Hunger Games By Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot: An Analysis

Regrettable actions taken in the past may haunt us now as skeletons in our closets and may very well continue to do so in the future. Even so, this purgatory is necessary for our growth, development, and success in the future. We as people learn from our mistakes, and if we fall far and hard enough will be sure not to make the same mistake again. For this reason, as stated by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, “old memories [are] a chance to reckon with the past” and learning and prospering from such a reckoning is vital. One example of learning from the past and changing future actions based on feedback is in the first book in the Hunger games trilogy, the Hunger Games when Katniss and Peeta needed to watch the former games, to study all who’ve died and how. They need to study these clips so that they may not suffer the same cruel fate as those who had died before them. Although the deaths may have been gruesome to view and analyze, they were essential to the survival of the pair

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