#18

I think the hunger games were a warning toward our world currently. It warned us about rebellion, a destructive future and selfishness, both in the Capitol and throughout the hunger games. Panum is a future earth and i think it made the audience along with all the readers, their friends and some take a step back and realize what we are doing to not only ourselves but more importantly to our earth and everyone around us. It scared me. I got so wrapped up in the world of the hunger games while i was reading the book it was hard to snap back and into reality. We need to also savor our resources and not be so greedy toward everyone and everything. While watching the movie and seeing whats going on and where they were living its like they rewinded 200 years, back to the 1800 where they bathed in basins and suffered from disease and small illnesses that could easily be taken care of in today's generation. I'm sure everyone the hauntings of the hunger games haven't left any of its readers and i hope it hit home to most people because even though the book was fiction, fantasy, its a lot closer to reality than we think.

#19

A young man was expecting a baby. The minute he found out he went out to find a gift. He came across pink satin shoes that he knew would catch anybody's eye on his wonderful baby's little feet. He bought them with the last little money he had and took off urgent to get to the hospital before she was born. What he found in the hospital was his dead wife and a near death daughter. He took her home for her last hours and held her in his big strong arms. He prayed. He pleaded. He begged. He negotiated. He mostly cried. He woke up the next morning to find his baby girl stiff on top of his chest. He cried harder. He pleaded, he begged, he negotiated harder. He set up a table outside, scribbled something across the paper and packed his bags before he took off. The paper read:

For Sale: Baby shoes. Never Worn.

He was found later crashed into a small bridge in a rural area. He appeared distressed with lots of shoes in his car. Never Worn.