Never Judge A Book By Its Cover

 

You run and run. You try to outrun the animal chasing you. You realize it isn’t an animal, yet a bloodthirsty human trying to kill its next victim. You may still have a chance to survive if you escape. This may not seem like a game, but it is-- The Hunger Games to be exact. Every move is a matter of life or death. The stronger competitors usually win, yet not every time. What The Hunger Games makes you realize is you must never judge a book by its cover.

In one case of judging a book by its cover Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark were from the poorest of poor districts, districts are similar to states. They were both selected to compete in the 74^th Hunger Games; the Hunger Games is a 24 person free-for-all with kids between the ages of 12-18 where they fight to the death. Everyone underestimated them because competitors from District Twelve almost never win, yet Katniss and Peeta did. These situations happen all the time, perhaps even you have at least judged someone once.

In addition to judging people because they are poor, people are judged because they are rich. People from the better districts have a lot of money, are fit, and are well-fed; Cato from District Two was all three and was the opposite of anyone from District Twelve. Everyone favored him to win the 74^th Hunger Games because competitors from Districts 1, 2, and 4 usually win. People judge like this all the time when it comes to sports, yet they are not always right.

As you can see you must never judge a book by its cover. People underestimated Peeta and Katniss, and favored Cato. When Peeta and Katniss won, no one believed they won and Cato lost, because they judged too much. Almost everyone has judged a person based on appearance, nationality, how much money they have, or who they are friends with. Remember this the next time you think about judging someone: never judge a book by its cover.