All of my 5th graders are reading Orwell's "Animal Farm". They hate it. Absolutely HATE it.
That same group could not get enough of Hunger Games and read and re-read and discussed the book endlessly. This is a new generation with new requirements. The intellectual subtlely that was part and parcel of our upbringing is completely lost on them. They have to have things that appeal to their tastes while continuing to educate them of the dangers inherent in our ways.
That is why I have so much respect for Collins. She took the same topic -- blood sport for the masses -- and packaged it in a way that made kids hungry for more.
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All of my 5th graders are reading Orwell's "Animal Farm". They hate it. Absolutely HATE it.
That same group could not get enough of Hunger Games and read and re-read and discussed the book endlessly. This is a new generation with new requirements. The intellectual subtlely that was part and parcel of our upbringing is completely lost on them. They have to have things that appeal to their tastes while continuing to educate them of the dangers inherent in our ways.
That is why I have so much respect for Collins. She took the same topic -- blood sport for the masses -- and packaged it in a way that made kids hungry for more.