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• Unlocking Mockingjay: The Complete Set of Posts And a Round-up of the First 30 Discussion Points

  September 10, 2010 in Hunger Games

  HogwartsProfessor’s three mavens have devoted the better part of three weeks to discussion of  Mockingjay, the third Hunger Games novel and, now that we have reached 30 posts and I have completed the third and last part of my ‘Unlocking’ series on the more esoteric, allegorical meanings of the trilogy, it seems a good time [...]

• Guest Post: Hunger Games and Lord of the Rings Mockingjay Discussion Point 30

  September 10, 2010 in Hunger Games

  As a rule I break too often, I prefer not to say anything about J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The author’s fans are legion and notoriously contemptuous of anyone like me who cannot read, write, and speak Elvish. Forgive me, but, as magisterial as the work is, I feel about it [...]

• Unlocking ‘Mockingjay’: Katniss’ Apotheosis

  September 9, 2010 in Hunger Games

  This is the third and last part of a three part ‘Unlocking’ series on the more esoteric, allegorical meanings of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy with special emphasis on the series finale, Mockingjay. For the first two parts, see ‘Unlocking Mockingjay: The Spiritual Allegory’ and ‘The Literary Alchemy.’ Yesterday, we introduced the color scheme and [...]

• Unlocking ‘Mockingjay’: The Literary Alchemy

  September 8, 2010 in Hunger Games

  This is the second part of a three part ‘Unlocking’ series on the more esoteric, allegorical meanings of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy with special emphasis on the series finale, Mockingjay. For the first part, see ‘Unlocking Mockingjay: The Spiritual Allegory.’ We left yesterday’s discussion of  the Hunger Games as an echo of Dante’s allegorical [...]

• Unlocking ‘Mockingjay’: The Spiritual Allegory

  September 7, 2010 in Hunger Games

  It’s been almost two weeks now since we started the contemplative “slow mining” of Mockingjay, the thoughtful digging that John Ruskin said fine art required to come to the gold and jewels beneath its surface. The conversation for the most part has focused on the surface narrative features, i.e., Gale’s choices, the new Peeta, and [...]