Blog Post # 4 - Significance.

{ April 2, 2012 }

Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. Scholastic; New York, 2009. Book. 

Significance Of...

WARNING : CONTAINS SPOILERS. 

Two Significant Elements

      Katniss's childhood memories. 

         When Katniss was small, she grew up in a very poor district. Living off the land was something of a crucial daily routine in order for her to feed her family. When she was young, Peeta (the male fighter from the same District), had met her and had given her bread that he had burned. Bread was very, very rare for Katniss to acquire, he saved her life. " To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. " (Collins, The Hunger Games 32)

      Because of this experience, Katniss feels more of a connection to Peeta within The Hunger Games. Her memories also tells us as the reader that she has met Peeta and has a deeper connection with him than initially realized.

    Memories of the Hunger Game.

           In Catching Fire, the second book in the series, Katniss and Peeta have to return to the Games, this time with other victors instead of new contestants. 

   "  I outsmarted his sadistic Hunger Games, made the Capitol look foolish, and consequently undermined his control. " (Collins, Catching Fire 18)

Because of the way Peeta and her acted when the attended The Hunger Games for the first time, they made a fool of the Game Makers by forcing them to make a choice between two winners or none, as both Peeta and Katniss were ready to eat Midnight berries, that were poisonous and lethal.  Since Katniss and Peeta had to return to the games, they already understand that it is not going to be an easy task. They also understand that the Game Makers are not on their side this time, but are hoping for Peeta and Katniss to fall weak to the other players.