Well Surbhi, I think it's pretty clear here what a main reason to ban The Hunger Games is. It's violent, it's scary violent. There's so much detail in this book. For example, read this quote on page 150, "A boy, I think from District 9, reaches the pack at the same time I do and for a brief time we grapple for it and then he coughts, splattering my face with blood. I stagger back, repulsed by the warm, sticky spray. Then the boy slips to the ground. That's when I see the knife in his back." I feel that could be a pretty rough scenes for kids to take in. Movies often leave people with nightmares, this book could potetionally do the same exact thing.
Now for some more reasons why I think the book should never ever be banned! All through this book this huge theme has hit me, and I wonder if you have noticed it yet Surbhi. What I saw is do what you're good at. Katniss is excellent with a bow and arrow, and that's her strength that got her such a high number in training. Peeta is great with paints and dyes. He camoflauged himself perfectly in the mud, Katniss didn't even realize he was there until he spoke and opened his eyes. And I even saw it in Prim. Katniss said that she cared way to much about the animal's deaths to kill them, so Katniss focused on her caring for her goat. I can see that even going into real life. We should do what we are good at, play up our strengths. Of course we need to venture out and new learn things like what Katniss and Peeta did during training, but we do have our individual skills. I think that this is a great theme to apply to our own lives. What do you think Surbhi?
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