Katniss probably has this older sister aura, and the fact that she and peeta in the books were supposed to stick together all the time probably also contributed to paint katniss in a positive light. Monday day before the reaping sigh, today was another day in district twelve. This is the scene when katniss gives prim the mockingjay pin and are going to the reaping. So in this story i will be taking books such as the hunger games, percy jackson and the olympians, divergent, and more and finding my favorite scene from them, and slightly altering them so they have a different approach on the scene.
During the section showing the reaping in district 12, katniss recognizes several people, including her mother. As katniss makes her way from her home to the meadow and, finally, to the woods, where people of the district are forbidden to go, we learn about katniss life in the impoverished part. Katniss everdeen volunteered for her sister at the reaping of the hunger games. Gale is not exactly a love interest of katniss s in the hunger games, but she is confused about her feelings for him versus those she feels for peeta. When i was reading the first hunger games book, i was really intrigued with katniss and gales relationship and how much they had to rely on each other while living in district 12.
When the book starts it is the day of the reaping and katniss has 20 entries into it. Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. Primrose everdeen was chosen at the reaping, older sister katniss volunteered herself instead. Primrose everdeen12 is reaped for the games, but katniss volunteers as tribute in her place. Shes known about the horrors of the capitol for a long time their sick game of children forced to slaughter. When her little sister prims name is drawn in the reaping to join the hunger games, katniss steps up to take her place.
On the train, gale and katniss admit theyve fallen in love. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the hunger games, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Gale was first introduced in the hunger games when he comes to the woods, and shows katniss a loaf of bread that he got by trading a squirrel with peetas father. She takes care of her mother and sister because nobody else will. We know from the books that peeta plays a big part in making katniss lovable, approachable, etc. How does the reaping affect katniss everdeen in the 2008. Her name comes from a plant with edible tubers called sagittaria katniss, from sagittarius the archer, whose name means he that throws arrows in latin. Katniss and gale had a lot of history before peeta ever really came into the picture in the hunger games. The protagonist of the novel and its narrator, katniss everdeen is a strong, resourceful sixteenyearold who is far more mature than her age would suggest. In the book, katniss doesnt regain hearing in her left ear until after the.
Jan 06, 20 one very out there theory is that they never removed the tracker or added another sort of tracker after katiss first hunger games. This action set in motion the events of the entire series. They mimic effie trinkets affected capitol accent and the catchphrase of the hunger games. Hell also bring themgame he and i made a pact about this a year or so ago and will probably not ask for compensation, but they shouldthank him with some kind of trade, like milk or. With the publication of the book less than a month. Basically, before the reaping, katniss has resented the capitol, but never been really part of their barbarity. Katniss s father tells her that if she finds herself, shell never go hungry. Family and friends say their goodbyes including gale. Gale and katniss separate the rest of their goods, and then katniss heads home to prepare for the reaping.
Hunger games author suzanne collins prequel the ballad. During the actual training sessions before the games, katniss notes that peeta excels at handtohand combat. Primrose everdeen 12 is reaped for the games, but katniss volunteers as tribute in her place. Gale promises to look after katnisss family while shes participating in the games, and he is probably the person katniss is most comfortable with when shes in district 12. Twists on book popular book scenes general fiction. Those would have implied i was motivated by a kind of passion. He presents her with a loaf of bread with an arrow in it that makes her laugh. Gale and peeta are also both motivated for their love for katniss. I know katniss describes gale as an older brother but she automatical runs up to him and hugs him. Katniss wonders what gale must think of the romance plot.
Other unusual botanical names in the series include primrose, posy, rue, and clove, all for. Mar 21, 2020 in fact, it seems like only katniss mother, sister, and gale are able to visit the tributes after the reaping, but peetas interaction with his family could have been offscreen. Katniss everdeen and peeta mellarks unprecedented dual victory in the 74th hunger games has given the people of the districts hope for change and a fire to oppose the oppressive capitol. She said pulling it out, and leading me over to where gale was. Katniss everdeenmellark is a fictional character and the protagonist of the hunger games. Dec 03, 20 did you guys know i was in the hunger games.
Katniss meets gale early in the morning before the reaping. Driven into a deep depression, katniss refuses to leave her house until peeta who. Gale didnt say, katniss will pick whoever it will break her heart to give up, or even whoever she cant live without. Katniss saves prim from the reaping by volunteering to go into the arena instead of her little sister. Under the harsh rule of the government, katnisss life has become a daily version of the games.
Of course, fans are waiting with bated breath to learn the outcome of the katniss gale peeta love triangle. Mar 14, 2011 gale has had to enter his name in the reaping more than 40 times. How many times were katnisss, gales and peetas names. She gives katniss the pin before katniss leaves for the games.
Rory, vick, and posy hawthorne are gale s younger siblings. Shes strong enough to win this thing if she really wants to. How does katniss feel in the woods with gale before the. Katniss is very impulsive for example her decision to try to commit suicide at the end of the book whereas peeta is more level headed and calm. The book states that rory is 12, vick is 10, and posy is 5. Katniss everdeen, who tells her story in the first person, wakes up. And so on and so on until you reach the age of eighteen, the final year of eligibility. As katniss makes her way from her home to the meadow and, finally, to the woods, where people of the district are forbidden to go, we learn about katniss life in the. Feb 18, 2017 this is the scene when katniss gives prim the mockingjay pin and are going to the reaping. After finishing the books, the films and scouring over author and cast.
Even though they have many contrasting qualities and. The main job there is coal mining and from early in the book we can see that it is a dangerous job, men and women with hunched shoulders, swollen knuckles, many of whom have long since stopped trying to scrub the coal dust out of their broken nails and the lines of their sunken. At the reaping, gale gives katniss a ghost of a smile, since the odds arent exactly in his favor. Twists on book popular book scenes the hunger games. Notice how katniss compares watching the girl being taken away to watching the hunger games. Katniss everdeen16 and gale hawthorne18 before the reaping of the 74th annual hunger games.
Johanna hit katniss in the end of catching fire to keep her safe and out of the way of the murderous tributes. Where are the tributes taken after the reaping ceremony ends. Gale was down on the grass looking off into the distance as we ate in silence. Th question and answer in the the hunger games club. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In the first book of thg, they had the reaping, prim was chosen, katniss took her place, peeta was chosen, then later in the justice building all the people come to visit katniss and say goodbye. Knowing that he had to care for not only his family but katnisss while she was in the games is probably the only thing that kept him from volunteering as tribute. Katniss everdeen 16 and gale hawthorne 18 before the reaping of the 74th annual hunger games. Katniss is the main provider in her family, which consists of katniss, her mother, and her younger sister, prim.
Nov 22, 2016 katniss is stung multiple times by tracker jackers. Where all do katniss and gale go after they are finished hunting to sell and trade. The emotional aspects of katniss s tale have never been given short shrift, but there was a greater expansiveness here, perhaps owing to her increasing maturity. Katniss wakes up on the morning of the reaping to find that her little sister, prim, has moved to their mothers bed in the middle of the night. After threads lockdown, posy got sick, and rory received tesserae in exchange for his name to be entered more times in the reaping. That night katniss wakes because of a nightmare, and she goes to peeta, who has been up watching the old games. I wasnt as hungry as before, and just stared at the ground. The pin later becomes a symbol of rebellion and hope. Katniss everdeen, the storys 16yearold narrator, sets out to meet her friend gale so they can do some hunting and gathering before the reaping that afternoon. Jennifer lawrence on where she keeps katniss s bow. Gale will get her the herbs she doesnt grow herself, but she must be very careful to describe them becausehes not as familiar with them as i am. Name the 3 main 3 people on stage during the reaping and each of their jobs. In district 12, the everyday reality was poverty, oppression and hard work.
In the first book gale wants katniss to run away with him when he is almost certainly going to have to go into the games, but then when he is out of the reaping in the second book he no longer wants to run away with katniss. The two of them talk about the hunger games and the reaping while they eat the loaf of bread and goat cheese in the woods. Gale promises to look after katniss s family while shes participating in the games, and he is probably the person katniss is most comfortable with when shes in district 12. Really, katniss saves prim from the hunger games, not the reaping. This is prims first reaping, and katniss has refused to allow her to take out any tessarae, though katniss s name is entered twenty times at this point. Before she volunteered at the reaping, she lived in poverty. I had a quick lookaround before sitting down next to gale and staring out the window again.
The 10 best hunger games quotes that show katnisss. Before katniss had the pin it was madges aunts, maysilee donner. It could be that katniss and gale are very close and she only really noticed peeta when he was picked as a tribute for the hunger games. The hunger games begins on the day of the reaping in district 12.
Katniss everdeen is the heroine of the popular hunger games trilogy by suzanne collins, whose name comes from the very real edible aquatic plant of the genus sagittaria. About three hours before dawn, katniss begins to prepare to leave. Prims ugly cat, buttercup, stands guard over her while she sleeps. Rory gets reaped and gale volunteers, as well as katniss going in for prim. After her fathers death, katniss by necessity took over the role as the provider of her f. The aftermath of that major head injury are a big part of the third book. How does katniss save prim from the reaping answers. Katniss and gale had a lot of history before peeta ever really came into the picture. Im doing a character monologue in the form of a diary, and i need help with the first entry. Katniss everdeen is a pillar of strength throughout suzanne collins hunger games. Peeta could have come home and lived, and everyone else would have been safe, too.
Gale is not exactly a love interest of katnisss in the hunger games, but she is confused about her feelings for him versus those she feels for peeta. Summary of the hunger games essay 73 words bartleby. Katniss bathes and then puts on what her mother has laid out for her, which turns out to be one of her mothers own dresses from her pastmuch nicer than anything katniss herself owns. Just before the start of thehunger gamesdiary of katniss everdeen slideshow dairy multi media for the hunger games 2. Katniss heads to her old hiding place near the cornucopia to see who shows up. Katniss looked at me sympathetically, placing a hand on my shoulder. The hunger games chapter 1 summary and analysis gradesaver. What are the tributes allowed to do before boarding the train to go to the capitol. What are all the problems katniss faces in the hunger. The hunger games literature protagonists characters tv. Katniss everdeen and gale hawthorne in the woods right before the reaping. Katniss everdeen is the main protagonist and the narrator of the hunger games trilogy.
After her younger sister, primrose, was reaped to participate in the 74th hunger games, katniss volunteered to take her place as the female tribute from district 12. Katniss everdeenmellark is a fictional character and the protagonist of the hunger games trilogy by suzanne collins. She decided to leave her there and walk home with gale. When katniss arrives at her house, she finds that her mother and prim are already ready, with prim wearing katniss s first reaping outfit, a skirt and ruffled blouse.
In comparison, peeta has less actual experience in the. If you have a specific clip or clips you would like to see comment down below. Gale did enter his name in the reaping many times but gale was also the primary breadwinner for his family. She is portrayed by jennifer lawrence in the film adaptations the hunger games, the hunger games. And as long as you have it, nothing bad will happen to you. Remembering to keep up the starcrossed lovers plot, she gives peeta a big old kiss before she leaves.
What does cinna tell katniss and peeta to do before. What does haymitch tell katniss before her reunion with peeta. They hug for a long time, and then they decide to watch the last quarter quell, the one where haymitch was the victor. Her father taught her these skills before his death in a mine explosion when she was. How does foxface outsmart the rest of the tributes at the feast. Katniss has seen a glimmer of the capitols cruel punishments when she and gale glimpse the runaways picked up in a capitol helicopter, but doesnt know what happened nor is she that curious at the time of the reaping. In the capitol katniss recognizes one whom she and gale witnessed being. Compare and contrast characters based on their actions.
I take my place on stage, right next to katniss and tune the rest of the ceremonythe treaty of treasonout. Gale has brought a loaf of real bakery bread to share on the morning of reaping day, and he and katniss make a meal out of the bread, goat cheese, and blackberries from surrounding bushes. When katniss volunteers to take prims place in the hunger games, he holds prim back from katniss as she makes her way to the platform. The reaping is the drawing of names for the hunger games tessera is entering your name for a years worth of grain and oil. There is a resolution, one that seemed like the only possible outcome to me.
Peeta is first seen in the hunger games when he is selected as the male tribute from district 12 in the 74th hunger games. Talking in terms of winning the reaping, the districts hunger games. A short timeline on the series of events in the hunger games book. Katniss saw prim sitting with a group of friends on the grass. Katniss is fiercely protective of her younger sister, and she volunteers. The reaping is the drawing of names for the hunger games tessera is entering. She also must make sure to find enough to bring home so they dont starve. What is katniss dilemma while waiting on the metal. After katniss volunteered for the hunger games in her sisters stead at the annual reaping, gale likely considered volunteering in peetas place in order to save his love. I consider the reaping a sort of call to action, and an aha moment for katniss, as well as a major establishment of her character. Haymitch is drunk at the reaping and falls off the stage. Katniss asks gale to take care of her family, and not to let.
Posy was born just after the mining accident that killed gale and katniss s fathers. Katniss everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of the hunger games trilogy by suzanne collins. Gale and katniss split up the food theyve gathered and head to their respective homes. Though district 12 may entrap katniss in some ways, it is also a place to protect. In the book, how does she feel in the woods with gale before the reaping. Katniss recognizes a redheaded avox who is serving her. Book summary the hunger games begins on the day of the reaping in district 12. As gale was the oldest child in his family, he took on the role of a father and dared to defy the capitol on a nearly daily basis. The hunger games what if gale went into the hunger games. Hunger games book 1 pages 1 50 text version fliphtml5. They were so much alike and it was comforting to her.
In the course of the first book, the hunger games, katniss volunteers to. The 10 best hunger games quotes that show katnisss strength. What is katniss dilemma while waiting on the metal platform. Gale reminds katniss of her past and the days in d12 before the hunger games and war. In catching fire, how did president snow know about the kiss.
Katniss s father was a miner and illegal hunter who traded on the black market in. Short summary of the hunger games 700 words 3 pages. Madge is dressed for the reaping in case shes chosen, and gale becomes angry. You become eligible for the reaping the day you turn twelve. What possible reason would katniss have for worrying about gales thoughts concerning katniss and peeta kissing. It is also cumulative, so katniss everdeen, when she was sixteen, had her name put in the glass ball twenty times. I think she only thought she had feelings for him because she saw him as her normal and desperately wanted things to go back to normal after her first games. While his exact job in district 2 is not mentioned in the book, in the film, he was mentioned to.
Peetas dad gives katniss cookies before the train ride to the capitol. Theyre twenty four of us, gale, and only one comes out. Gale later tells katniss that they can run away and avoid the reaping, but they both agree that they cant leave their families alone. In fact, in the book, katniss is even given cookies by peetas father, despite the fact she thinks she is going to have to kill his son. Katniss hugs gale again before the guard ushers gale out of the room. Before the reaping scene in the hunger games youtube. She has not had to sign up for the tesserae which gives her better odds not to be picked. Katniss feels the need to apologize to the avox girl who she didnt help in the woods.
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