摘要
The success of the Hunger Games trilogy to the young readers is its distinctive blending of science fiction elements with protagonist Katniss' initiation. The trilogy suffices youth's interest to embrace a fiction that dramatizes both realistic and fantastic portray of the world. Through depicting the intellectual and social development of protagonist Katniss who, after experiencing both defeats and triumphs in a dystopian world, Suzanne Collins successfully conveys the coming-of-age theme under the veil of science fiction in the Hunger Games trilogy.