Hunger Games and Harry Potter... I'm just going to guess you've read these books?

Is it dorky to say I've been looking foward to this post for 3 weeks? We've been doing not-book related posts, and so I couldnt use this topic. I had it all planned out. I would open a fresh empty blog post, put on Adele- Chasing Pavements on my iPod, and write an amazing topic on my amazing idea
Well, my iPod's dead, and this post isn't fresh and empty anymore, but I can stilll write my blogpost.

 I was looking around my recently, and I picked up two books. The Hunger Games, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I re-read these two books all the time, and usually I'm reading more than one book, but never both of these amazing books! I was a tab bit worried about my mind not being able to keep track of the 2 stories, but I started them anyways.

Then I noticed something. In The Hunger Games, Primroses name is entered into the hunger game raffle at age twelve -- thats right, a little 12 year old fighting to the death . And during the battle of hogwarts, in Harry Potter (admitedly the dirst book not the seventh), little eleven-year old  Harry has to face Voldemort.

Oh hey my iPod's charged. Maybe now the post will get good.

Why is it that my two favorite female fantasy authors are writing that little kids- not even teenagers- are risking their lives. I should say that in Harry Potter it is for the "greater good" (ha-ha a little joke on Dumbledore's behalf) and in The Hunger Games its just cold-hearted slaughter for the entertainment of the rich and fat (that right there deserves a post). But still. They should be at home learning times tables, not out fighting. That's what I was doing.

True, these brave young one learn valuable lessons if they survive, but for whatever reason, I don't think its worth it. Or right. It's sick of whoever made these rules. Though, to play devil's advocate on myself, Why do they deserve to live anymore than anyone else?

I guess its just a fact that we all live with. We think people younger than us are weaker, more innocent and vulnerable, and, having gotten to live less life then us, we think they should have more time here.
Or is that just me????