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| Caedus_16 wrote: |
| Reepicheep wrote: |
| Caedus_16 wrote: |
| Reepicheep wrote: |
| Caedus, I have a question. You said you didn't like the ending of Mockingjay because it left the fate of Panem more or less in the air. Now, what I want to know is, how is this any different from Return of the Jedi? Surely that wasn't the entire Imperial army at Endor (and if you've read the EU you know it wasn't), yet the story ended there because the story of Luke, Leia and Han was complete. They're the reason I kept watching and Katniss was the reason I kept reading. Once her story is done, Panem can look after itself. The rebels might run into roadblocks, but they'll succeed eventually. In both Return of the Jedi and Mockingjay we get the sense that a new government is being set up, but we don't get the specifics- probably because they're irrelevant. |
A lot of it has to do with my annoyance that in a dystopian future where a young girl grew up needing to focus on survival and eating and not much past that she continually focuses on things that make less sense in context. It was a problem I had with the first book and its a problem with the ending. In an political turmoil that is literally changing the world she focuses on things like whether or not she really loved her boyfriend. Personally I was more interested in watching her recover from losing the sister, it made more sense to me. It just annoyed me, just my opinion.
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I don't know if I can relate. I care far more about my future wife than most political issues. 
On a more serious note though, I think the romance side of it was relevant to the theme of survival. Remember Gale's (or Peeta's) line, "Whichever one of us she can't live without." (paraphrase) And the way I understood Katniss's mindset at the end of Mockingjay, it was certainly my mindset, was that Panem is largely a lost cause. Coin or Snow? What's the difference? |
See but the thing is that the line in and of itself bothered me. It showed just how little point the actual conflict had to her. Its just Edward vs. Jacob via Twilight again, I grow sick of relationship crap. I honestly would have enjoyed this more if the romance remained a strategy or political side, it would have been more realistic than this kid breaking her down bit by bit while you wonder if she'll fall for the morally ambiguous Gale. It just gets old to me. Like I said, in THAT society practicality reigned except when the soap stuff came up because that's how you sell tween fiction. |
It's a far cry from saying that the conflict had little effect on Katniss. She showed multiple signs of PTSD and contemplated suicide more than once.
A lot of the political stuff, Katniss didn't care about. She was made the Mockingjay pretty much against her will. She hated the Capitol, but she didn't have any strong feelings for the rebellion in District 13. This I can totally relate to. I don't vote for a politician because I think they're anything special, I vote to keep someone worse out of office.
I suppose this could be a difference in character, but if I meet the girl of my dreams, even if the world is in chaos, I'll take notice.
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