Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Hunger Games: Chapter 3 (Reaction)

(SPOILER ALERT - Do not continue to read this if  you have not already read Chapter 3 of The Hunger Games)

"My voice has risen to a shout.  In it is all the anger, all the fear I felt at her abandonment." --Katniss (Page 35)

In Chapter 3, the relationship between Katniss and her mother is slowly becoming clearer.  We also find out that the golden bird on the cover of the book is Madge's pin, which she gives to Katniss.  The bird is not an egret or a heron, but a fictional "mockingjay."  We also find out about the other tributes from other Districts.

Questions that I have after Chapter 3 (
SPOILER ALERT):
1) Is it possible for an apothecary to make Prozac from medicinal herbs? (because that's what Katniss' mother should be on)
2) What did Gale want to say before the Peacekeepers dragged him away from Katniss ("Katniss, remember I-")?

Some possibilities:

Gale: "Katniss, remember I...will always love you." (
À la Whitney Houston) 

Gale: "Katniss, remember I...only have basic cable so I can't actually watch you in the Hunger Games."

Gale: "Katniss, remember I...have a girl's name, but I'm actually quite manly." (as he alternately flexes his pectoral muscles)


Gale: "Katniss, remember I...just wanna tell you how I'm feeling.  Gotta make you understand.  Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you, never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you..."



3) Besides reminding Katniss of her father and giving her confidence, does the mockingjay pin have any special powers?
4) Will Haymitch ever become sober enough to actually be of any assistance to Katniss?

Predictions:
1) The boy with the crippled foot from District 10 will be the first person to die in the Hunger Games.
2) Katniss will have some difficulties killing the 12-year-old girl from District 11 because that girl is similar to Katniss' sister, Prim.

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