British Council Reading, The Hunger Games, part II ( ordine simpla)
Arrange the sentences in a logical order.
Where did the idea for The Hunger Games come from?
One night in 2003, Suzanne Collins was watching TV. It was at the time of the US invasion of Iraq. The
only programmes she could find on TV were ‘reality’ programmes of young people competing to win a
million dollars and news programmes about the war. Suzanne says that the two things started to mix
together in her head and she had the idea for The Hunger Games.
She has always found news programmes of wars upsetting. When she was a child, her father was a pilot in
the US air force and he fought in Vietnam. It was a very frightening experience for her.
Too much violence?
Some parents in the US have complained about the violence in the book. But Suzanne says she was very
worried about how much violence we see on TV nowadays. Suzanne is also worried about the amount of
reality TV we watch. ‘We put too much of our lives on TV,’ she says. ‘And we care less for people because
of this.’ She said that writing about death and violence in the story was the hardest thing for her to do and
she hopes it will make people think about what they watch in future.
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1
As a child, Suzanne Collins experiences fear and distress because her father is a US Air Force pilot fighting in the Vietnam War.
2
After publication, some parents in the US voice complaints regarding the amount of violence inside the story.
3
This mental mix of reality entertainment and real-world violence gives her the initial idea for The Hunger Games.
4
Suzanne defends her choices, explaining that she wrote it to make people think critically about the violence and reality TV they consume.
5
Suzanne writes the book, finding the sections involving death and violence to be the most difficult parts to create.
6
One night in 2003, during the US invasion of Iraq, Suzanne channel-surfs and finds only reality TV competitions and war news.
7
The footage of young people competing for money and the real coverage of the war begin to blur together in her head.
