Crazy Hunger Games ramble

Hey guys!

So as much as I told myself I would be uploading a book recommendation/favourites next, the photography needs some work and  wouldn't want to put up something I'm not happy with.

So this isn't really an actual; topic as such...more of a scary thought/hunger games comparison to real life. Obviously this isn't an ACTUAL comparison so if that's what you're looking for, or you don't particularly want to read some of my rambles you might want to check out some of my other posts.

*ALERT - SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ONWARDS* I wouldn't recommend reading if you haven't finished reading all three books in The Hunger Games trilogy

For those of you who are still here this post was inspired by something my history teacher said in one of our recent lessons. We were looking at the "witch" craze in the 17th century (many woman were punished for witchcraft then) and she gave us some possible reasons why it came about. I'm not going to go into all of them but one of them definitely got me thinking:

- Rulers coming up with a distraction from what they're doing ( or not doing)

Sound disturbingly familiar to a well known book? If it does, then you had the same brainwave as me. The Capitol used Katniss and Peeta as the distraction from the riots, death and threats that were looming on the whole of Panem. What does the government ( and regular people) do now? Blame foreigners politicians for the problems while other things happen behind closed doors.

If that isn't scary enough  can we just take a moment to think about how the current media showcases The Hunger Games movies- they focus of the "love triangle" or the relationship of Katniss and Peeta and skim over the harsh brutality of the story. I get that it helps with advertising but can we just remember that this is EXACTLY what happened in the books- again the love as a distraction.

I'm not saying this to start any crazy theories or to blame anyone- just to get this thought out of my system (I've been meaning to write this for days) and to just show that The Hunger Games isn't as far fetched as we might all think it to be.

Sorry that was a bit long and pointless- I really needed to get it out of my head.

Look for some new posts coming up soon discussing some trailing for the movie adaptation of books, female heroes and well as some recommendations *hint hint*

Bye for now,

Amber xxx