It is always
refreshing to have my assumptions about seniors’ reading tastes tossed into the
dustbin.
Today, I sat down with
one of my retirement home readers, 84 year old “Hetty”, and asked her what she had
done over the weekend. She told me she
had been to the movies with her daughter.
And what had she
seen? The Hunger Games.
And did she like it?
Oh, YES. It was so interesting. But not as good as the book.
I told her I had seen
the movie too, along with my husband who hated it! He loathed the premise and couldn’t stand the
thought of children being made to kill one another.
But Hetty had her own
arguments in favour of the story. Didn’t we send
adolescents to fight in Afghanistan? And
what about the Romans and they way they dispatched helpless Christians and slaves? As she marshalled her arguments, I couldn’t
help thinking that as a teenager during the war she had experienced District Twelve
conditions for herself.
Of course, she assured
me, it was so much more clearly explained in the books. But she can still hardly wait to see Catching
Fire and Mockingjay. She loved those books, too.
Hmmmmm. I think I should ask Hetty if I can tag along with her next time.
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