Darkness

As I was reading the poems Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost, and We grow accustomed to the Dark Emily Dickinson, I noted that while both showed darkness to be a sad or lonely place, they seemed to be walking down the same path, one further down the road then the other. This made me ponder, how do we each see darkness? Is it something that we will all learn to see as sad or bad when we finally learn what it holds? Or is it something that some people accept and others don't? I've known people who say that they are meant to live in darkness, but I wonder, is that really true? Do we all need light to live our best? Or are some of us meant to thrive in the darkness?

Hunger Games

I was recently reading the first Hunger Games book. My first impression of the main character, Katniss, was that like all other main characters, I really wasn't fond of her, and then preceded to pay more attention to the side characters. I wasn't the only one who had this opinion, as she is oftentimes described as rude and/or unpleasant by other characters. I suppose it's understandable, as when her father died and her mother went unresponsive, it was her responsibility to take care of her sister, Prim. This brings me to the main point, and also possibly the only  part of Katniss's personality that I like. She is the mother character in the story, a person forced into maturity so she could care for others. Katniss's capability to love is shown by how she takes care of Rue, the little girl in the games who reminds her of her sister. When Rue is killed, Katniss shows her love buy caring for her body before it is taken away. This showing of care begins a revolutionary war across the nation against the Capitol, who's violent reign has lasted for nearly a century. I haven't finished the final book, but I'm sure that the Capitol is defeated. I guess what you could take away from this is that 'Love conquers all'.