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The Hunger Games trilogy has been stuck in my head ever since I finished reading Catching Fire, and I don't know why. There's just something about this series that really captivates me, really gets me thinking. Everything about the books, I love, there isn't one thing I can say that I dislike, well yes there is; the fact that we don't get as attached to the other characters like we do Katniss. But even so, I can't get my mind on to anything else. All my focus is on this series, but why? Other thing(s) that's been on my mind is rebellion and war, and both are associated with this series. Both of my projects dealing with drawing have been based on rebellion, war, politics, and the fact that our justice/law system(s) are flawed. I haven't completed either due to the fact that somethings are missing, key points that will make them stand out. I don't want my art to just sit there with all the rest of my basically pointless artwork, I want them to actually mean something, not only to me but to everyone who sees the same. My mind is never at rest, all my thoughts are scattered. I've been trying to figure something out but I don't even know what exactly I'm trying to figure out. All I know is that it's something to do with the topics above and life. Everything I almost do practically deals with all I'm talking about. The fact that my newest story is about these very things; war, rebellion, justice, wrong, politics, and such. I dress how I want to dress but in the average persons mind I am rebelling against what is considered "normal". My beliefs and views are even related. I just have this feeling, a very uneasy feeling about the way life is at this moment. I feel like something big is coming, but what? This saying keeps running through my head:
"Freedom is never more then a generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our childrens children what it was like in the United States when men were free." -Ronald Ragan-
My best friend Nikki told me this quote by Ronald Ragan. And this saying is true from the first word to the last. And lately its all I can really think about. Things in the United States are definately not as they use to be, things are changing and none of them seem to be for the best. Everything is slowly falling apart. Each day something else happens, leading us to what seems like a dark future.
All these thoughts and what I've said came from a book series called The Hunger Games. It had the power to make me think, and that takes a lot to do what this series has done. Only one other series ever made me feel the way I do at this moment, and that series happens to be The Sword of Truth series by none other than Terry Goodkind. His books gave me the will to always fight for life and the truth. Gave me strength to move on. Showed me truth and how people think. Most of all it showed me how to live. But these books also got me thinking, got me asking what if?
These series, both The Sword of Truth and The Hunger Games have something in common; There will always be people who want to take your freedom, your rights, everything that you have to prove that they can, that they will and have the power over you. But I've also learned another thing, with that said, once everything you have, your freedom, rights, individuality, (etc) has been taken, then you will fight for it. This is because it motivates you. You have a motive, a motive that will drive you to things that you wouldn't even come to think about right now with everything that you have.
When I think about these things I also think of the what ifs. What if something like The Hunger Games or The Sword of Truth happened right here, right now? Would I have the will to fight for what is mine by not only right but since my first breath? Would I take the chance of losing my life to fight along side the Kahlan, Richard, or Katniss of real life? If I did, how would I play the role? Would I be afraid? Strong? A leader? I ask these questions to test myself, but I know I wouldn't have the answers until the day came to where I would have to decide what I will do and who I will be. But these questions linger in the back of my mind, alway resurfacing with a single spark of talk, thought, you name it.
There is something that makes me smile through all of this, It only takes a single spark to light the fire. Something I learned from reading and learning.
To close this off I would like to quote from The Sword of Truth's Wizard's First Rule:
'People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.' -Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule-
CaptainXMayhem · Thu Jul 29, 2010 @ 09:02pm · 0 Comments |
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