I wrote Hungry Nation for many reasons, but the main
reason is that I desire to see Americans have more interest in their country,
government and politics, and the principles and concepts that this great nation
was founded upon. I am a fan of George Orwell and his two famous novels, 1984
and Animal Farm. My goal was to use this novel, Hungry Nation, to
reveal to this generation how America could quite easily slip into socialism
and totalitarianism if its people don’t become aware of what is going on in
America; if they have no knowledge of past history in other nations and the
mistakes made by those of the past. Many current teen action novels, and the
movies adapted from them, use backdrops of police states and regimes, and the
young heroes and heroines must overcome great odds under huge oppression. But
it may be that those movie watchers and novel fans say, "Not here, not my
country, not in America."
The bell of liberty is cracked, and so is liberty!
My intent with Hungry Nation is to
show that this could in fact easily happen in America. Through the liberal
mindset, many foundations have already been laid in place and unexpected and
terrible things could happen very suddenly. The result would be that our old
beloved America would be gone forever! We cannot let that happen! Follow
Justin Brooks on a path in this novel to greater awareness and then get
involved so we can stay a free nation!
Greg Nichols
