Date read- December 30 - January 20
Summary
Catching Fire starts with Katniss hunting in the woods. She has to provide for Gales family, as he is now working in the mines. Nothing is the same for Katniss. Peeta and Gale have distanced themselves from her, and she now lives in the victors village. She has to on the victory tour later this day, but she is met by President Snow, Panem's "President". He tells Katniss that districts are rebelling because they don't believe she actually loves Peeta. They believe she was being rebellious. The first stop on the Victory Tour is District 11, where Katniss's temporary ally Rue once lived. An old man whistles the mockingjay tune and puts his 3 middle fingers up, just like Katniss and Rue once did. Everyone else follows suit, and the old man is killed. Peeta proposes to Katniss at the capitol, but President snow is not pleased. Districts rebelled more but were stopped. Two people show up in district 12 and tell Katniss that district 13 still exists and they know because of the Mockingjay in the footage of District 13 is always there, even when it is "new footage". Snow announces that for the 75th annual Hunger Games will reap victors from previous years. This means Katniss must go, for she is the only girl. Peeta then volunteers and Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch are shipped off to the capitol. They meet other victors and paint pictures for the game makers. On the night before their games they are interviewed, and Katniss twirls again, turning her into a Mockingjay. The next day as they are put in the arena, Cinaa is beaten and arrested. When they get in the arena, Peeta walks into a force field and his heart stops beating, but finnick saves him. A fog then comes and Mags who was with Finnick sacrifices herself for the others. Many other tributes sacrifice themselves for Katniss and Peeta, which confuses Katniss. Some others die and she uses a wire and her bow to hit the force field as the wire is struck by lightning. The arena explodes and she is knocked out. She wakes up on a hovercraft on its way to district 13. She learns that Peeta was captured and she shuts down. At the end of the book she learns that district 12 was obliterated. Katniss is the Mockingjay.
Character List
Katniss Everdeen- Main character, previous Hunger Games winner
Peeta Mellark- Previous Hunger Games winner, Love interest
Haymitch Abernathy- Hunger Games champion many years ago, Trainer of Katniss and Peeta.
Gale Hawthorn- Friend of Katniss, old love interest.
Finnick- A tribute that helped Katniss escape from the arena.
President Snow- The sadistic leader off Panem.
Quotes to Remember
“At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.”- Katniss Everdeen
“We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revolution lives.”- Plutarch Heavensbee
“It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.”- Katniss Everdeen
Critique
Catching Fire is the 2nd of 3 Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins. It starts off strong, bringing us back to a familiar place. The plot heats up quickly, and doesn't cool down at all. This entire book is action, adventure, or a plot twist. It is descriptive and well written. I feel it is even better than the original Hunger Games book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It has very few flaws and will not bore the reader.
Summary
Catching Fire starts with Katniss hunting in the woods. She has to provide for Gales family, as he is now working in the mines. Nothing is the same for Katniss. Peeta and Gale have distanced themselves from her, and she now lives in the victors village. She has to on the victory tour later this day, but she is met by President Snow, Panem's "President". He tells Katniss that districts are rebelling because they don't believe she actually loves Peeta. They believe she was being rebellious. The first stop on the Victory Tour is District 11, where Katniss's temporary ally Rue once lived. An old man whistles the mockingjay tune and puts his 3 middle fingers up, just like Katniss and Rue once did. Everyone else follows suit, and the old man is killed. Peeta proposes to Katniss at the capitol, but President snow is not pleased. Districts rebelled more but were stopped. Two people show up in district 12 and tell Katniss that district 13 still exists and they know because of the Mockingjay in the footage of District 13 is always there, even when it is "new footage". Snow announces that for the 75th annual Hunger Games will reap victors from previous years. This means Katniss must go, for she is the only girl. Peeta then volunteers and Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch are shipped off to the capitol. They meet other victors and paint pictures for the game makers. On the night before their games they are interviewed, and Katniss twirls again, turning her into a Mockingjay. The next day as they are put in the arena, Cinaa is beaten and arrested. When they get in the arena, Peeta walks into a force field and his heart stops beating, but finnick saves him. A fog then comes and Mags who was with Finnick sacrifices herself for the others. Many other tributes sacrifice themselves for Katniss and Peeta, which confuses Katniss. Some others die and she uses a wire and her bow to hit the force field as the wire is struck by lightning. The arena explodes and she is knocked out. She wakes up on a hovercraft on its way to district 13. She learns that Peeta was captured and she shuts down. At the end of the book she learns that district 12 was obliterated. Katniss is the Mockingjay.
Character List
Katniss Everdeen- Main character, previous Hunger Games winner
Peeta Mellark- Previous Hunger Games winner, Love interest
Haymitch Abernathy- Hunger Games champion many years ago, Trainer of Katniss and Peeta.
Gale Hawthorn- Friend of Katniss, old love interest.
Finnick- A tribute that helped Katniss escape from the arena.
President Snow- The sadistic leader off Panem.
Quotes to Remember
“At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.”- Katniss Everdeen
“We had to save you because you're the mockingjay, Katniss," says Plutarch. "While you live, the revolution lives.”- Plutarch Heavensbee
“It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.”- Katniss Everdeen
Critique
Catching Fire is the 2nd of 3 Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins. It starts off strong, bringing us back to a familiar place. The plot heats up quickly, and doesn't cool down at all. This entire book is action, adventure, or a plot twist. It is descriptive and well written. I feel it is even better than the original Hunger Games book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It has very few flaws and will not bore the reader.