“Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little is effective, a lot is dangerous.”
Those are the words of President Snow from the film Hunger Games (you can watch the actual clip here). I just went to see it with my family and some co-workers this weekend. I had read the trilogy last year after my youngest daughter, Sofi, started reading them. The publisher primarily targeted the teen/young adult literature market, but they have become the latest craze crossing generational lines, similar to the Harry Potter series. The books were by far some of the best fiction that I had read in a long time. Since I’ve become familiar with them, I have noticed that there has been a lot written about the underlying socio-political messages the books bring to the table. The gamut stretches from identifying the saga with the “occupy” movement, to Fox News talking about an anti big government message. Even the Christian …
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