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See, Sarah thinks the Hunger Games trilogy carries a different message. We’ll give you two guesses what that message may be.

I love the books, first, because the character of Katniss Everdeen, with her bow-hunting abilities — that was very cool. Also, because the larger political narrative, though, was really intriguing. I find it very interesting that these books have tapped into our collective fears about a powerful, tyrannical central government — The Capitol — that exploits the resources of the remote districts, remember in the stories, and it oppresses the districts. It oppresses the people. And, of course, the most precious resource of any community is its children.

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I love the way in which Katniss unwittingly sparks an uprising simply by showing courage and selflessness as she is protecting children, her little sister. She refuses to play the game the way that it’s supposed to be played. She’s goin’ rogue, all the time, refusin’ to sacrifice her moral code, y’know, that stiff spine — the character’s a good role model.

We are neither a literary scholar nor a board-certified psychiatrist, but it seems that somewhere in her remarks, Palin stopped talking about Collins’ heroine and started talking about the main character in someone else’s story.

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