Sunday, March 9, 2014

Hunger Games chaps 6-18

  Whilst immersing myself into the world of the Hunger Games I couldn't help but think about what if it was real life? With this thought in mind this book became much more intense and deep. While watching the movie I always thought to myself "Self, Why do they make friends in the arena if there can only be one winner? Isn't this hard enough on them as it is? Why become emotionally attached to someone?" It never made sense to me why Katniss would care so much about Rue, when even in the best case scenario one of them had to die.  That was my thought while watching the theatrical performance on the big screen.
   My thoughts changed completely when I was reading these chapters. Katniss truly deeply cares for Rue because thats all shes ever known, is taking care of other people. This speaks volumes about the character Collins was trying to portray in this book. Katniss is loving and soft hearted but also very hardened to the world and will do whatever it takes to make sure those that she cares about are taken care of. I kept thinking "What would I do in this situation?" and after reading these chapters I would just really be hoping to be Peeta haha.
  I have never been a big reader as I have said before but I cannot put this book down.
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 9, 2014 at 5:24 PM

    I agree with what you said about Katniss's feelings towards Rue, they do her credit! I was so relieved that she wasn't the one who killed Rue in the end, I wasn't sure how that was going to work.

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  2. UnknownMarch 9, 2014 at 8:08 PM

    It is also apparent that Katinis does not trust easily. She does not really start to trust Peeta until the very end of the book. She constantly questions his motives. I think Katnis loved her dad deeply and once he died had a hard time letting anyone new in. Even her friend Gale is a rational and convenient friendship. She does not get to close to him and does not know if he loves her or if she loves him.

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  3. UnknownMarch 12, 2014 at 5:53 PM

    I think that there is so much negativity in Panem's society that it's only natural to have a basic human need to connect with another individual. Also, Katniss saw a lot of Prim in Rue, which is why they bonded.

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