Jonnelle’s Comments (group member since Dec 16, 2013)

Jonnelle’s comments from the On Tyrants & Tributes : Real World Lessons From The Hunger Games group.

People think that they are entitled to your image if you are out in public. Huffington Post ran an article a few weeks ago about bad behavior at weddings - people jumping up and blocking the paid photographer in order to get photos with their Smartphones or tablets and then getting mad at the photographer or venue staff when told to stop.

Being in public doesn't mean that you should be subject to every camera in every pocket or store or corner.

Book spoilers:

Dalmo wrote: "My favorite scene in the movie is the firs appearance of the Mockingjay pin. I know Suzanne Collins was very involved with the movie adaptation, so I'm curious about why there was such a big change..."

When I saw that in the theater, I was ANGRY because the way Katniss receives the pin the book is far more meaningful than just Greasy Sae or whoever in the Hob handing it over for a squirrel.

But since they cut out Madge and the Mayor, the pin had to be handed over somehow. From DVD extras with the screenwriters, they said that all the choices to remove characters were Suzanne's (or that is how I interpreted what they said - she was VERY involved with the script) and that they didn't like some of the changes that had to be made in order to translate the book to screen.

Director Gary Ross said the change was to build up Katniss's and Prim's relationship for the viewer - that they both had a special connection to each other and the Mockingjay symbol that is important as the story progresses.

I didn't get that, Mr. Ross. I got that it was forced and contrived... because the book really colored my view :P

I was also irritated that Effie's dress was the wrong color at the Reaping. She wore green - not pink/mauve. Of all the things to get mad about... I was mad about her dress. And the cat (which was fixed in Catching Fire.)

Spoilery if you haven't read Catching Fire or Mockingjay:

Mainstay Productions did an excellent short film on a little Katniss and her father (and several other Hunger Games - the Second Quarter Quell with young Haymitch, the Finnick/Annie series... oh-tear your heart out) that touched on the themes of self-reliance and freedom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7djN9...

I agree that her father's influence is overlooked or underestimated. He gave her the perspective to really see the injustice of The Reaping and that there could be life beyond the reach of The Capitol (did he share that with a young Gale as well).

As an Education professional, I am thrilled to see the high school and college students in this class.

Do what you love; you will hear it a billion times but don't let that go. There is a place for being pragmatic about your career choice but do NOT let go of what you love to do.

I have a B.S. in Political Science (Dr. Sturgis and I share an alma mater but I think we only met a couple of times before she moved to NC.) and a M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration. I love working with college students to help them move through their academic programs as an advisor.

I also love to write and have picked that back up in my spare time working on my blogs and poking a pen at fiction (short stories).

Dalmo wrote: "I'm especially drawn to the names of the characters; they're a quick and pithy way of borrowing from other literature, but as characters develop through the story the reader starts to see a more thought out critique."

My best friend just got the Peeta/pita - the Baker - joke. It took seeing the Sesame Street parody.

Surveillance, oppressive class system, mass distraction/apathy/insensitivity to others.

I suppose there might be a spoiler in here:

My favorite scene from the first book was Peeta at the Training Center suite where he talks about trying to find a way to say that they don't own him. I thought it was incredibly brave of him to try to stand up to the Capital in his own way - that his life and death would have some kind of bigger meaning.

The Reaping and Rue's death makes me cry every time I watch it on screen.

Andre wrote: "Andrea, I think that deserves a VERY BIG spoiler alert!! Just in case some people haven't read the books."

The way this is going to go, every thread should just say "spoilers" :P