Monday, March 1, 2010

Chapter 5 Question

Recall how Katniss felt towards the people she met of who were of Capitol origin and continue with that thought to explain how her opinions set the tone for her experience as part of the Games.
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  1. AnonymousMarch 7, 2010 at 8:44 PM

    From the beginning, Katniss was always wary of the citizens of the Capitol. She honestly believed that all of the citizens were part of and the cause of the oppression her District and all of the other Districts were facing. When she was in the Capitol she discovered that most of them were very naive and simple. This changed her Games experience in many ways. Her enemy was more defined and instead of wanting to conquer the Capitol as a whole, she realized that she only wanted to conquer the government. It also seemed as though she not only wanted to win the games for her District, but for the sheltered people that lived in the Capitol as well. The Games as a whole changed for her at that moment because in a way she realized that they were all fighting the same oppression, it was just in different forms. This changed her motive and how she fought, she would have fought with passion before, but it was reinforced by her feelings for the people of the Capitol.

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  2. OllieMarch 8, 2010 at 4:48 PM

    I agree with Hannah that Katniss changed her opinion on the people of the capital, and the game when she met people like her designers and make-up people. The designer, Cinna, becomes her closes friend outside district 12. She finds out most of the capitol people are fooled by the games, they do not understand what life is like outside the luxury of the capitol.

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  3. MeganMarch 24, 2010 at 8:27 PM

    You guys are right, the audience is blinded by ignorance. They don't understand what it is like to live in the districts and therefore they have no sympathy for other citizens of Panem. One of the great conflicts in the book is Character vs Society because Katniss has to survive in District 12 despite the oppression of the Capitol. She has to endure their games until she can finally win the conflict with the emerging rebellion among the districts. The Nazis oppressed young Germans similarly. Peter had to join the HJ and play along with their games (italics) until he realized what he needed to do to truly rebel. Both Katniss and Peter began their rebellions at the ends of their stories, and both were cut off before they could do more good. Katniss was cut off by the danger of President Snow and Peter was cut off when he was dragged off to labor camp by the Nazis.

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