Do you love Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy? Well, you’ve come to the right place for serious readers’ discussion of the artistry and meaning of these best-selling books and the blockbuster movies!
For the round-up of 30 posts about Mockingjay, the book, head here. The ‘Greatest Hits’ from that set include:
- The Hanging Tree, especially important for understanding the first film of the last book;
- ‘Unlocking Mockingjay: The Spiritual Allegory’ On Katniss as a Soul Seeking Perfection and Iconological Reading
- ‘Unlocking Mockingjay: ‘The Literary Alchemy’ On Literary Alchemy and Peeta as Postmodern Christ
- ‘Unlocking Mockingjay: Katniss’ Apotheosis’ On the Alchemical Arena and Katniss’ Perfection in the Inner Sanctuary
- Katniss’ Meadow Song the probable hit of Mockingjay, Part 2
- The Hunger Games Formula, Collins’ literary scaffolding
- Real or Not Real, the last-word-decisive theme of Mockingjay
For the round-up of 35 posts about the first films, check this out. The best from that lot, I think, are:
- Gamesmakers Hijack Story: Capitol Wins Hunger Games Again
- LA Times: Is Jennifer Lawrence A Real Life Katniss Everdeen?
- Literary Alchemy and The Hunger Games: Three Podcasts
- What You Missed Last Night at the Capitol’s Movie Premiere
- Psychological Types in Harry Potter, Hunger Games
- The 2010 Lev Grossman ‘Mockingjay’ Interview that Wasn’t
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Let the Countdown of Blogs begin! (EB-H)
- The Larger Ring of The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Meadow
There are a lot more that are just as good or better — dig in! Scroll down, too, for Elizabeth Baird-Hardy’s review of the latest film.
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