Khoa Do Truong
1/5/12
ROAR BLOG: Catching Fire
Summary:
Katniss and Peeta got home from the game, they are now living in luxery, having more food than they can eat, Gale doesn’t accept Katniss help. However Katniss still goes hunting, mostly alone because Gale got job in the mines, and she will give what she hunts to Gale’s mom. Gale and Katniss talked during their hunt together, Gale was mad at her relationship with and they end up kissing each other. One day President Snow visits Katniss, which shocked her. Snow threaten Katniss that he knows her relationship with Gale and know about their kiss in the forest. And that she have to continue her fake relationship with Peeta or she will face the consequences. Gale wanted to start a rebellion after Katniss told him that she heard about an uprising in district 8 during a party at the Mayor house. Katniss refuse and Gale was mad. When Gale bring his hunts to the district peacekeeper, he didn’t know there was a new one and were punished by the new peace keeper, being whipped badly in the middle of town, Katniss jumps in, got a lash on her face and Haymitch helped. Gale was taken home, to be treated by Katniss mother. Peeta supported them and feels sad at how much Katniss cares for Gale, and that she knows she likes Gale more. At the start of the next Hunger Game, Katniss watches it on TV and cries in terror that she, Peeta and other district victors will be the Game again, even though they were promised that victors won’t be reaped anymore. Haymitch were picked with Katniss, but Peeta choice to replace Haymitch to save Katniss again, but Katniss and Haymitch want to help Peeta survive this time. Katniss and Peeta went on the train and Cinna dresses them up in burning ember, glowing from the inside, making them looks them mockingjay and during the gamemaker interview, both Peeta and Katniss acts rebelliously towards them and both got a 10/10 score, making them the target of everyone. When the game was about to start,, Cinna led Katniss to the arena and Katniss saw Cinna being beat and taken away, probably because during the show for all the tributes, Katniss tells everyone that her dress makes her looks like a Mockingjay. During the arena, an old lady and Frinnick, and 4 others teamed up with Katniss and Peeta, but most of them dies. The arena was set up as a clock, each of the 12 section will have a disaster that will happen for an hour. During one of their team mate plan to use lightning to destroy the others tribute, Katniss was betrayed by a member and were suspicious of the others and only trust Peeta, trying to search for him when they were separated to start the plan. Katniss was found by one of her teammate, which scares her to shooting an arrow up into the weak spot of the barrier around the arena and it exploded, and a hover craft appear lifting her way. When she wakes up, she was scared until she meet Haymitch, whom told her that they couldn’t save Peeta and she was mad and passed out. Waking up and saw Gale, who tells her district 12 is destroyed but her family are safely in district 13
Quote:
“Because I’m selfish. I’m a coward. I’m the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn’t follow to suffer and die. This is the girl Gale met in the woods today.”(Collins 73)
Reaction:
This quote tells that Katniss is always sadden herself, blaming everything on herself. Susan Collins always put Katniss in a terrible situation, making her feel sad and down, having the story seem so tragic. How Katniss is always regretting and nervous about her actions like when she tells the audition about how her dress looks like a mockingjay, which causes Cinna to be in trouble later. She suffers so much from having to pretend to be star lovers, choose between Gale and Peeta, rebel or not rebel, and being in the hunger game twice.
