Katniss contrasted herself pretty specifically (skin tone, hair color) with the district 1 & 2 (?) people. So yes, there was a hunger element, but it seemed to me from those two in particular, there seemed to be a skin tone as well.
Yes, I see where you could read it that way. I think the class difference was emphasized profoundly by whether or not the character was healthy and well-fed looking that I didn't think that the mention of coloring was meant to tell me something about how race was perceived in that society. If that makes any sense?
I think that kind of blond adonis look is pretty typically the "best" in our culture, though....
Oh look what somebody just left lying around - a link to an mp4 download of the never-released-on-DVD Dark Shadows theatrical feature, "House of Dark Shadows" from 1970.
That could be convenient if one only had a device capable of playing back something in the MP4 format.
I didn't think that the mention of coloring was meant to tell me something about how race was perceived in that society
Her blonde sister and mother are supposed to look better off than her, as well as the blond Peeta. I don't think it's an unfair assumption.
Rue and Thresh were pretty much close to the bottom of the barrel, weren't they?
Even though I was thinking about race as I read, I guess I just focused on knowing that the better off ones were privileged because they appeared to be well fed and healthy and so I didn't really read deeper meaning into the descriptions of people's coloring. I'll have to reread!
Matt,
right? The ads for this movie are so out of hand. Constant. with Kanye music. Just constant.
re: Hunger Games
I feel like I need to re-read too!
I refuse to re-read the 3rd book. I was pretty put off.
Kevin Costner cast as Jonathan Kent in the Superman reboot.
That Superman film is really going to suck, isn't it?
Whoa. That article is written by a guy I know from McGill. The world is fucking tiny, and it seems to revolve around Colin.
Oh look what somebody just left lying around - a link to an mp4 download of the never-released-on-DVD Dark Shadows theatrical feature, "House of Dark Shadows" from 1970.
You posted that just for me, and I thank you for it. Now to wait for it to finish downloading!
