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I Love The Story — Hunger Games

Posted on January 14, 2012January 14, 2012 by dcaldwell23

I love the Gospel story. It is the story of a broken world, a place where darkness, suffering, pain, and fear wreaks havoc on the human race. The people cry out, “Why God, why must we suffer?!!!” The people wonder if God knows about the situation down here. Oh, He knows about it alright. We have a Christmas story to tell because not only is God aware, He has come into the mire. The Son came to earth because we need a Hero, we need a Savior.

 

Andy's redemption, Shawshank Redemption

Can we even begin to count the number of stories there are about suffering and struggle and protagonist who overcomes? I love stories like Shawshank Redemption, The Wizard of Oz, and Saving Private Ryan. I love stories that involve sacrifice and redemption. So did J.R.R. Tolkien, author of Lord of the Rings who said, “There cannot be any ‘story’ without a fall – all stories are ultimately about the fall – at least not for human minds as we know them and have them.”

It was Tolkien’s friendship with an atheist friend and a shared passion for story that was instrumental in turning that friend to the Gospel story. C.S. Lewis, the friend, came to believe that all great stories have elements traced back to The Story.

J.R.R. Tolkien

In 2011 I decided I should pick a book I had oft seen around the campus where I work. I settled down on a windy afternoon in the early fall and opened to page one of The Hunger Games. Within a few days I had read all three books in The Hunger Games series and MAN! I loved the story!!!

C.S. Lewis said, “Christianity is the story of how a rightful King has landed and is calling us to His great campaign of sabotage.” The Hunger Games trilogy is definitely a story of sabotage, and gives us a character that refuses to be a pawn in someone else’s story.

I’ll stop there. Stop reading this article and start reading The Hunger Games. You will love this story and perhaps reflect soulfully about The Greatest Story Ever Told. And if you’ve already run the gaunlet with Katniss, I would be very interested to hear your insight or Gospel revelation in the story.

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2 thoughts on “I Love The Story — Hunger Games”

  1. Kendy Cox says:
    January 19, 2012 at 11:32 am

    I just finished the first book in this series and can’t wait for the movie. The trailer gives me chills! I will keep your thoughts in mind as I start book #2.

  2. Marie says:
    January 14, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    Wow, what an insightful look at a favorite series. Our book club read these books in spring of 2011 and enjoyed many satisfying discussions on them, but I don’t know that anyone ever articulated the gospel connection. Fascinating.

    And I’ve always been a CS Lewis fan but had never heard the story of his connection to Tolkien or his atheism. Wow.

    Thanks for the concise remarks, very thought provoking. And for what it’s worth, I agree about the formula of the best stories; that they hinge on fall and redemption. It’s almost like were designed to crave it.

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