When was the last time you fought for a lost cause? Well, in Hoot our superman is Roy fighting to save some helpless owls about to be crushed in their own homes. Roy really cares about these owls, and  not just because they are small and cute. But because he has been moved from house to house for his whole life. Again and again leaving to go somewhere else. Since he is so familiar with losing his own home, Roy is willing to fight for this lost cause.

Roy is doing everything to take out the organization that owns the land. Throughout  Hoot there are other quotes supporting Roy’s thoughts: “That land belonged to the owls long before it belonged to the pancake house” (171 ). This pancake house is run by a diabolical business man name Chuck Muckle. Chuck doesn’t care what stupid weak animal is on his land, so he plans to bury their homes. Protected or not he will just build his beautiful pancake house right over them. This would be illegal but no one even knows that they’re there. So as long as no one finds out, he can decimate the owl’s home without a care in the world.

There is a police man mixed up in this story too. Officer Delinko, a young cop making his way through the justice system in hopes of becoming a detective. He realizes that finding this young punk who is vandalizing Mother Paula’s, could be a huge break for him. So every night he drives by looking for the juvenile delinquent involved in this crime. “All he wanted was to solve the mystery” (36 ).  He's not a lost cause but he hasn't made the best of progress to meet him career goal. 

Relating to the Capital controlling people in The Hunger Games series. Both these books are against a strong powerful organization.  But there are people that stand up for what they believe in. They just like Roy are fighting for a lost cause.