Should The Hunger Games Be Taught Through The Middle School Level?

The Hunger Games, a cruel, brutal game, where children must fight to the death. There can only be one winner. It is to kill.or be killed. The Hunger Games is a novel series as well as movie series that is about young Katniss Everdeen, and her experience as a tribute to the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games was created as a punishment for all of the districts rebelling and all 12 districts must provide one boy and one girl and all 24 children fight to the death. Then the districts are forced to watch on public television. In my opinion, the Hunger Games should be taught through the middle school level because it is only a fictional story. Two more reasons are that children can’t be sheltered from death and tragedy forever, and that we, as people,

But it shows that the movie is PG-13. Another piece of evidence from article 2 says, “Possibly even worse, the actual Hunger Games portion of the book was enjoyed by thousands (maybe even millions) of teenage children and young adults.” This says that the Hunger Games has entertained thousands, possibly millions of people. But if the movie or book is bad, why haven’t people changed the rating or stopped watching the movie at a certain point? Why did it become so popular among children, and acceptable in the classroom, if it was inappropriate to young people? This is why I think the Hunger Games is appropriate in the classroom because thousands of people enjoyed it and no one changed its rating before. Some people might say the people in the story are cruel. Being entertained by children fighting to the death. Many people judge them for just allowing this to happen. Some evidence from article 2 says, “A whole nation that watches The Hunger Games as its highest form of entertainment is obviously unethical, and Collins addresses this in her books.” Some people might say the people in the story are

If we go back to article 2 it says “Most everyone is appalled at the concept of The Hunger Games, yet we gleefully sit there and watch the film seeking to be as entertained as the thought-to-be citizens of Suzanne Collins’ fictional world. Possibly even worse, the actual Hunger Games portion of the book was enjoyed by thousands (maybe even millions) of teenage children and young adults.” This evidence supports my claim because even if kids are killing each other in a fictional book, we are enjoying their demise just as much or even more than the characters in the Hunger Games. I mean, we used to have arenas in Ancient Rome for similar events in real life. Some people might say the characters in the Hunger Games are evil, but in the end, humanity in real life enjoys violence just as much as they do in the movie/book. In conclusion, I believe that the Hunger Games is an appropriate topic that can and should be taught in the classroom. I feel this way because it is only a story that the author created, no one has ever thought to change the rating of the Hunger Games, and people in real life are just as bad as the fictional