Transferred from my other blog: The Adventures of Sisterhood.
First published: 3-26-12 at 11:12 PM EDT
This weekend, some friends and I went to celebrate one of their
birthdays by seeing a movie that just recently came out, the Hunger
Games. The movie itself drew a ton of hype. Honestly, it really didn't
live up to my expectations, but that's not my point here.
In
the book and movie, Katniss goes off to fight as a tribute in the 74th
annual district Hunger Games because her younger sister was at first
chosen as the tribute. Katniss volunteered to replace Primrose as the
female representative from their district. It is because of this action
that eventually leads to a revolution in the districts (sorry, that's a
spoiler for Catching Fire and Mockingjay!). Today, I was speaking with
the birthday boy, and he asked me if it were me and Kylie, would I have
volunteered for my baby sister? Would I volunteer to replace anyone?
Without
experiencing what is going on in the fictional world that Suzanne
Collins created for us, I can't accurately predict my own actions or
judge the actions of the characters. I'd like to say that I'm sure I
would volunteer for anyone younger than myself, anyone with more promise
and opportunity and deserves to live to see as least as much as I have.
However, I can only truthfully say that the only person I'm positive
that I'd undoubtedly volunteer to replace is my baby sister.
Assuming
that I'm 19 and she's 7 (not in the age eligibility range in the
series). If, out of oh so many names it's hers that is chosen, though I
wouldn't be nearly as dramatic as Katniss, I would not allow, under any
circumstance, my baby sister to go into cruel, blood-shedding combat
with other kids. There's so much violence, danger, and thirst for fame
and power that even if she survived and won, she'd be traumatized out of
her mind or turned into a monster. What little kid wouldn't, if they
were to watch people get decapitated by spears?
If it were your sibling, what would you do?
-Chichi
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