Reader's Response
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ELAINE WILSON (Elle).
I.D. 3712978
ASSIGNMENT 2
# Essay form, using reader response theory, describe your aesthetic and efferent response to each novel. Draw on your knowledge of past literary and life experiences to expand upon your responses.
A couple of years ago my friends thirteen year old daughter had received The Hunger Games book as a gift and was so excited after reading it that she insisted that her mother read the book. My friend decided to read the book and she read it right through the night and explained the plot to me the next day. I was given the book and found it easy to read as well, finishing in one sitting. There were some areas that I felt were disturbing but looking through the lens of a teacher and knowing the impact that this book has had on teen culture, this book could very well lead to interesting class discussions about oppression, the world we live in today and in the future, survival, freedom, sacrifice, authoritarian governments and also influences and obsessions, such as fashion and the latest trends in technology and gadgetry and most importantly, being your unique self without having to submit to society’s expectations. The author Suzanne Collins has created an intriguing dystopian world in The Hunger games and will appeal to teens upwards.
In short, the plot is based on an authoritarian society set in the future, The Hunger Games takes place long after natural disasters and war, disease and famine have destroyed society as we know it. From the remnants of North America emerged a nation called Panem, under rule by a government known as ‘The Capital’ with peacekeepers and a local government in each district. The Capitol had strict control over everything and everyone in each district. There were thirteen districts until District Thirteen formed a rebellion and because of the rebellion, District Thirteen and all inhabitants were annihilated. Each district from the remaining twelve has its own specialty to produce
ELAINE WILSON (Elle).
I.D. 3712978
ASSIGNMENT 2
# Essay form, using reader response theory, describe your aesthetic and efferent response to each novel. Draw on your knowledge of past literary and life experiences to expand upon your responses.
A couple of years ago my friends thirteen year old daughter had received The Hunger Games book as a gift and was so excited after reading it that she insisted that her mother read the book. My friend decided to read the book and she read it right through the night and explained the plot to me the next day. I was given the book and found it easy to read as well, finishing in one sitting. There were some areas that I felt were disturbing but looking through the lens of a teacher and knowing the impact that this book has had on teen culture, this book could very well lead to interesting class discussions about oppression, the world we live in today and in the future, survival, freedom, sacrifice, authoritarian governments and also influences and obsessions, such as fashion and the latest trends in technology and gadgetry and most importantly, being your unique self without having to submit to society’s expectations. The author Suzanne Collins has created an intriguing dystopian world in The Hunger games and will appeal to teens upwards.
In short, the plot is based on an authoritarian society set in the future, The Hunger Games takes place long after natural disasters and war, disease and famine have destroyed society as we know it. From the remnants of North America emerged a nation called Panem, under rule by a government known as ‘The Capital’ with peacekeepers and a local government in each district. The Capitol had strict control over everything and everyone in each district. There were thirteen districts until District Thirteen formed a rebellion and because of the rebellion, District Thirteen and all inhabitants were annihilated. Each district from the remaining twelve has its own specialty to produce