After You Read “The Hunger Games”

I recently heard Gene Veith—provost and professor of literature at Patrick Henry College—offer an interesting suggestions for young people who read The Hunger Games: read Lord of the Flies next. He suggested that some of the themes of The Hunger Games—the first book of which he couldn’t put down—are handled with more depth and nuance in William Goldings classic. For parents and teachers, it could make for an interesting discussion to compare and contrast the books and their meaning.