The Hunger Games. The book received mostly positive feedback from major reviewers and authors.
It was praised for its storyline and character development, though some reviewers have noted similarities between Collins' book and Koushun Takami's Battle Royale (1999). In writing The Hunger Games, Collins drew upon Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial games, and contemporary reality television for thematic content. The novel won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Books of the Year" in 2008. Background Collins has said that the inspiration for The Hunger Games came from channel surfing on television.
Plot Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Capitol, where their drunken mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, victor of the 50th Hunger Games, instructs them to watch and determine the strengths and weaknesses of the other tributes. Themes The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins in 2010 "The rules are arbitrary, unfathomable, and subject to sudden change. Eco Reads: Great Books for Sustainable, Natural and Healthy Living. For tips, inspiration and advice on how to incorporate more healthy practices into your home, here are some books we recommend.
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1 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) More E-texts Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-1898) Chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Chapter 1 Down the Rabbit-Hole Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?
" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid,) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! "Well! " Down, down, down. Presently she began again.