The further I read the more interested I become in the way Ernest Hemingway writes. He writes in a way that is very short and to the point. Early in the book he describes the way in which he begins his work with the most simple sentence he can think of and goes from there. He goes into more description of how he writes in the chunk that I have just read. He referred to his ability to deal with hunger as he works and how writing while he is hungry makes him a better writer. He feels as though he is able to notice smaller details in things around him when he is hungry. I took this as he is more focused on his writing when he is working on an empty stomach. This characteristic of Hemingway I found to be odd. Writing is his craft and being able to perform in that craft better when he is starving was interesting to read about. Another thing I found interesting in this portion of the story was the conversation Hemingway had with Miss Stein about the generation of that time period. She refers to it as the "lost generation." She felt very strongly that all of the men in this generation were drunks and then in turn were worthless.

I was a little hesitant to begin reading A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway simply because I'm not a huge reader. I have heard so much of his work and kind of thought that it might not reach into something I was interested in. After the first 50 pages I will say that I am pleasantly surprised about what I am reading. The story takes place in Paris and is told through the eyes of Hemingway himself. It describes his day to day activities throughout the city and goes into great detail about the unique bars, restaurants and shops he often visits. Only 50 pages in and I can tell that Hemingway loved to drink, he often described the various wines or other beverages he enjoys throughout the story. Hemingway is very descriptive in his writing about the various things he comes into contact with this was evident in the very first chapter as he describes a beautiful women he notices at a bar. His writing instantly puts an image of what this women could have looked like into your head and I think this is one of the qualities of this story that I have enjoyed. Hemingway puts you directly into Paris with his various descriptions of the cool, damp, and bare sky of the winter time. I also noticed that in just the first 50 pages he visits a number of interesting and cool places. These places included various bars, museums, shops, and even the horse track. It is because of these qualities that I looked forward to reading the remainder of the book!

Now that I have read the whole book I can say that it had a lot of my attention at times, whereas other parts were not as interesting. I was impressed with the resiliency of Katniss and Peeta throughout the games. The situations that they found themselves in were very tough mentally and physically but they always seemed to keep their cool. I still found myself scratching my head when learning of how the kids killed one another but I guess that is why this book is so unique. I recall the time when the remaining tributes were racing towards the cornucopia to collect backpacks loaded with important items and Thresh saved Katniss by crushing the skull of a girl. Reading about kids killing each other just isn't something that is typical for books. I don't believe I will read any of the other Hunger Games books as I wasn't that impressed with this one but I will say that I really enjoyed portions of it!

I have been impressed at how quickly I've been able to make my way through this book. Like I said in an earlier post, I haven't seen the movies let alone read the book so it has been a nice read so far. I have been more focused on picking up on the plot of the whole story and trying to figure out the point behind all of the twists and turns within so I haven't focused on comparing the story to modern day issues. The chapter discussing the training in which the tributes had to go through was interesting to me. Each tribute has a different set of skills that will come in handy once the games start so reading up on the different things they had to do during the training sessions was cool. The most exciting part of the story was obviously the start of the Hungar Games. As I started the book I didn't expect to read about kids killing one another right from the start but that's what happened. Katniss was noticeably anxious about the start of the games but I also thought part of her was calm knowing that Peeta was on her side. As the games went on I was impressed at the poise in which Katniss carried herself especially when she realized the career tributes had teamed up. She seems to have a strong survival instinct in tough situations and I predict that to come in handy as the story unfolds!