Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 3)
The Hunger Games book series begins with a dystopian society that thrives upon a Big Brother-like form of entertainment where the power of the government is shown. Part Two (Catching Fire) shows how even the weakest will always seek freedom and rebel against a power that desires to be absolute without empowering its people. In Part Three (Mockingjay), we find the much anticipated conclusion to the struggle for freedom and human dignity.
Will there be a happy ending? Can there be true peace after much bloodshed? What will happen to Katniss, Peeta and Gale?
What I really liked about the series, particularly about the final book is that it reveals the reality of our struggles. The Hunger Games speaks a lot about human nature. It depicts our society’s search for perfection and peace, but it also shows our failures and at what cost our so called peace is often bought.
Katniss, who is the heroine of the story, is shown to be both strong and vulnerable. She is not exempt from pain, especially when her loved ones get hurt along the course of the rebellion. She may have been chosen to be the “Mockingjay”, the symbol of the rebellion, but that doesn’t exempt her from confusion as to which powers to support, nor from wounds that may be too deep to heal even after victory is won.
In our desire to achieve peace, we sacrifice what it means to be human, what it’s like to be free. We try to achieve external order through fear but we cannot conquer the internal chaos it creates. Peace, in order to be authentic, must begin within. Our healing as a society must begin with the healing of each individual soul. And healing is not an easy process.
Some people don’t like the ending of this book. I guess what they wanted to read was a fairytale. What this book is able to accomplish is to present to us how our losses affect us, how it changes us. But what I really like about it is how despite everything, we can still find our way back to healing. We can still find our dandelion in the spring.
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