In defense of The Hunger Games.

Author Stefan Petrucha* has engaged in a back-and-forth about THG on the editorial page of his local paper.

This is from his latest salvo:

Readers do not “numbly” cheer her survival as a “killing machine” as Weiner suggests. Instead they cheer the survival of her compassion and the growth of her morality. Serious researchers into the subject take context into account. Here, the deaths are clearly depicted as tragic, leaving readers with a sense of revulsion and sadness at the violence.

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*It seems to be SP Day around here today, eh?