This is the post for Chapters 5 through 8 for The Hunger Games...
Abby, I have to say that although I had at first thought the relationship between Katniss and Peeta was a good thing, I now think just as Katniss and you do that Peeta is just being nice to get to her. It's just that, at first it felt like Peeta was doing the kinds of things that a true friend would do, and I seemed to ignore the worries Katniss threw in our direction about her safety in the games. It must have felt a little weird for the two to hold hands as they did in the beginning or this portion, and it is good that Katniss is able to keep reminding herself to not get carried away. I am pretty happy that you agreed with me when I said the reason for banning this book could possibly be that it shows a negative Utopian society in which the main character is a sort of rebel and realizes the things that are really going on. The bonding of the characters and their close relationships are a very bright part of this book so far, and that should be a big reason of why The Hunger Games is a book that should not be banned.
I want to say that a small yet powerful reason this book might have been banned that can be seen in this portion of the reading is that beauty is shown in order to achieve popularity and the love of people. Katniss and all of the other tributes are blossomed up and made gorgeous whenever they have to make an appearance in public, and this want for publicity by showing beauty is not necessarily something that the contestants get to choose to do. Professional beauty artists are kept aside just for the games' tributes to have, and that fact alone is enough to tell the reader that publicity is everything if these contestants want to make it out of the arena alive (of course only one will, though). "'But don't worry,' says Venia. 'By the time Cinna is through with you, you're going to be absolutely gorgeous!'" (pg. 62). This can be a bad influence to children because later childhood is the stage when most start feeling that the only way to be popular is to be pretty, and that the outside of a person is what counts in determining their fate, not the heart. Children could start to believe in this even more after reading the book, because this section of it is basically talking about getting love through physique and using that love to determine whether the outcome will be life or death. This book could get more kids worried about how they look and how much others like them for the sakes of their careers and lives, and that is not a good thing since appearance can build up ego in a person as well as lower his or her self-esteem.
Of course, there is also the fact that this book has mostly been banned because of the violence it contains, and some of this can already be seen as the tributes start training and the talents of all of them come forward so that they can be expanded on and countered by each other. And even though beauty and popularity are everything in this new world Katniss has entered, it is still very sweet how she was able to keep her mother's braid in the beginning of chapter five, this shows how much understanding the people of these Districts have for one another (especially since Cinna approves of it, and he is from District 12, just like Katniss).
Abby, I have to say that although I had at first thought the relationship between Katniss and Peeta was a good thing, I now think just as Katniss and you do that Peeta is just being nice to get to her. It's just that, at first it felt like Peeta was doing the kinds of things that a true friend would do, and I seemed to ignore the worries Katniss threw in our direction about her safety in the games. It must have felt a little weird for the two to hold hands as they did in the beginning or this portion, and it is good that Katniss is able to keep reminding herself to not get carried away. I am pretty happy that you agreed with me when I said the reason for banning this book could possibly be that it shows a negative Utopian society in which the main character is a sort of rebel and realizes the things that are really going on. The bonding of the characters and their close relationships are a very bright part of this book so far, and that should be a big reason of why The Hunger Games is a book that should not be banned.
I want to say that a small yet powerful reason this book might have been banned that can be seen in this portion of the reading is that beauty is shown in order to achieve popularity and the love of people. Katniss and all of the other tributes are blossomed up and made gorgeous whenever they have to make an appearance in public, and this want for publicity by showing beauty is not necessarily something that the contestants get to choose to do. Professional beauty artists are kept aside just for the games' tributes to have, and that fact alone is enough to tell the reader that publicity is everything if these contestants want to make it out of the arena alive (of course only one will, though). "'But don't worry,' says Venia. 'By the time Cinna is through with you, you're going to be absolutely gorgeous!'" (pg. 62). This can be a bad influence to children because later childhood is the stage when most start feeling that the only way to be popular is to be pretty, and that the outside of a person is what counts in determining their fate, not the heart. Children could start to believe in this even more after reading the book, because this section of it is basically talking about getting love through physique and using that love to determine whether the outcome will be life or death. This book could get more kids worried about how they look and how much others like them for the sakes of their careers and lives, and that is not a good thing since appearance can build up ego in a person as well as lower his or her self-esteem.
Of course, there is also the fact that this book has mostly been banned because of the violence it contains, and some of this can already be seen as the tributes start training and the talents of all of them come forward so that they can be expanded on and countered by each other. And even though beauty and popularity are everything in this new world Katniss has entered, it is still very sweet how she was able to keep her mother's braid in the beginning of chapter five, this shows how much understanding the people of these Districts have for one another (especially since Cinna approves of it, and he is from District 12, just like Katniss).
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