Hunger Games Banned Book

The hunger games was inspired in part by the author channel surfing and watching a reality game show and footage of the iraq war.

Hunger games banned book. In 2010 alone there were 348 cases involving the banning of the trilogy. The hunger games novel scholastic press cbs ap as the hunger games trilogy becomes more popular more parents and educators are questioning whether it belongs on school library shelves at all. My over all rating.

So in celebration of banned books week and the impeccable company the hunger games keeps on and off screen let s look at the oft challenged books of the past decade that have lit up the. It has been very critically acclaimed and has been likened by reviewers in many ways to other dystopian classics animal farm and 1984 both fellow banned books. A parent and child making a decision together about reading a book is one thing but trying to stop those books from reaching others is something that i don t think that anyone has the right to do.

The hunger games by suzanne collins where why it s been banned. One of the many reasons stated for the book being banned is that the story is too real. The novel has been criticized for its similarities to the 1999 novel battle royale.

In this futuristic setting north america as we know it today has been destroyed. Challenged and presented to the goffstown n h. The book i am presenting is one of these books.

They were banned due to insensitivity offensive language violence anti family anti ethic and occult satanic in 2014 the novel was also banned for reasons of inserted religious perspective. It is the hunger games which was widely accepted through the intended audience so much so it had movies made after it but unfortunately those movies seem to have made it in a spotlight to be questioned by some parents. The new post apocalyptic nation of panem is run by a powerful dictatorship.

And i happen to think that the hunger games is a stellar example of teen literature. Many dystopian books have been banned throughout the years including the giver brave new world and fahrenheit 451. Hate it with a passion.