Hunger Games - Why Do People Like It?

Hunger Games – Why Do People Like It?
Okay, so I'm thriteen, and I read the Hunger Games a while ago and just watched the movie today, and I really liked both of them; they were very well done. But then I thought, 'did I really just say I like this book/movie about kids killing each other?'
Then I did some more thinking this book. Why do people like it so much? Is it just because we want a story filled with violence? Maybe, but I don’t think so.
I decided to think about the emotions I had all through the story. Here is what I came up with: 1) Pity - you see the pain the districts suffer through and you sympathize with them; you can relate to having suffered, if not through such hard stuff they went through.
2) Anger - you see the capitol and its citizens; you see how they live so extravagantly; you see the injustice of it all.
3) Despair - you see Rue die and you realize that you are not in control; the Game Makers are, and they can control everything.
4) Hope - you see Peeta and Katniss make a fool out of the Capitol and you see that the Capitol is not invincible, it has a weakness: the Games.
Those are some really powerful emotions: pity, anger, despair, and hope. We go through these emotions a lot: you try to help someone, fail, try again, and succeed, or at least realize it’s possible to.
This reminds me of something else. You might think this is totally random, but here it is. Jesus is like the districts; the Pharisees are like the Game Makers. The Game Makers tried to control the districts, but the districts rebelled and won. The Pharisees tried to control Jesus, but He won when he rose from the dead, giving us the Ultimate Hope - Heaven.
I think that somewhere inside people want love; we want to know about Jesus’ sacrifice for us. And maybe that’s why people like the Hunger Games. Maybe something inside of us is saying that we have hope - that the world does not control us because of that sacrifice so long ago.
Now, I ask you: who would not like a story that was patterned after the best story of all, even if they don’t realize it?
Tell me what you think!