Table of Contents
Introduction 11
Chronology 19
Chapter 1 Background on Suzanne Collins
1 The Life of Suzanne Collins Authors and Artist for Young Adults 23
2 Suzanne Collins Is Something of a Mystery Claire Armistead 36
3 The Last Battle: With Mockingjay on Its Way, Suzanne Collins Weighs in on Katniss and the Capitol Rick Margolis 44
4 The Hunger Games Changed Suzanne Collin's Life Hillel Italie 53
Chapter 2: Violence in The Hunger Games Trilogy
1 The Hunger Games Taps into Adolescent Issues of Dating and Death Brian Bethune 60
2 Violence in The Hunger Games Is a Reflection of Our Own World Rebecca Keegan 71
3 Love Is the Strongest Weapon in The Hunger Games Mary Borsellino 75
4 Katniss Becomes a Killer Kid Lois H. Gresh 86
5 Indicting Violence: A Pacifist Review of the Hunger Games Trilogy Marty Troyer 98
6 Glamour of Evil or Glimmer of Hope? Patrick O'Hannigan 105
7 The Hunger Games Distorts the Reality of War Paul K. Chappell 110
8 Governments Perpetrate Violence in Contemporary Fictions James Warner 118
9 The Mockingjay Revolution Is Not a Just War Louis Melançon 125
Chapter 3: Contemporary Perspectives on Violence
1 Violent Teens Should Not Be treated as Adults Sarah Alice Brown 139
2 There Is No Correlation Between Violent Movies and Societal Violence Robert M. Schwartz 147
3 Media Violence and the Connecticut Shootings James Hirsen 151
4 Media Violence by Itself Does Not Cause Mass Kilings Arline Kaplan 155
5 Mass Shootings by the Mentally Disturbed Can Be Mitigated Dennis Grantham 162
6 Dark and Violent Books Help Teens Through Adolescence Mary Elizabeth Williams 168
For Further Discussion 173
For Further Reading 174
Bibliography 176
Index 181
