``The Hunger Games'' junior high and high school students dream of becoming a pop star revolutionary

"The Hunger Games" synopsis

Panem is a country ruled by a dictator who holds great power in his hands. Once a year, 24 people, one man and one woman from each of the 12 districts, are selected to compete in The Hunger Games, where they kill each other on an isolated uninhabited island until the last person standing. . Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12, is forced to participate in The Hunger Games in place of her sister, who was chosen by lottery.

What would you be like as an adult that you dreamed of as a child? Are you a superstar who appears on TV every day? Are you an athlete running around the field? Are you a businessman who has started a business and achieved great success?

However, as they grow up, they begin to see how society works and realize that they will never be able to become one of them. However, it is the junior high and high school students who are unable to accept this reality and end up falling down. Tachida. ``The Hunger Games'' (12) penetrated the anxiety-ridden feelings of these middle and high school students.

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• young adult novels
• A story about fighting until you're the last one standing
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young adult novels

The movie ``The Hunger Games'' was made into a film due to the success of the original work, which is categorized as a ``young adult novel.''

Young adult novels are a general term for novels targeted at middle and high school students. Novels for junior high and high school students have existed for a long time, but they were categorized as "young adult" and became popular as children who had become accustomed to reading novels due to the success of the Harry Potter series became middle and high school students, and began to read age-appropriate stories. It is said that this is because various publishers responded to the demand for books, and many works were created.

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Perhaps because of this background, young adult novels, such as the `` Maze Runner '' series, ` `Percy Jackson and the Olympians '' series, and `` Twilight '' series, depict teenage protagonists growing spiritually. Parallel to the situation, a magical and fantastical battle unfolds while falling in love. There are many things like that.

However, there are a wide variety of genres, including pure school stories and stories of young people's struggles in the face of racial discrimination. Japan's ``The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' is classified as a young adult novel in the United States under the title ``The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.''

Among these young adult works, ``The Hunger Games'' stands out in terms of popularity.

A story about fighting until you're the last one standing