Friday, September 24, 2010

PUTTING A FACE TO THE NAME

I am a big fan of The Hunger Games books, well, at least the first two. I was pretty disappointed in the last one and am still considering writing my own version (he he). We are discussing this last book, Mockingjay it is called, at our book club tonight. One of my friends thought it would be fun to find photos of people we thought might resemble the characters in the book, so I went on a cyber quest to find mine.
This is the main character- the name leaves a lot to be desired, but I love her in the first book. She seems like a naturally pretty brunette with long brown hair.

Gale is her best friend (love his name) and hunting partner. I always picture him dark and chiseled, so if you combine the face of the first boy with the coloring of the second, you'll have my version.

Peeta (by far the stupidest name ever- why could she not have just named him Peter, for crying out loud) is the cute, sweet baker boy. He is blond and very boy-next-door looking in my mind.

Well, there you have it. I don't have real names for all these people because I am not trying to cast the movie (I don't even really want them to make a movie- I think they'll ruin it). I was just trying to put actual faces to the images in my mind.

I am looking forward to book club tonight!

3 comments:

Lorna said...

I got on to find my own actors, and forgot before I looked them up what I was doing. Then I saw your blog, and I love your pics! Will be fun to compare tonight. I'll try and find others and not just copy you.

Christensens said...

I wish I could have been there! I love the one you found of Peeta. That is what I pictured, though maybe chubbier, since he was more well-fed at the beginning of the books.

Britt said...

I agree...the first boy (From Chronicles of Narnia) for Peeta is perfect! I should search for my own just for fun, although Niel and I already kind of did this after we read the first book...can't remember who we even looked at though.