What are some Hunger Games crafts?

Answer 1

Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy is certainly filled with quotable quotes. From the first sentence of The Hunger Games to the last sentence ofMockingjay, readers of the books can find dozen of phrases they love and want to remember. The DWTC staff love quoting the books so much, we created the Jabberjay Transmission Archives, where we collect quotes from each of the books into an archive of favorites.

But what are some of the most popular quotes/passages from the books? Many readers would jump to suggest such phrases as "May the odds be ever in your favor," "Real or not Real." or "Frosting the final defense of the dying, as some of the most mentioned. But aside from having a poll, is there any way to find out what quotes are truly the most popular? Possibly.

As those of you who own a Kindle know, the device has the ability to highlight quotes and passages for books which you want to file away to remember. Well when users sync their Kindle with the Amazon Cloud, all of those highlights compile together, and create a record of how many times certain passages have been marked. Users can see this on each book, when they click on "view popular highlights," but Amazon also keeps a record on their site. One look through this listing reveals that 27 of the top 100 highlights of all time come from The Hunger Games Trilogy. With Catching Fire and Mockingjaycurrently sharing 10 highlights each in that group, andHunger Games close behind at 7.

So, what are some of these passages and how popular are they with Kindle readers? Let's take alook at the top 10, which is dominated by quotes from the series.

#10: "Life in District 12 isn't really so different from life in the arena. At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead." Katniss, Catching Fire, 4,975 Highlights

#9: "Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness," Peeta points out. "Except possibly when it comes to you." Peeta, Catching Fire, 5,180 Highlights

#8: "I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you," Peeta replies. Catching Fire, 5340 Highlights

#7: "I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever," he says. Catching Fire, 5386 Highlights

#5: "We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.," Plutarch Heavensbee, Mockingjay, 6269 Highlights

#2 It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart." Finnick Odair, Mockingjay, 8310 Highlights

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Coming in at #1 with 12,180 highlights is this quote from Katniss inCatching Fire.

Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.