Hunger Games

For English class not too long ago, we had to write our own Shakespearean sonnet, since we were at the time going to start Leggere Othello. I wasn't too sure what to write for my sonnet, but after thinking about it for a long time, I got the idea to write a sonnet based on The Hunger Games. I had an idea to write a sonnet of Rue's death, since it is such an emotional scene. I wrote it as if Katniss was speaking to Rue. I wanted to share it with te fellow Hunger Games fans... I hope te like it!




When I look upon thy young fading life

Thou see the light escaping from your eyes

Begging for the end...

"Let's play truth o dare!"

Gale raised one of his eyebrows and looked at the excited looking Peeta with a disdainful look. "Truth o dare? What are you, a twelve anno old girl?"

"Hey!" both Prim and Rue said, looking at Gale with death glares.

"Actually, I'd Amore to play truth o dare!" Katniss declared and sat down successivo to a shirtless Finnick, trying to form a circle.

"Oh... yeah, me too!" Gale agreed immediately, looking at Katniss with a soft, loving expression.

Peeta snorted at him. "Dude, you're so pathetic."

Peeta then turned to sit successivo to Katniss, shaking with excitement, and tried to make...

We had a chance to read through the Hunger Games cover story in this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly, and it is filled with great stuff! Here are the superiore, in alto things we learned (and loved!) from the article:

On the PG-13 rating – Nina Jacobson said, “When I first read the books, of course I asked myself ‘How can te do it?’” Gary Ross said, “You don’t need to be gratuitous in order to be honest and capture the intensity of the book … Is it violent? Yes. Do we back off from what it is? No, we don’t. But I’m not interested in violence for violence’s sake. This is a character’s...