Well, before I give you my ideas, having read the book,
what do you think the "big ideas" are? What struck you as you read this book about what
its central themes are? What stood out to you? It would be much better for you to try to
answer this question based on what your feelings about this book are rather than using
other people's ideas.
Having said this, if you want three
"big ideas," I would personally go for the struggle for survival, violence and the
tyranny and control of the Capitol.
Throughout the novel,
Katniss is shown to be a character that has to struggle to survive. In a sense, the
Hunger Games are no different from her life before, and the grim struggle for her own
survival and the survival of her sister and mother that she had to endure. This is what
distinguishes Katniss from so many of the other tributes in the Hunger Games, as she has
faced the battle for survival and won it so many times
before.
Secondly, it is hard to ignore the theme of
violence in the novel, especially as it is depicted as occurring between children. The
Hunger Games, in a sense, form an apt metaphor for the kind of life that the citizens of
the various districts enjoy. It is a dog-eat-dog world, where hardship and suffering are
the norm. The only way to get ahead is by pushing somebody else
down.
Lastly, the control of the Capitol is a key theme of
the novel, as is the hatred that Katniss and others feel about it. Notions such as
freedom are severely challenged in the wake of the power that the Capitol exerts over
its people, and Katniss has to struggle hard to maintain her own sense of individual
freedom and agency.
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