Literature Analysis: Catching Fire

1. After winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return home to District 12. They both go to there new homes in the Victors Village. When Katniss was at the Mayor's daughter Madge's house, she noticed that there has been an uprising in one of the districts. Katniss then gets a visit from President Snow and he tells her that her berry incident has now cause rebellion. She tells him that it wasn't a joke and that she really loves Peeta. President Snow doesn't believe believe her and now she has to pretend she's in love with Peeta to convince the other districts she really loves him. If she doesn't, there will be consequences she'll have to face. Katniss and Peeta go on a Victory Tour and they have to pretend there madly in love. At there first stop, they both gave speeches and that lead them to issues. A man got shot in e head for whistling Rue's song. Katniss and Peeta have now witness the beginning of an uprising. They both have to be careful and make sure they don't cause anymore issues. Before the Victory Tour was over, Peeta proposed to Katniss. When Katniss got home she  planned on running away but she figured that plan will get her no were. When she gets home the Quarter Quell announcement is made. Katniss and Peeta will once again be apart of the Hunger Games. When the games begin they soon become friends with Wiress, Mags, Beetee, Finnick, and Johanna. Peeta dies by getting shocked by a forcefield, but Finnick brings him back to life. They realize the secrets behind the attacks. They make plans to stay alive by partnering up in teams. Johanna hits Katniss in the head and knocks her down. She also cuts Katniss's arm, and without noticing she digs out Katniss's tracker from her arm. Katniss shoots through the forcefield and the arena explodes. She is now injured and is lifted into an aircraft. Katniss realizes that Haymitch and the head game maker are part of the rebellion. They have been helping make District 13. She ask where Peeta is and they tell her that Peeta, Johanna, and Enobaria are captured by the capital. The book ends with Peeta still being captured by the capital and Gale lets Katniss know that there is no longer a District 12 because the capital bombed it.

2. Themes

-Survival: This book is based survival because Katniss and Peeta once again have to fight to stay alive. They go against other tributes from different districts to stay alive.

-Government Control- Another important them for this book is government control. The government shows it's in control by creating the Hunger Games. To show people that the government is very powerful.

-Rebellion:The final theme I chose to represent the book was rebellion. The people in districts realize that if they all get together they can overpower the government. There plan did work out because they created District 13.

3. The tone of the narrator is anxious, intense, and serious. The mood is anxious because Katniss says,"When the gong sounds, I don't hesitate before I dive to my left." A quote that made it intense was, “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.” This is like a life or death situation and it makes the reader curious of what will happen next. I also think the tone of Catching Fire is serious. An example is when Katniss questions herself saying,"What, in his twisted brain, will that achieve? Is it for the benefit of those in the capital?.. And then will he kill us?". This shows that the capital is very cruel and there is little hope that Katniss and Peeta will be alive later in the story.

4. Literary Techniques and Devices:

-"By noon they will all be at my new house in the Victor's Village. The reporters, the camera crews, even Effie Trinket, my old escort, will have made their way to District 12 from the capital....If it were up to me, I would forget the Hunger Games entirely"(pg..3) The author is letting the reader know that Katniss's life has changed and it wont go back to normal. It also shows that she hates the attention from others and she doesn't want to have to recall the games. 

-"...there's a mob scene. The squares packed with screaming people, their faces hidden with rags and homemade masks, throwing bricks. Buildings burn."(pg. 88-89).  This is where the theme of rebellion comes from, people are now going against there government to prove they can overpower them.

-"My bird baked into bread."..."It means we're on your side."(pg.139) This shows that there is still hope in the districts and it also goes with the theme survival. The theme is not only used when there in the games but also when Twill and Bonnie tell Katniss that there's districts going against the government. 

-"If it is Peeta and me in the Games, this time we try to keep him alive."( p. 178)

This quote explains  how Katniss is determined she's going to keep Peeta alive.   She tells herself that she is going to do whatever it takes to have him be alive. She thinks of how it's going to be her last time seeing her family, friends, and District 12. Since she has now made up her mind to keep Peeta alive no matter what.

-"We had to save you because you’re the mockingjay, Katniss. While you live, the revolution lives."(pg.386) This shows how the author twisted the ending. While reading the book you'd think the tributes where trying to kill Katniss, but in reality they where all helping Katniss live. Katniss is the symbol of rebellion.