Anyone else getting obsessed with The Hunger Games series recently

Been seeing some other people say that they are getting back into the hunger games series again and I’m glad to know I’m not alone in fully engrossing myself back in this world again after almost a decade. I’m re reading all the books and re watching the movies. It wasn’t just for the upcoming movie but b/c it just naturally found it’s way back into my forefront interest again and it’s hard to explain why.

I think I can narrow it down to how many historical real world horrific events have happened recently one after the other and how my now adult mind is comprehending all the tragedies and how different my understanding of the world is now compared to 2013. Now going back and putting myself in this world again it’s resonated more with me than it did back then and what was once a twilight bandwagon of teen romance set against the shallow backdrop of a dystopian cartoon Evil empire fictional world is now an intense, emotionally exhausting, realistic Shakespearian psychological thriller set in a believable socio political near dystopian future tale of irreplaceable lose due to war and death, the human condition of both how bad things can get if we let it and how important it is to cherish all the small acts of kindness by good people especially in the face of all the hardships surrounding us all, because it’s those small acts that inspire everyone to be better. It’s final message of life being able to go on in rebuilding and healing if you choose to keep on going after all the pieces fall and finding your happiness again is the best to message to end it out on in my opinion. It works both in story and out in the meta for our real lives

I think it success does come down to Collin’s theme of how bad it is when brutal adult themes and concepts are forced onto the young and innocent. It shows how for granted we take our perceived protection of childhood innocence is and how others aren’t so fortunate. Of how easy we can allow such injustices to exist for far longer than they should by our complacency in said terrible systems of power by rationalizing how long they have been going on for and how hopeless it can feel to challenge it alone. It was this mindset of that Collins was saying is why many of our real world problems still exist and it’s true. When no one stands up we all sink into the wood works and just pray it doesn’t happens to us directly and wish it just happens to someone else instead. It shows how true lasting change can come when the brave few finally stand up and unite everyone to change it. What I once thought would never happen in the real world as kid, I know now could very easily happen if aren’t proactive. We need more stories like this nowadays and I hope collins writes more.