hannah renee.’s Comments (group member since Apr 02, 2015)

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

The reason I love the (small bit of) romance in this book is: it is not about sex. Katniss does not love Peeta because he's so attractive to her and she wants to get his clothes off; it's because she wants HIM. The fact that they sleep with each other so often but don't have sex seems to imply that, for them, it's not about the pleasure and what they can get from each other; it's about the other person. For them, it's just enough to be NEXT to the frickin' person.
The story deals a lot with the subject of sex, but it's actually pretty negative about it; the Capitol glorifies sex and makes it a god, going along with the materialism. To me, this book is all about the decaying of OUR culture and how far it can go. The author sees our culture's love of materialism and entertainment, just like the Romans, and ultimately sex goes a lot into that.
I for one, do not find sex in books (or movies) at all tasteful. I don't necessarily mind implying it, but if it portrays shallowness, I still don't like it.

Jacob wrote: "It's refreshing to see no sex in the book or movie."

I agree wholeheartedly with you! It's one YA book that ISN'T trash.