Hunger Games

So... I am so in love with the book Hunger Games. I have been holding off buying the second because I would like to buy it in the real book. Yes I can buy it on my kindle but some books I would like to have the hard copy of! So my question is, How did a film about children fighting to the death in a post-apocalyptic world become such an international phenomenon? Because it is different from Vampires, and superheros! I think most or many of the actually good movies that came out this year and last were about vampires and superheros. I mean there were other good ones outside of action but this was a really good movie, and book. When Suzanne Collins' wrote the Hunger games books she only published 50,000 in 2008. Today its close to 37 million copies. Plus the extra in different countries along with the rest of the languages.

Katniss doing the hunger games instead of her sister.

The part I like most in this book is when Katniss's sister Primrose is picked from the Reaping for the Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to take her place. Her hunting and archery skills are key assets to her in the Hunger Games. She has straight black hair, light gray eyes, olive-colored skin and usually wears her hair in a braid down her back.

The story has classical myths, ancient history and contemporary power politics. Just as they did in the Greek myth of Theseus and Minotaur, the fighters compete until only one is left alive, without a choice. The nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the 12 districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl from each, to make 24, between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. The victor then wins a new house for themselves and their families in their District, along with food, fame, and wealth.

In the arena during the count down.