Prim's Death and Katniss's decisions

I was VERY surprised when Prim died. It was so quick and sudden that i didn't realize. The first second she went to aid the chained children outside of the President's Mansion, and the next, the rebel's team activated the bombs, and Prim was flying in the air caught it fire and found dead a few seconds later. It was devastating, because Prim was the only person that Katniss truly cared about, and seeing her die felt like hell to her. It was suddenly her fault that all this happened and she couldn't do anything about it.So that's when Katniss had an epiphany. She made a great choice by killing President Coin instead of President Snow. It was obvious that something was going on with her, and she wanted Katniss out of her way, once all of this was over. Coin was afraid that Katniss would take her place as president and that's why she wanted her out from the first place. Although killing Coin was risky, it was at the same time one of the best decisions Katniss made. It made her stronger, braver, and after all this time SAFER. The author shows how much Katniss changed since the beginning of the book. She grew as a person and became more mature. She learnt to make right decisions and be very careful with her relationships with people. Once Panem was free, all that was left for her to do was live her life. 

Plutarch Heavensbee Evaluation

I think that Plutarch Heavensbee made a pretty good plan with Haymitch. They rescued the competitors in the Quarter Quell Hunger Games and took them to District 13 and lived underground. Plutarch was a spy in the Capitol all this time and planned this escape a long time ago. The Competitors were taken care of by the people living there and Katniss was struggling to make up her mind and make right decisions. The experiences she had in the Hunger Games were unforgettable in a bad way of course. Plutarch and Haymitch's plan didn't work exactly as it was planned because some competitors like Peeta and Johanna Mason were taken prisoners by the Capitol and maybe tortured. The bad things was that they didnt know what the Capitol would do to them. The Peacekeepers may have tortured them for information or killed them. But the smart thing of teh plan was that Plutarch instructed Haymitch to not tell Peeta and Katniss about the plan until they rescued them. So Peeta can't give any information away cause he doesn't know any.

Hunger Games-"Catching Fire" Connection

When Katniss visited the woods one day, she met two girls from District 8 that escaped and came to District 12 preparing to put their plan in action. The one was Twill and the other was Bonnie. They escaped their District because they decided they wanted to start a rebellion and take revenge from the Capitol. They found the opportunity when the whole district started the uprisings and the Peacekeepers were busy with other people and escaped. They think that District 13 has alive people living in it. They say that the Capitol has been using the same footage over and over again when saying something about District 13 because there's a mockinjay that is showing in the background and does the same thing always. They also think that the people moved underground when everything on the surface was destroyed and they managed to survive since their industry was based on nuclear development ( they were graphite miners). They told Katniss that they would go and visit the place to find out the situation and asked her to go with them. In my opinion the girls are right because there HAS to be something left going on there after 75 years. They should go and find out what's going on and maybe if it's safe, Katniss, Gale, Peeta, Haymitch and their families could go live there for the rest of their lives. It;s also logical because the people were coal miners. They could have survived and now they are living underground. The Capitol doesn't know that because they think they destroyed everything and everyone but what if they are wrong? What if there ARE people living underground of District 13 and nobody knows about them? But the only problem is how do they reach District 13 and what if there are cameras or security there? The only way to find out is for the girls and Katniss to go and visit the place and see for themselves.

Competition-Theme Connection

The theme in the story "Hunger Games" is competition. The whole game and point is for all the contestants to compete with each other until death- which is sure to come- for food, water, and weapons(supplies). The contestants might have to injure each other in order to survive. They team up with other members(usually from their Districts if they are alive) and that's for their own benefit. But when the time comes they'll have to kill each other still. They hunt for food and if anyone gets in their way they go in combat and the fighting begins. Of course some people will have more food than the others, so the others will try to destroy their food so they're left with none or steal it. It's not as easy as it seems though. Because even if you survive you might be injured and you cant find food easily if you don't get cured and eventually starve to death. So the contestants compete for the sponsors too. They try to make the game more interesting so the sponsors will send them the supplies they need to survive. So the whole Hunger Games is about competition and surviving all these dangerous task that lie ahead of this poor kids.

Snape's unfairness

Snape is under the impression that Harry is stealing things from him. I dont like how professor Snape treats Harry like a piece of garbage. He is as equal as everybody else and he doesn't have the right to accuse Harry for something without knowing if he really did it. The fact that things are missing from his storage room is not Harry's fault but without knowing he blames him. And it's not the first time that Snape does that. He also has the habit of taking house points from him. It doesn't mean that because his father wasn't a friend to Snape, and actually an enemy, it means that he has to behave like that towards us. It's really unfair for Harry because he is always blamed for things he never did and it's unacceptable that he gets this kind fo bullying from a teacher especially. Also Malfoy is Snape's favorite and he always gives points to him even if he didnt do anything and awlways takes Malfoy's side when he is fighting with Harry.

Fudge's Stubborness

Fudge was too stubborn to understand. Dumbledore gave him all that information he needed to realize that Voldemort had returned and proved to him that there was living proof  but he didn't seem to understand. Dumbledore told Fudge that if he didnt't take extreme measures now it would be too late. Voldemort would gather all the dark creatures he could find (Dementors, Giants, Death Eaters,etc) and turn them all on his side so that they would help him complete the quest he had wanted to finish 13 years ago. But Cornelius continued to worry about his job and that he would be fired if he told that nonsense to the others. He was blinded by the love of the office he holded. He place too much importance on the "purity of blood". He failed to realize that it doesn't matter what someone is born but what they grow to be. He was too ambitious towards his job and didn't pay attention to what really was happening around him. He was so blinded that he even believed what Rita Skeeter wrote in her articles. He had living proof in front of him (Dumbledore, Harry, and Barty Crouch JR.) but he denied to even listen to what they said. J.K Rowling used this example to show that even wizards have a huge ambitioun just like humans for their jobs, and in times of difficulty they don't see clearly. I am sure Cornelius Fudge will find out that what Dumbledore told him was true, but it will be too late to change what has been done.

Ron's Jealousy-Conection

The fact that Ron is jealous of Harry because he always gets the attention, I believe is not reasonable and a bit immature. He knows better than anyone else, that the only reason that Harry gets all that attention is because of what happened when he was one years old when Voldemort tried to kill him with the deadly curse but Harry somehow managed to survive. That is not even his fault that that happened. This time, it also wasn't Harry's fault that his name was put into the Goblet of Fire and he was chosen to be one of the Champions for the Triwizard Tournament. Somebody else that was not an underage wizard submitted him because he/she obviously wanted Harry to get killed. This bothers Ron because he always got competition  from his other siblings and he doesn't want that to happen with his best friend too. But he doesn't seem to understand. Harry would never hurt Ron and especially not on purpose and if he could, he would have given his place to Ron to compete in the Tournament but he knows it's too dangerous and he cant let his friend get hurt and the most important part is that he can't. So the fact that Ron is jealous I find a bit unreasonable because Ron thinks that the Tournament is really easy and he can surely win but it's not. It's actually the opposite and he could easily make himself a fool and fail or even kill himself. Also when Harry said that he didn't put his name in the Goblet, Ron should have believed him the first time round and he shouldn't have doubted about the fact that Harry wasn't telling the truth. This shows that Ron doesn't believe and trust Harry as much as Harry does for Ron. Since Ron knows who Harry is and that he wouldn't do something like that to his best friend, it's unreasonable to think that he did it, and even more unreasonable to think that he did it to get all the attention and make Ron jealous and sad. I think J.K Rowling is telling us this because she wants to show that even though Harry and Ron are best friends, jealousy can affect a person and change his thoughts completely. If Ron wasn't jealous he wouldn't have doubts for Harry and he would automatically believe him. So Jo is trying to tell us that no matter how good a friend can be to you if jealousy gets in their way it can ruin everything. On the other side though, I think I would have felt a little bit like that if I was Ron. Because if my best friend got all the attention and I was ignored by everyone and I got picked on because my family was poor, I would feel a bit jealous. But I wouldn't stop talking to my friend and think that he did it on purpose. I would act maturaly, talk to my friend and see how HE feels about the situation and then solve the problem. I wouldn't go to Hermione-if I was Ron- and tell HER how i felt instead of talking to Harry. So the only solution for Ron's jealousy towards Harry is to talk to Harry and figure out something that helps both of them. If Ron would just listen to Harry and hear what HE has to say about it they could actually make up and continue being friends. After all, it's a very dumb reason to ruin such a great friendship full of memories and adventures for a misunderstanding.