The Hunger Games Ii

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Katniss's chances at success are either complicated or enhanced by the other tribute from District 12, Peeta Mellark, a classmate from school who may very well have loved Katniss his whole life, if he's telling the truth. He also may be faking his affection for her to gain sympathy from sponsors and viewers, who can pay exorbitant prices to send special gifts to needy tributes during the games, such as Replica Tag Heuer much needed medicine or special weapons. Katniss waivers between killing and saving Peeta until the moment he proves his real intentions. Regardless of Peeta's true feelings for Katniss, only one tribute can win according to the rules.

Collins's story is one part reality television show, one part classical Greek hero story, and one part romance. Readers around the world are raving about how engaging this story is and how they raced through the book to find out what would happen next. There are heartwarming, gut wrenching, and even comical moments in the book, and both Peeta and Katniss are sympathetic characters from the start, but the ...
... reader's attachment to them grows as the story progresses. One of the most compelling things about the story, however, is how familiar it seems. It feels very much like the current brand of reality television in which the "stars" are real people from dire circumstances who have fabulous wealth dangled in front of them only to have it snatched away at the last moment. In addition, with the current tendency of television viewers to get hooked on a certain program with cumulative rather than merely episodic plots, readers will have no trouble being hooked on the Hunger Games and coming Tag Heuer Carrera Replica to view each of the young gladiators as a distinct and interesting personality, like those on reality television.