about, so here it is. A blog post about The Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games movie just came out. And if you can't decide whether you should spend $6 of your money watching it, I have the solution for you.

It all really comes down to whether you have read the novel or not.

If I had to pinpoint a book as to why I started writing, this would be it.

If you haven't read it, please watch the movie.

If you have read it, just watch the damn movie anyway. Yeah, it's that good.

First of all if you have read the novel -- heads up -- you'll be disappointed. Not as disappointed as when the first Harry Potter movie came out, but close. Anyway.

I'm here to talk about the movie, not the book. I just watched the movie yesterday, and a lot of people were confused about the story. And I had to admit, the movie -- of course -- wasn't as clear as the novel.

So if you have decided to watch the movie, here is a back story to keep in mind before you watch the movie, so you can actually understand what The Hunger Games is really about.

The story takes place in the future North America otherwise known as Panem. Panem is divided into two parts: the Capitol and the districts. Think of the Capitol as the 'rich' part of the4 country and the districts as the 'poor' part of it. The districts are divided furthermore into 12 districts. The 12 districts provide almost everything for the Capitol. For example, District 4 is fishing district (which supplies anything from fish to nets for the Capitol), District 12 is coal-mine district (which supplies coal mine for the capitol, duh).


It is 74 years after the days when the districts staged uprising against the Capitol, otherwise known as the dark days. The Capitol suppressed the uprising with great effort and lots of casualty. In order to prevent this kind of thing to happen ever again, the Capitol decided to hold The Hunger Games, an annual event where each district has to choose tributes -- 1 boy and 1 girl from age 12 to 18 -- to participate in. The tributes will then fight to the death in an arena provided by the Capitol, and only one survivor will crowned victor. The victor will then be redeemed free of The Hunger Games and will be rich.

Now that you know what The Hunger Games is about, go watch the movie. Trust me it's going to worth your time and money.