100 Days of Mockingjay - Your THG Story
Molly Wed, August 12, 2015
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Suzanne Collins created The Hunger Games from an idea born of late night channel surfing between real war coverage and reality television. Suzanne, the daughter of a career military man and Vietnam Veteran, has said that she wanted to write an age-appropriate war story for every age group. The Hunger Games is her war story for young adults. The trilogy's themes of poverty, socio-economic disparity, government corruption, propaganda, revolution, redemption, and the consequences of war don't make the trilogy a typical YA light read. But I think that's also why we love it so much.
The Hunger Games means many different things to many different people. For some, the heroine, Katniss Everdeen, is a strong and inspiring female role model, for some she motivates as a survivor of poverty and PTSD. She's complicated, imperfect, damaged and an incredibly compelling lead character.
Some people simply adore the love stories - Peeta and Katniss are the catalysts for countless Everlark fan fics. Everthorne, Odesta, any 'ship you sail in The Hunger Games certainly isn't all hearts and flowers and the romances in the books are tinted with sadness. Not a typical happy ending to be found anywhere in the trilogy, yet we relish them all the same.
In Thailand, citizens have identified with The Hunger Games and used its three finger salute as a symbol to combat injustice. Odds In Our Favor uses the salute along with their #MyHungerGames initiative to highlight economic inequality in the world.
We want to know what The Hunger Games means to YOU. Why do you love it? How has it inspired you? What brought you into this wild, wonderful fandom and how has it changed your life?
This week, share your story. You can write it in the comments below or share on our Facebook page. You can also snap a photo, or create an edit or gifset based on what The Hunger Games means to you and tag us on Instagram, Twitter, or Tumblr. Use the hashtag #MyTHGStory across social media so we can find you, and we'll share as many of YOUR THG stories as we can this week!
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Reader Comments (137)
So.. Hunger Games!
My HG story started some times after the release of first movie. At first I wasn't aware of this series because it wasn't really that popular in my country. Also at the time I wasn't using any social media and my brother was the only source of info on movies and stuff. He mostly enjoyed comic book movies. Few months later I happened to watch the Official trailer of Hg. The soundtrack and Jen immediately caught my attention. I decided to buy the movie and watched it at home with my sister! and oh boy!! I literally fell in love with Panem and Katniss. The Rue scene, Katniss volunteering for Prim, Tracker Jacker scene and climax... all those scenes were really affecting. The funny thing is I didn't knew about the books at the time I watched HG. Then when later I started using social media I got to know about the books and Catching Fire teaser came around that time. That teaser looked freaking awesome and I couldn't wait! I was not a person who read books for fun at that time. But however I decide to give Catching fire a try and bought the trilogy. Cacthing fire was phenomenal. Then obviously I read Mockingjay right after. Since then I have started to read books and has now read many books because of THG. All the credit goes to Suzanne Collins. Then the things I love about this series is... Soundtrack, Panem, Katniss , Games, Realistic characters and situations and Parallels between our world and Panem. I got a different perspective on our government and systems. There are many things I learned from HG which I use in my life as lessons and inspiration. Surely The Hunger Games series will live with me as long as I live. Well... November 20th will certainly be an emotional day.
Well, I have to admit that before the first movie came out I didn't know about this wonderful trilogy. I found out about it when a friend came one week before the release and said she had tickets for the movie. She was so excited that I thought it could worth it, so I went to the cinema. Since the first scene, it really hypnoticed me and when I got home I couldn't stop thinking about it. Some days later I bought the books, and I started reading them. Everything, the characters, the story, EVERYTHING made me want to read and read and read. I was going to go to Morocco some days later, so I brought the books with me. I finished the full trilogy there, and I started reading them again! Those books really changed my life. They marked a before and and after in my life. I just couldn't stop thinking about Peeta, Katniss, Finnick, ALL of them, and I decided to create an account of twitter. It was one of the best ideas I've ever taken. This account introduced me to so many people that was feeling like me. I could express myself without being judge and that really made me feel better. So then, Catching Fire came out, and I was totally obsessed with it. I went with my tribute friends, the ones that I said before, to the main cinema of Madrid, and I remember there was a project of dressing with the colours black and red so I did it. I put on my Hunger Games T-Shirt and necklaces and draw a trident on my face. I was walking down the main street of Madrid with all of that and I didn't care!!! I was too excited. So we saw the film, and when it finished we hugged the girls that were in front of us while we were crying without knowing them! It was fantastic. And when we came out of the cinema, we saw a girl dressed up like Effie. It was the perfect costume! So we went and told her. And then she did something that really surprised us. She asked us if we wanted a sugar cube and we were like "Yeah, that sentence is really cool" but she took out of her pocket a bag with sugar cubes and offered us one. Of course we took it, but it was really strange and cool. It was a really memorable experience. So that year I continued being tribute, and even more. I bought so many necklaces, T-Shirts and I developed an obssesion with Josh. Well, a year passed, and it was going to be the release of Mockingjay Part 1. So, the main cinema of Madrid, did a giveaway of two tickets for the Premiere, that was going to take place there. I participated just half an our before the deadline, and I went to the dentist. I really didn’t believe I was going to win, I had to write what could I do if I were the Mockingjay, and I wrote so many stupid things. So I was going home after the dentist, and I had a notification on Twitter. All of these was the day before the Premiere. I had won the ticket!!! I was going to go to the Premiere!! So I told my father while I was crying, and he knew I worth it cause I had really worked hard for this fandom, so they took me there, and OMG it was incredible. I went into the cinema, I met some famous youtubers, and then Sam Claflin appeared. I really can’t describe how I felt in that moment. We saw the film and we went home. Absolutely perfect. It was the best day of my life. And now here I am, writing this whole thing that is really short for everything I could tell, hoping to win that fantastic pin with that awesome lined journal. Thank you for doing this Panem Propaganda. It really means a lot. Kisses from Spain.
When i was 5th grade (in 2009), i had a deskmate who was reading The Hunger Games. She was reading the book during the lessons. I wanted to ask her something about book but i was too shy. I really really wanted to buy this book but i couldn't (and idk why). 3 years later (in 2012), i went to high school. I met a girl. She told me she had the books. Then i asked her if she gave me books for 1 week. She said okay then i started reading (Before i started to reading books , i saw there was a movie, too. I wanted to watch movie first but i stopped myself and read the book). I loved books so much. I fell in love with the story. I think it's because The Hunger Games books not just about love. Also about war, family, friendship and revolution (but of course i fell in love with Peeta, too). Then for my 15th birthday, my family bought books to me. I read them again and again.
From 2012 to 2015. I'm so happy to be part of this family. The Hunger Games trilogy taught me so many things. This is the last year of movies. I'm so sad but i know i will always be part of this family and the books will live with me forever.
(Excuse my bad English :) )
The start of the hunger was amazing the books and the movies were amazing. Katniss taught me to never give up on the little things in life and to stand for what's right. There is no words to explain how much I love the hunger games. I carry the books with me everywhere, all I do is talk about and snap pics from the Internet and make my own pics. This one dude in my class to my HG book with out my permission and started reading it I freaked out and slapped him..... Let's just say he never EVER touches my stuff again. My mom got annoyed when all I did was read the books so she took them away but I found them again. I asked my art teacher if I could draw katniss and she said sure and I did and it turned out awesome. I am the only person in my class who loves the hunger games all I do is talk about and sing the songs. Jennifer is one of my amazing idols because she is not scared to be who she wants to be and doesn't care what people say that's is what's amazing about her. And I've always loved josh and his birthday is on my bday... It's awesome. I went and downloaded this app called quiz up and won the second best in South Africa it is awesome. I buy things and draw the mockingjay on my arm all the time ( espesially when I'm bored in class😜 ) I cry when my fav characters die and get happy when something good happens an that's what movies and books are about.. To make u enjoy them. I'm so sad the movies are coming to an end but I will never forget everything in the movie.
I found The Hunger Games about three years ago, when I was in eighth grade. I had started the first book in sixth grade, but, as fickle as my mind was, I got about ten pages into it before it bored me.
In eighth I became best friends with this one girl- we hung out nearly everyday, loved the same things. But, in the middle of the year, while we were just hanging out, she called me names.
I hadn’t even said anything derogatory to her. I never had. I’m not going to go into detail. Long story short, it was the starting point for every insecurity I feel about myself.
And there was more comments, fleeting, brushed off ones. But I caught them, and I still feel the sting of each word, hear them in my head multiple times a day.
I decided to give THG a chance again- and I’m so glad I did. I devoured the books within a month or so. And while I loved each and every one of them, I have to say, it was the movies that had the most impact on me.
Well, not so much the movies themselves. The actors.
The person who said those things, was practically my closest and only friend- I had people I spoke with, but nothing to the point of where I was with her.
So I was often sad over the fact that I didn’t have anyone to talk with, and with the thought that’d I’d be the only one going to a different high school, not even talking to anyone I knew previously.
I had heard about the first movie, and it’s upcoming release, and I began to watch the interviews. The ‘golden trio’- Jennifer, Josh, and Liam- that was in a majority of these interviews were my source of happiness during those times, when I found it just a little bit harder to smile. I’m grateful for the books, for leading me to them, as I was always happy to see them, joking around, acting as a sort of indirect support during that time. I’ve since moved on, and found great friends, who support and motivate me, but I won’t forget all the laughs that helped me through that time.
First, like any other fans out there, I thought The Hunger Games is some kind of a game where food is involved or something like that. I didn't even know it was a movie! I thought it was some kind of an online game where like, yeah, where food is involved. But, anyways, I didn't really payed attention about it. I was like, what was all the fuss about? Whats special about the Hunger Games? Whenever I heard about it, I imagine these cute little cartoon characters eating cute cookies and Ice cream cones. By the time I've heard about it, I was currently a Harry Potter and Percy Jackson fan (the movie ones, since I still wasn't fond of reading books before) but, yeah, I already am a fanboy by that time.
So I was scrolling through facebook as usual, it was a very normal day. I came upon a fan edit post where theres Harry at the top saying "I'm a wizard" then Percy at middle sayin "I'm a demigod" then there was this girl on a brown jacket with braided hair and carrying a bow and arrow and the caption reads "I'm a Tribute." I was like, "whats a tribute?" Srsly, I was an ignorant fool back then. Then I got really curious so I checked the comment section and I found out it's from The Hunger Games. That was the time I realized it was a movie. Lol. And I swear, on that same moment, I wrote a status update on my wall in qoute "I think I'm gonna try Hunger Games." And then.... that's when it all started. Ofcourse it took time because I still had to wait for the Bluray.
I didn't really expect it to be a movie with dystopian setting, much more a fight-to-the-death game. But you can tell I was wrong. At first I was terrified when I finally realized the concept of the movie, but it also accelerates my adrenaline. I had mix feeling whenever I watch it, but then I was getting the message of the movie. It was not about the games being awesome (i wouldn't dream of participating one, honestly) it's about standing up for what you fight for, for your right as a human being. Whatever inspirations you get from the movie. anyways, I'm really thankful of THG. It introduced a whole new world to me. The world of fictional books and novels. I was new to the fandom and it was my birth month, so I got a whole THG trilogy box set as a gift from my parents. (Coz I was doing good at school, too) I finally read my first book, The Hunger Games. After the trilogy, I started reading other books, then another, and another, until I've read dozens of book series, some borrowed, mostly ebook. (We're poor) So thats it. Thats my THG story. My biggest goal right now is to become a fan of the week. I already sent my entry and fortunately they responded, so I'm still waiting. So please wish me luck. Thank you so much Panempropaganda. It was really fun sharing my story.
So how it started? My boyfriend was reading THG and I dodn't know why he is spending this all time reading one book. He started to talking about it all time long, so I start reading too and then i understand why is he so exiting. We go together to cinema for premiere of catching fire and mockingjay part 2. This story made that we're closer than before and still can't wait for second part od mockingjay, even now when we know how it will end.
I got to know about THG in 2012 when I heard the soundtrack of the movie.Odd! I watched the movie at the cinema and about a hindered times at home even with my grandma! When I watched catching fire I decided to read the books because the whole reality that Susanne has created resembled so much what we are living but in another time! The adventure and the emotions that the books offered me can't be described! I just fell in love with this story and since then I can't spend a day without listening to soundtracks and recalling scenes from both the movies and the books!! I am really looking forward to Mockingjay part 2!!! To all the people in Panem I salute you! May the odds be ever in our favor!!
Hey!!
Pues yo no hablo ingles asi que pues en el idioma que si se hablar. Vivo en Mexico y esta es mi historia de como conoci los juegos del hambre.
Yo conoci The Hunger Games gracias a los libros, sabia que existian y tenia una leve descripcion acerca de lo que trataban.
En 2010 empeze a leer el primer libro, gracias a una compañera que me presto el libro...
Desde el primer instante en que lei las primeras paginas quede atrapada con tan emoccionante historia; ame la trama que tenia, sin duda y si mal no recuerdo el libro lo acabe en tan solo pocos dias.
Para el 2012 que se estreno la pelicula.. volvi a leerlo y entendi con mas profundidad el mensaje que dejaba.. y los valores tan solo del primer libro: la perseverancia, al tratar de vencer, luchas por sobrevivir, la amistad y el compañerismo, los tragicos amantes del distrito 12, es decir el amor, lo importante de no subestimarse en cuanto a la supervivencia, la humildad.
La situacion tan corrupta y esclavizada de Panem que lamentablemente viven varios paises, quizas no de esa manera, pero si algo similar.
La pelicula sin duda supero mis espectativas, lo bueno que habia sido en cuanto a adaptacion ,tambien los personajes, fueron fieles en todos los aspectos, y como habia dicho antes el mensaje que buscaba transmitir Suzanne Collins como escritora del libro, y Gary Ross como director de la pelicula.
Para en Llamas lo tuve que leer en PDF, dada que en esos momentos se me dificultaba comprar los libros, y recuerdo como mis ojos al final del dia terminaban rojos de donde todo el dia leía, mi mama en varias ocasiones me prohibio leer en PDF por lo mismo.
Desde este punto, yo me empezaba a considerar un Tributo, fiel al libro y a todo lo relacionado.
La historia me dejo un mensaje de amor, revolucion, lo cansado que es ser esclavizado, las diferentes personalidades de los vencedores, desde arrogantes como Brutus, admitamos que un poco Finnick, Johanna, o las mas humildes como Mags, mientras leia, su muerte fue la gota que derramo el vaso.
En cuanto salieron revistas y posters, con articulos relacionados sin duda los compre.
En la pelicula en su estreno, recuerdo que casi me sacan del cine por el mar de lagrimas que tenia, sin duda no me desepciono y ahora que cambiaron al director a Francis Lawrence.. sin duda fue notoria la mejoria de direccion, actuacion, efectos.. finales que te hacen quedar en shock.
Recuerdo que para ese Noviembre.. para navidad mi mama me compro los tres libros.. recuerdo que grite, llore, salte y no sali de mi alcoba por dias; donde los fui a leer todos otra vez....
Sinsajo... El final de la trilogia....
Recien me habian regalado el libro en fisico, asi que no me forze tanto los ojos jaja.
Me partio el corazon, me dieron escalofrios, moje mi libro de tanto llorar, las muertes, y tods esas palabras.
El mensaje que me dejo fue como un publo esclavizado se puede levantar a luchar, si tienen una causa...
Como fue de simplemente presentarse voluntaria para salvar a su hermana, a salvar a Panem.
Las personas que murieron en el intento.
Sinsajo parte 1
Me partio el corazon pero creo que seria mi pelicula favorita.. el final de los juegos y el inicio de la revolucion.
Tengo todos los posters y revistas que salieron e incluso una guia especial para tributos:3
Para Sinsajo parte 2 espero que hagan lucir la pelicula y cerrar con broche de oro la trilogia... para mi es dificil creo que para todos los tributos decir adios a algo que se ha convertido super importante en mi vida... un dia mio no es dia si no hablo de los juegos del hambre, los ultimos años han girado en torno a la trilogia.. participando en cada concurso relacionado con los juegos (Justo como este)
Jamas quisiera que se acabara esta trilogia porque aunque Katniss sea el Sinsajo uno tambien ya se siente que es el sinsajo, porque es parte de ello.
Saludos
#YourTHGStory #100DaysofMJ
I'm one of the older readers. I got started on The Hunger Games when a family member suggest I read it while I was in hiding from an abusive husband just months before the first movie came out. I found myself reading to escape reality then falling in love with all the characters. I saw the movie in the theaters numerous times then when it came out in DVD I had a midnight release party at my house. I've read the books at least 8 times and will read many more. I'm also an admin for a fun Facebook page for The Hunger Games. I collect t-shirts, coffee cups, mockingjay pins, posters, calenders etc etc Any thing Hunger Games I want to own. It brought me out of a very dark place in my life even tho it had nothing to do with what was going on in my life at the time. This is a series of books and movies I will turn to in my future when life gives me lemons.
i read hunger games january 24. It was a cold and shitty day and i went to library. Basically i was hungry to read something realy good. I have seen a hunger games, copy in library and i take it. I have heard a lot of things for the books and more for the movie. It takes me one day or less to finish,it. I start to be a fan from internet. Saw fanvids join to the groups etc. I saw the movie with my family we were all excited for this amazing series, i bought all the books, and slowly i start to become a fan. My first stuff from THG was my mockingjay. I wear and i wore my mockingjay everywhere. At school, at concerts, at exams. Some people says it's my symbol. But it isn't . Is Katniss Symbol.
I dont know how to tell what THG means for me beacause i will writte a shitty things but i will try. I want everyone who read to keep reading beacause by my THG story i have a message. I live in one of the places who inspired Suzanne writte THG. This is Greece. The story of labyrinth and Thiseas. Some greek names, and some scenes inspired by Antigone of Sophocles. Greece is a small place. Like district 12 is. And a very poor place. Oh, like district 12 is! World will be some day like THG's world. And i unterstand it when i think of the place i live. Paying others, and be fucked up, Greece is like district 12. But the reason i love so much THG is when i think of the place i live i think district 12 and after i think Katniss and how she survived from others and make district 12 proud. And i feel ok, because hope is the only thing stronger than fear.
THG is not a love story. Even the movie (because people says the movie make THG a love story) THG is a story for sacrifice, revolution, and how bad is war, and peace's pride. And i love soo much this story, and im proud for im a fan (!)
But im sad. Because i become a fan a little before the movies end. For be more happy i start a book about THG. Do you remember at the end of mockingjay Katniss and Peeta create a book with Katniss's words and Peeta's images? Im trying to make this. And when i finish i will be glad to share it with you.
#ThreeFingersUp
My hunger games fandom started one month before the hunger games would come out in Belgium. I was 11 and all my teachers where talking about the hunger games, so where many students, thow only 1 person had read the hunger games before me at my year, but in our school hung a big poster of the hunger games ( that one with katniss in the capitol and peeta on all those screens) and I was just salt, it was a friday, so it was weekend and when I got home, the first thing I did was watching the trailer of the hunger games, 1 hour later I had bought all the books and read all three before the first movie came out, I was just freaking about this serie and the movie was so good, I was a big fan, next year, when catching fire came out, there was a hunger games marathon in my cinema's, they gave us a poster,... and we saw the two movies of the series ad once and omg I was just so shocked when I had seen catching fire, I couldn't think of something else, the next year mockingjay part 1 came out, and again I went to a marathon, my heart just stopped when I saw the peeta scene, I know what was going to happen, because I had read the books 3 times over and over, but I was just shocked of how they did it in the movie, a couple of month later I was reeeaaaaly mad because I had heard there would be a hunger games exhibition in New York but I live in Belgium, so I knew it was impossible for me to go, but later that month my perents told me we would make a vacation to new york and I freaked of course I went to the exhibition and it was soooooo cool, but when I got back in the hotel I saw that 2 girls had tweeded a pictures with Sam at the exhibition on Panam Propagonda and I realised I had just missed him and I got out of my mind!!!! I was mad at the whole world and now I just can't think of anuting else than the hunger games mockingjay part 2 and that I could post my hunger games story, so that was my less interesting story, thank you to suzanne collins, panam propaganda and every rebel on this world to stand together with the mockingjay. Thank you for the amazing giveaway, I just cried when I saw the journal in the hunger games exhibition and knew I didn't have any money with me to buy it.
PS: sorry for the writing mistakes, I still need to have to years classes.
Thank you, Frederic De Meestere
I have A great picture that fits with this mail, but I couldn't add it, sorry
My THG story:
I'll have to admit, I didn't start out like most fans. I saw the first movie when it came out and absolutely fell in love with it, but I didn't start reading the books until after I saw Catching Fire, mainly because I didn't know there were books and I also didn't read that much. After CF I went back and reread THG and CF and then read Mockingjay in 3 days. I've been following the fandom ever since I saw catching fire and I've been totally obsessed this has been a life changing series and I can't wait for the final movie!
Hello I am sarah and the Hunger Games, like other of my have been a motivation, a sort of drive for me. I am in a very difficult situation where hypocrisy, like in Katniss' story has a big role. My parents are divorcing and because of this situation, I, as a child I feel that I'm suppressed by it. At first I thought it would pass away very soon but now this situation has been going on for almost 2 years. I ate a lot to forget my misery as a result I gained a lot of weight. Katniss fights back and now so do I.
I am a lot stronger and I don't let my parents run over me because they think they know it better, they have proved more than a lot that they could not manage the divorce. I now know it's okay to fight back even if you shouldn't out of respect. I also try to do a lot of sport, I try to get back in shape thinking about the hunger games. Thinking about how a fit and strong person can achieve more and I wan't to be that person. I know this last thing sound a bit dull but it works for me. Next year I am going to study history at university and I have a lot of interest in how the media sometimes manipulates people during war, like in WW2. The hunger games trilogy also opened my eyes on how hypocrite and untrustworthy the media and governments of several countries are. I have become a more critical person. There is of course an other side of this trilogy, gaining allies and friends. In my "battle" of the last two years I was never alone. I had my friends, brother, teachers,... who helped me through. I was, even though I thought I was (like Katniss) never alone. I would even believe that I am a better person then before. I have became more critical, strong, fit, ... As an honour to my heroine Katniss I cosplay her for several years. ( pity I couldn't add a photo)
Once upon a time there was girl name Paola. She wasn't always a fan of reading until she read Ruined by Paula Morris. She had never enjoyed reading something until that day, her whole world turned upside down. She went out and tell all her friends about how great it is and recommended them to read it. Soon she realize that she wanted to read more, she wanted to keep this fire burning within her. Keep this magical feeling from fading out.
Then one day her friend had began talking about this book, The Hunger Games. Paola remember how greatly her friend talked about this book, she could see her fire burn bright as well. She wanted to feel and experience this fire as her friend did, so she read it.
Paola stayed up long hours past her bed time reading these books. She had finished all three books within two weeks, the fastest she had ever read. She cried, laughed, got angry, felt confused, felt happy, sad, feared, cheered, and smiled though out the whole story.
It became her first fandom.
To this day, six years later, that fire still burns. As she read all the books and watch all the movies on the exact day it came out, that fire grew stronger. And as the last movie soon approaches, Paola realizes that this fire within has become her biggest treasure...it's the fire that keeps her going. Because not only has this story showed her a different perspective of the world that her child mind had not comprehend, but it has shaped her as well.
Paola feels a special connection with Katniss. She feels as though her and Katniss are more alike than she had realized. Both fight for those they love and what they believe in, they have a difficult time making friends but it's easier when they aren't trying, both are strong but broken inside, and both share the same love for their younger sister.
So as the story comes to an end, the fire will never burn out.
The End
Note to reader: I will always love and hold this story close to my heart. Now when ever I bake I think of Peeta, when ever I look at my mother's flowers I think of Prim and Rue, when I look at the sunset I think about Peeta, when I hear someone whistle I always want to whistle back, when I hear bottles clicking I think of Haymitch, when I feel confidence in what I wear I think of Cinna, when someone hits a table I always have the urge to yell "That's Mahogany!", and whenever I see a man with a dirty face I think of Gale.
But whenever I face something difficult I think of Katniss and her bravery.
May this fire always burn within me for the rest of my life. And May the odds be ever in our favor.
- Paola
It was 2012 when, after watching the movie with my sister, I finally decided to read the books, I was on vacation so it was easy to find the time; unfortunately at the moment I was struggling with the emotional an physical aftershocks of being diagnosed with an ear infection that affected my hearing (I’m not totally deaf, but my left ear was the most affected), so depressed and self isolated I started this journey.
I read them all in less than a week. After I finished Mockingjay I felt identified with not only Katniss but all the Panem citizens. That year in my country was elections season, so we had to choose a president and several governors; from the very beginning it was clear that us, the students, didn’t support certain candidate and as consequence our opinions were banned from almost every publication; long story short, we united and started our own movement to make our voices being heard. Motivated not only from this events, but also the story of the revolution Suzanne Collins created, I decided to join my classmates. Katniss's fight won them freedom; our fight is still going on. I, not only found courage in Katniss's actions, but found comfort when I felt alone and misunderstood; when you find yourself wanting to be heard but not able to hear by yourself the world seems to closed its doors; but in this fandom, even though I’ve never written fan fiction or made an effort to reach out to its members, I’ve found a way to hopefully someday make my self stand.
I’m sorry for any mistakes, english is not my first language. :)
My hunger games story is probably different to many of hunger game fans, people said to me that i wasn't a real fan just because I never went to the movies to watch the first movie. When the books first came out my mum bought them for me, I was a bookworm but I wasn't that interested at first it just looked like a book that sits on the book shelf for a couple Of months. When catching fire came out I watched the trailers and thought that was amazing! I then watched the hunger games and finally decided to read the series. It took me 2 weeks to read the first book, I got so stuck into it I then finally watched catching fire then read the book in a day. After that I new I had to read Mockingjay had the book somehow hypnotised me, it was amazing, different, weird, sad, strong the things I never imagined that the book would be like. I read Mockingjay less then a day, I read the whole series a million and one times over and over again, I just can't get enough. I don't know why but when Mockingjay part 2 finishes I will feel like I have nothing left it just is apart of my life, I will feel angry for some reason, feel like I don't belong anywhere. I just don't want my girl with the braid and boy with the bread to leave. I mean there are plenty of other book turned movies but for some reason this one is something special. And when the end comes i won't believe it because literally hunger games is all I have to talk about. I wish it wasn't the end and I would kill for another 100 movies but seriously it can't be the end I transformed my whole room for this, hg dolls, hg posters, HG everything. Hunger games has changed me(being serious) made be believe who I truly am, also on the political side, it ha also showed me hope like Katniss, showed me confidence like peeta, showed me strength like johanna and finnick, showed me intelligence like beetee. Without those things I wouldn't have become who I am today, I wouldn't be confident(still working on that), I wouldn't have strength, intelligence and without hope I wouldn't be lucky to be here. I proved I could fight, stand up. I proved I was smart and is now in the academy class, I proved to be confident and realise the things I have to say won't be wrong, but last I proved I could have hope and dreams for my future. Katniss and the whole hunger game characters are my heroes, it might not be a maths text book but the hunger games is its own textbook that teaches you about all those things. Katniss you may be fake but in my world your real and thank you so much for being my hero. Jennifer Lawrence, josh hutcherson, hunger games cast in, you are awesome and I don't know what I would do without you. And a big thank you for Suzanne Collins this book has brought me to tears, hate, love, fear, stand up, and be strong. I love you guys all and will never forget the hunger games especially finnick and prim. 😭😭😭😭😢😍😍😍
hola sera difícil de creer pero conocí LOS JUEGOS DEL HAMBRE hasta en el 2014, cuando de casualidad fui a cine en noviembre y vi SINSAJO PARTE 1 no soy muy fácil de impresionar con una película pero esta me atrapo, luego en un viaje con mi familia a Bogotá descubrí los libros sin dudarlo los compré; recuerdo cuando me faltaba el ultimo libro y no llegaba a las librerías porque estaba agotado mi papá viajó y me dijo que no lo había encontrado, sin embargo cuando llego le dije que era una lastima que aún no estuviera pero de la nada me lo entregó, fue una emoción indescriptible, si me encantaban las películas moría por los libros, de ahí en adelante se volvió una obsesión, principalmente una obsesión gracias a una conexión al darme cuenta de que podía definir mi personalidad como la de Katniss, que en ella me veia a mi misma es una ilusion que me emociona, no es una saga común como las otras; es especial es diferente y te lleva a pensar en poner primero que todo a tu familia y a las personas que amas luchar por ellas y darles un mejor lugar para vivir, hacerle creer al mundo que adentro de una persona callada y sin interés alguno por cosas exteriores como la moda o la popularidad ahí algo muy profundo y maravilloso que solo alguien que valga la pena lo verá, yo también espero ansiosa por SINSAJO PARTE 2, gracias Suzanne por ser una genio.
DANNA ZALDUA
COLOMBIA
Hi!
I'm Lizbeth and I'd really love to win the black mockingjay pin and the journal.
2 years ago, whenever I went to my school's library I would see the Hunger Games books but I wouldn't check them out. One day, when my older brother was watching the first movie back in early 2013, I decided to finish watching the movie with him since when I entered the room, he was at the part where Katniss covered Rue in flowers. I cried when I saw it. 2 days later, I decided to watch the whole movie on my own. The day after I saw it, I checked out the first book so I could read it and well I fell in love. Then I read the whole series and fell in love with all the characters. When Catching Fire came out, I begged my brother to take me and he did. But when Mockingjay Part 1 came out, he didn't take me. We didn't watch it until around earlier this year. At school, we had to do a project and when it was completed, use the spiral to create something. I became determined to use my imagination and create the Mockingjay pin with a fire tail. I was able to finish and get an A. I was so proud of myself. Then came another project, but for art. I was to make a drawing using circles and/or dots. I thought if I could draw the Mockingjay on its own like the cover of the third book for a science project, I could recreate it again with dots. I never gave up. I had Katniss on my mind and how she wouldn't stop at nothing to get the old Peeta back. I ended up completing my goal and getting an A. I was very excited and wore a braid the next day to celebrate my accomplishments. Katniss taught me to never give up on the people or things you love. I used that lesson to help me get over my grandmother's death, well, I used it to at least stop crying a lot. Katniss, Peeta, Gale, and everyone else helped me to get over my depression after her death, since she passed a couple of days prior to my 13th birthday. A while after I bought all 3 books and I always re-read the books and re-watch the movies. The Hunger Games are such inspiring movies/books that I feel that everyone should read them. This is #MyTHGstory.
My Hunger Games story begins in summer 2010. I was browsing a yard sale and found the Hunger Games amongst a box of other books. I picked it up and began reading. After finishing the book in a day I quickly went to the library to check out Catching Fire. After devouring that book as well, I found out I would have to wait two agonizing months to read the conclusion to the trilogy. After getting up early and going to the store, I picked up my own Mockingjay copy. I finished it at midnight, crying at the sad yet beautiful conclusion. I soon found out that Suzanne Collins was coming to a local book shop for her Mockingjay tour And I persuaded my mom to allow me to skip school and meet my favorite author. Meeting her has been a highlight of my life as her series has shaped the way I live and view the world around me.
Just to start, The Hunger Games has changed my life completely!!
The first time I was introduced into this life changing phenomenon was not long after the first Hunger Games Movie DVD release! I may not have started right from the beginning but I am so passionate now about the Hunger Games it's like I've been a fan for 10 years - Even though the books haven't been published for 10 years! I was looking on the movie channel and saw the advertisement for the film and it looked absolutely amazing! I decided to buy the movie and watch it..and I've been sucked in ever since! I still remember purchasing the books and reading them every second I had free time! I also still remember the butterflies of excitement I had when I woke up on the release day of Catching Fire and rushed straight to the cinema and to be honest.. I could not stop thinking about it for days straight! Ever since, there has not been a day gone by I have not thought about the hunger games! It's quite funny but while catching fire was still in cinemas, I always thought, my washing machine sounded like the scene when Katniss was in the tube going up into the Quarter Quell Arena! Funny I know ;)! Since then, I have calendars, DVDs, tshirts, jumpers, shoes, key rings, bags, bracelets, wristbands, pins, blankets, wallpaper, photos, books, pens, and posters all Hunger Games Merchandise! It has changed my life, I went to the cinema to watch Mockingjay Part 1 34 times, I even watched the midnight showing release of Mockingjay Part 1 and didn't get home until 4am and still woke up at 6am and went to school! But there's more to it! I've had a career change too! Thanks to the Hunger Games Franchise and its cast alone, I have now such a passion for acting, it's what I want to do when I leave education! I have A's in all my acting classes and I have the hunger games to thank! There have been days and days were I've had such empowering times when the hunger games have turned my life around and made me feel so much better about myself, make me feel proud about myself! The Hunger Games has really changed me completely, I would not be the person I am today with out it! Everyone I know comes to me with Hunger Games related topics! There have been many many nights where I haven't gotten to sleep until gone 5am just from Hunger Games related stuff! I check all social media and search engines for news on Mockingjay Part 2! I am literally so excited to see the finale to the franchise that changed me for life!! I know I'm going to feel lost when it gets released in cinemas and there's no more movies to count down to! Words can not explain how deeply my passion for the Hunger Games is!?
I would love for the chance to be able to complete my collection with this fabulous prize and cannot wait to see Mockingjay Part 2 in November!
Thanks.
Owen Cook. 15 Male Plymouth UK
Oops! I tried to comment yesterday, but I don't think it saved. =X
#MyTHGStory is...around. ;]
So, I have to win these awards, but I will set fire in the backyard of you. LOL Unfortunately not know how to describe a reason as explosive as the Prim, but I'm sure that I will make out of it, like Katniss did with the bread that Peeta played for her that rainy day. You can be sure that I have the slightest desire to be telesequestrado because otherwise I perdereia all the memories, all the times that I cried, I laughed, I was anxious, nervous, every time I missed only eat my fingers reading and watching The trilogy Hunger Games. I volunteer as tribute to earn awards. _ ||| _
My THG story begins with my son. On a recommendation from him, I entered into a world of YA fiction I didn't know existed. And I'm so happy I did.
Hey there! My name is Cayleigh Kerns and I'm from Columbus, Ohio.
Firstly, I want to thank you guys for this wonderful opportunity to share our different stories of how The Hunger Games became a part of our lives! This is such a great idea and I love reading all the different ways this story has changed so many people's lives.
I first read The Hunger Games my freshman year of high school in my English class in 2011. This was roughly a year before the movie was scheduled to premier, so the hype about the books and the movie was just getting started. I read the first book and instantly fell in love with the story and the characters. When I heard about the casting for the movie, I was beyond excited! I'd always been a fan of Josh ever since I saw 'Bridge to Terribithia', but this was the first I had heard of Jennifer.
I dove into these books and they made me fall in love with reading all over again. Between the ages of 9 and 15, I got really caught up in life with lots of unfortunate and unexpected family drama, along with many new responsibilities. So, I didn't have time to read anymore. These books brought reading back into my life and changed it for the better.
These books have helped shape me into the person I am today. I grew up with Katniss in a way, along with the other characters as well. Katniss taught me how to stand up for myself and fight for what I believe in, while sharing her personal thoughts and opinions on how she had to push through the terror and fear to get through her challenges. Peeta taught me how to be passionate and caring, while still being a successful role model and friend to the people he cared for the most. Gale taught me how to stick to my gut and keep fighting for what's right for myself and others. When I was faced with challenges or obstacles, these books were, and still are, my reference on how to handle the situation.
The Hunger Games, as books and as incredible movies, have taught me life lessons that I will cherish forever. These characters mean so much to me, and I will always carry them wherever I go. This fandom accepted me and welcomed me with open arms when I made my Twitter fan account a few years ago, and I love sharing and enjoying all the THG news with everyone else in the fandom. It's so fun to freak out with everyone when new pictures of 'The Holy Trinity' (Josh, Jen, and Liam) are released and when we get new set and behind-the-scenes pictures.
Although Mockingjay Part 2 means the end of the THG film franchise, I have no doubt that us Tributes will stick together for years to come. We'll continue to embrace the meaning of the Mockingjay and fight for what we believe in. We'll love the characters and the story for many years to come. We'll celebrate anniversaries and we'll follow the cast on their future career and life adventures.
The Hunger Games is a global phenomenon and I'm so proud and honored to be a part of it.
Love you, Tributes!
-Cayleigh Kerns
#YourTHGStory #MyTHGStory