4/18/2023 0 Comments Catching fire joining hands![]() ![]() Katniss and Peeta watch District 12's reaping. They decide to watch footage of the second Quarter Quell, the Games Haymitch refused to watch. Peeta suggests the people of the Capitol will be unhappy that their beloved victors are returning to the arena. Katniss goes straight into his open arms and they hold each other. Unable to sleep, Katniss orders warm milk and finds Peeta in the television room. They watch a recap of the reapings and Peeta notes the other victors chosen, including Cashmere and Gloss, siblings from District 1, volunteer Brutus from 2, handsome Finnick Odair and 80-year-old volunteer Mags from 4, the sole living female victor of 7, Johanna Mason, mother-of-three Cecelia from 8, and Chaff from 11, who is one of Haymitch's friends. Clearly Effie is unaware of the mockingjay's revolutionary significance in the Districts. She suggests they each get gold bracelets as tokens of their team. ![]() At dinner, Peeta compliments Effie's hair, which she had dyed gold to match Katniss's pin. They have no opportunity to say goodbye.ĭespite her sadness, Katniss maintains the mission - keep Peeta alive. The pair are escorted into the Justice Building, where Romulus Thread pushes them into a car which takes them directly to the train. As expected, Peeta volunteers to take Haymitch's place. The day of the reaping comes and Katniss and Haymitch are selected from District 12. Though she chose Gale by not running away, Katniss knows it's futile to think what might have been. Gale wonders what would have happened between the two of them if Peeta had died. ![]() Katniss agrees if she hated Peeta then she could have killed him in the arena and things would have been different. Despite his jealousy, he can't help but like Peeta. They watch recordings of Games won by the living victors, sent to them by Effie Trinket. Katniss, Peeta and Haymitch begin training like Careers - strengthening exercises, knife-throwing, hand-to-hand combat. He is determined that two of them will be returning to District 12 - one mentor and one victor. Peeta is already there, clearing the house of alcohol. Her mother gives her two mugs of broth and she delivers one to Haymitch. The next morning, ill from her night of drinking, Katniss breaks down in front her mother and Prim. Gale takes her up to her room and she passes out. But Katniss knows she has to stay in order to protect Peeta and her family. He says it's not too late for them to run. Katniss takes the bottle of booze back to her house but Gale intercepts her. Since they know Peeta will volunteer in order to protect Katniss, she and Haymitch will do everything in their power to keep him alive. Instead, they drink and formulate a plan. He assumes she's come to ask him to volunteer if Peeta's name is drawn, but she can't do that even if it's what she truly wants. A second later she realizes that of course, either Peeta or Haymitch will be the male from District 12 who will be joining her in the arena. She laments her situation, but is thankful she won just a short time ago so she is not friends with the people she will soon have to kill. She screams into her shirt until her voice is gone. She winds up curled up in the cellar of one of the empty homes in Victors' Village. Katniss runs out of her house and heads for the woods but, of course, there is no escape. ![]()
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