#she just used themes of anti oppression and revolution as tools to spur that conversation

[2006aquamarine]

A lot of people critique things not for what they are, but for what they aren’t. For example, a lot of the THG criticisms usually boils down to ‘it’s not radical enough’, ‘it ended with both sides bad’, ‘it sets a bad precedent for how to fight oppression’, ‘it had a lukewarm liberal take on anti-oppression’.

The issue here is that the people with these critiques are approaching the books as if they were meant to give a step by step guide for how to lead a revolution, how to fight against oppression. The books were never meant to be discourse on anti-oppression; they were anti-war.

#the hunger games #thg #suzanne collins #please let’s critique the books for what the author intended to do #collins first and foremost wanted to create a series about the realities and impacts of war #what constitutes a war #what justifies a war #she just used themes of anti oppression and revolution as tools to spur that conversation #am i making sense? #so when people say ‘oh the series wasn’t good at inciting revolutionary ideas #(idk how else to put it im really tired) #and it’s like. of course it isn’t #bc that’s not what collins wanted to do #thg books #thg analysis #thg meta