Hunger Games Should Be Banned

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“Happy Hunger Games and May The Odds Ever Be In Your Favour” Is A Quote From A Book That Shows Extreme Love Hate And People Who Want To Be In Control Of Everything Which No One Can This Book Is Just One Type Of Many Science Fiction There Is Like One For Eve

The Hunger Games Is Just One of Many Hundreds Of Sci-Fi Books But It Is One That Is Very Well Known The Hunger Games Is A Classic Example Of A Person Or Many People try To Control Every Thing But Things Fall Apart. In This Book, Every Year 24 People Are Put into An Arena And Told To Fight To The Death For Entertainment The In The Arena, The Hole Word Is Controlled By People Called The Game Keepers Who Have Control Of Everything From The Weather To The Animals And Plants That Grow/Live There.

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