Animorphs vs. The Hunger Games Trilogy

[sherrilina]

So I finally finished Mockingjay the other day...I remember reading a F!S a while back (when I still read them, lol) that claimed The Hunger Games trilogy was just like Animorphs--which is still kind of a ridiculous claim, but I admit that with this comparison on the mind as I finished this last book, I did see several parallels between both series

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[a_happy_book]

I did an essay for uni on this (well, the violence in them) and I just want to say: pubbed by the same house. FTW. :) (Can't remember how to link stuff here, but my essay on both of these books/violence is in the comm recently)

I always felt that I see comparisons from Animorphs to Hunger Games but they are more slight than anything. I mean, to me I see Katniss/Rachel Peeta/Tobias, but for me thats more ~obvious. I think that the Capital's hunger for power/control can easily be seen as similar to the Yeerks.

I'm also eager to see how/if Liam (the guy play Gale) can act.He was in Home & Away, aussie soap opera, and a Miley Cyrus movie.

For me, I didn't mind the endings of either 54 or THG trilogy. Both were realistic -- people grief in different ways, people re-adapt, or don't, in different ways and P/K *swoon* (Okay that last bit - just for my own heart). I think that both endings were necessary to show audiences that even in books, things aren't always perfectly tied up. Nothing is wrapped with a ribbon and placed under a Christmas tree. I mean imagine if Rachel had survived? I imagine her life would be a bit like Katniss' with the PSTD. I don't think, tbh, she could ever recover. Katniss was able to but it took years and years and years. I feel like too many children's/YA books show a dark story with a too happy ending. Like this contemp YA I just read where this total b*tch gets forgiven almost immediately by her family/ex boyfriend by just apologising for everything she's ever done

[faux_folklore]

Please link to your essay! I didn't know you shared it with the comm already. Thanks : )

[a_happy_book]

My essay: http://community.livejournal.com/animorphs/625414.html
Enjoy!

[sherrilina]

Yes, lol, I remember you posting that/mentioning it (though I haven't had the chance to read it yet, actually...gotta do that!), so that also put the idea in my mind while reading! ;)

IDK, I think Gale is a lot like Rachel myself, all that rage and fire and fighting instincts, and sometimes not knowing when to stop, what crosses the line, willing to die for the cause, etc. Katniss is badass like Rachel, and can have anger issues, but she also was so apathetic before it all began...IDK, I see her more as a Jake, but I guess a mix works. And hmm, hadn't thought of Peeta as Tobias, but now that you mention it probably! The snark works...