Just for fun we asked last week for the literary characters you’d like to see in the Hunger Games. When we asked the question we were thinking of characters you didn’t like (I voted for Professor Umbridge), but your replies were wide and varied. While some characters were nominated by you because you disliked them, others you wanted in for the entertainment factor.
Here are your top ten, taken from all your votes.
Dolores Umbridge
from the Harry Potter Series
Many of you thought like me, that Dolores deserved nothing more than to be thrown into the games and she was the outright winner for this poll.
Captain Jack Randall
from the Outlander series
Several of you wanted to put Captain Jack Randall in the Hunger Games, not because you fancied his chances but because you were hoping he wouldn’t last the first day.
Holden Caulfield
from Catcher in the Rye
Another dislikeable character, Holden may have been my second choice and I don’t think his whiny ass would last too long either.
Catherine and Heathcliffe
from Wuthering Heights
With an equal number of votes and so taking fourth and fifth place is the simpering double act from Wuthering Heights.
Svengali
from Trilby
Ah yes, I wouldn’t mind seeing him get it in the arena. Svengali is a baddy so bad he coined a whole new word.
Jack Schitt
from Thursday Next
We’re not sure how Jack would fare in the games, but he’s in according to you guys!
All the Children
from Lord of the Flies
Well that’d bloody show ‘em!
Randall Flagg
created by Stephen King
I’m not sure I’d fancy anyone else’s chances in that Hunger Games
That was so much fun, and we have our top ten. We’re sure you’ll have your own personal selections to send into the Hunger Games, feel free to add them in the comments, we’d love to hear them.
Let the Games begin!
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I can’t believe no one picked Bella from Twilight.
Or President Snow from The Hunger Games.
Can you include Octavian Simmons, Drew Tanaka, Tasha Ozera, and Victor Dashkov?
Omg yas