The Hunger Games ~ Ch. 27

Chapter 27

1. What goes on during the final interview?
~ Peeta and Katniss watch the Hunger Games all from the beginning. It told a story. This is the first year it tella a love story. It mostly focused on Peeta and Katniss since they are "in love". While they were watching, they sat in a small red sofa.

2. What happened to Peeta's leg?
~ Since Katniss had to cut the blood circulation of Peeta's leg, it stopped working. He had his leg replaced with a metal one. Katniss was shocked. He hadn't told her yet when she found out. That is what happened with Peeta's leg.

3. Why does Katniss feel torn in the end?
~ Katniss feels torn in the end because the boy with the bread is slipping away from her. I think towards the end she realized that she does love Peeta. That there was a part of her that didn't just act like she was in love. At the end Peeta told Katniss to hold hands, but just for the audience. Just for show. For one last time.

4. What does Peeta realize?
~ Peeta realizes that Katniss was acting that she loved him. It was all for the Hunger Games. He wanted to know what was real and what wasn't. He was upset because he wasn't acting. He really loved her.

Important Quotes ~"Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me."(374)
~"I wish Cinna had given me a similar outfit, i feel so vulnerable in this flimsy dress."(362)
~"But I do notice they omit the part where I covered her with flowers. Right. Because even that smacks are rebellion."(pg 363)
~"I do not want to watch my twenty-two fellow tributes die. I saw enough of them die the first time." (362)  

The Hunger Games ~ Ch. 26

Chapter 26

1 How does the Capitol heal Katniss?

~ They connected many tubes to her body. They removed all of the scraches and scars. The place where she burned her calf seemed like it never happened. They also removed scars and scraches that she had gotten before the Hunger Games when she hunted. Her body looked flawless. She was cleaner than ever.

2. What does Haymitch reveal to Katniss before she sees the crowd?

~ Haymitch reveals to Katniss that the Gamemakers are very angry at her. She made a fool of them. She made them a fool when she and Peeta were about to commit suicide and there would have not been a victor. She made them follow her rule that they would both win. That is what Haymitch revealed to her.

Important Quotes
~"But out here Prim ,my mother ,Gale ,the people of District 12,everyone I care about back home could be punished if I can't pull of the girl-driven-crazy-by-love scenario Haymitch has suggested." (358)
~"Back home,District 12 is probably in chaos as they try and organize the homecoming celebrations for Peeta and me, given that the last one was close to thirty years ago."(350)
~"Word is the Capital's furious about you showing them up in the arena."(356)
~"Okay thats an odd request from Haymitch but  after all, we are victors." (356)

The Hunger Games ~ Ch. 25

Chapter 25

1. What attacks the last three tributes?
~ A wolf half dog bread is what Katniss describes. Then when a specific mutt is jumping at her she knows what they are. The Capitol has made a new creature. She sees the green eyes, the same as Glimmer's and then she realizes that it is Glimmer. She then looks at all of the other mutts. Foxface, the boy from District 9 and worse of all, the small dark one, Rue! The mutated mutts are all of the tributes who have died.

2. How does Katniss use her last arrow?
~ Katniss uses her last arrow to finish off Cato. She shoots Catto to stop his suffering. She didn't want to hear him wine anymore. I think she actually helped him out by taking him out faster and less painful than the mutts bites would have been. That is how Katniss uses her last arrow.

3. What happens when the Gamemakers revoke the rule change?
~ Katniss and Peeta don't want to kill eachother just to win. So what they do is they stick poisonous berries in their mouth and they plan to swallow on three. Then the Gamemakers say that they both win so they could have victors. They then take out the berries from their mouths and try to take anything that is left of the berries and spit everything out. That is what happens when the Gamemakers revoke the rule change.

4. Who wins the Hunger Games?
~ Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are the winners of the seventy-fourth Hunger Games. They are the the tributes from District 12.

Important Quotes
~"I give you-the tributes of District twelve."(345)
~"Pity, not vengeance,sends my arrow flying into his skull."(341)
~"Stop! Stop! Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the seventy-fourth Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mallark!"(345)
~"One. Maybe I'm wrong.Two. Maybe they don't care if we both die.Three!"(344)

The Hunger Games ~ Ch. 24

Chapter 24

1. How do the Gamemakers try to drive the last tributes together?
~ The Gamemakers drain the stream where Peeta and Katniss live be. Then they go see if the pond is drained, it is. They have taken all the water away from them. The only water source they have is the lake. They have to travel to the lake and there the last tributes will meet.

2. How does Katniss feel about Cato?

~ She feels that Cato is strong and powerful. Even though he is strong and powerful he is not smart, not like Foxface. He could easily do what he wants and not what is smart if he gets angry. She said if it wasn't for the berries Foxface would have easily outsmarted Cato. That is how she feels about Cato.

3. How do the final three meet up?
~ Peeta and Katniss headed for the lake suspecting Cato already there. Then out of a sudden, he came running straight nfor them. Then Katniss shot an arrow at his stomach, but it bounced off. Later on they realized that he wasn't running at them. He was running away from someone or something, but what could it be. They then later find out it was a pack of mutated mutts.

Important Quotes
~ "One way or the other, dead or alive, I have the feeling I'll escape it today."(326)
~ "And she's very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her." (320)
~ "I wonder if Cato might not be entirely sane."(324)
~ "I give a nod. We call them nightlock. Even the names sounds deadly, he says."(320)

The Hunger Games ~ Ch. 23

Chapter 23
1. Why does Thresh's death affect Katniss?
~ Katniss thought Thresh could have killed Cato. He let her live when he could have easily killed her. She thinks he could have been her friend. If he was from District 12, I'm sure he could have been friends with her. That is how Tresh's death affected Katniss.

2. Who is left in the arena?
~ Katniss, Peeta, Cato, and Foxface are the only ones left. Toward the end of the chapter though, Foxface dies from eating poisonous berries. She had gotten them from the cave of Peeta and Katniss. They would
have been dead if it wasn't for Foxface. Those are the people who are left in the arena.

3. What Katniss' fears if she wins the Games?
~ She fears that if she wins she won't have anything to do. She can't hunt anymore because she will already have food. She will be bored. She has taught herself to kill prey and if she wins it will seems it was all for nothing. That is what she fears if she wins the Games.

4. What happens to Foxface?
~ She was poisoned by berries that Peeta had left in the cave. Peeta had gathered berries while Katniss went off to hunt. He thought those berries were the same ones that Katniss had given him. When the cannon shot and they picked up Foxface's body, Peeta was surprised. He didn't know what or who killed her, then Katniss held out the berries to him as an answer.

 Important Quotes ~"Four of us left. For the first time, I allow myself to truely think about the possibility that I might make it home. To fame. T wealth.To my house in the victor village." (310)
~"I know the audience will enjoy our having fun at Haymitch's expense. He has been around so long he's practically an old friend of some of them." (305)
~"I see Peeta staring at me . What? Thresh is dead, says Peeta. He can't be, I say." (307) 
 ~""Haymitch and I don't get along well in person, but maybe Peeta is right about us being alike because he seems able to communicate with me by the timing of his gifts." (305)
 

The Hunger Games ~ Ch. 22

Chapter 22
1. How does Katniss compare Peeta to Gale?
Peeta is the son of the baker. He doesn't need to hunt, whereas Gale needs to hunt for food. Gale aslo has to hunt for the rest of his family. When Peeta gets hungry his dad could just make him bread or something. That is how Katniss compares them.

2. What happens with the weather?
The weather changed. The Gamemakers are the ones who change the weather. During the day it was super hot. At night it was completely different. It was super cold.

3. How does Katniss get the feast?
~ She and Peeta act in love. She didn't really know how to talk or what to talk about. She had never done this before. Since she didn't know what to talk about she let him do all of the talking. She asked Peeta to tell her when did he first start loving her.

Important Quotes

~" This is the first kiss where I actually feel the stirring inside my chest. Warm and curious". (298)
~ "Possibly I have the flu and this is why I'm allowed to stay in bed, even though I can tell I've been asleep for a long time." (290)
~" The rain has turned into a downpour, sending streams of water through where earlier they were just drips." (294)
 ~"But the thought only upsets me. I think we would like Thresh. I think he'd be our friend back in district twelve, I say". (293)

The Hunger Games ~ Ch. 21

Chapter 21

1. Who's the first to get their pack?

~ Foxface was the first to get her backpack. Katniss was mad at Foxface and herself. Katniss wanted to be the first. Foxface ran as fast as she could and got her pack and then she left. Katniss was going to use the strategy that Foxface used.

 2. Who catches Katniss?
~Clove is the one who catches Katniss. Clove forces her to the ground. Then she selects a knife from a large Number of them. Then she asks Katniss where she should cut her. Clove barely gets a chance to cut Katniss' lip when Clove is pulled into the air.  It was Thresh, the boy tribute from District 11.

3. Why does Thresh let Katniss go?

~ Thresh let Katniss go because of what she did to Rue when she died. Katniss put flowers all around her body. He knew that Katniss would have and wanted to save her. Since he didn't want to owe Katniss, he let her go.

4. Why does Katniss think Cato will go after Thresh and not her?
~ Katniss thinks that Cato will go after Thresh. She thinks this because Thresh has all of the packs including Cato's. The backpacks include things that will help them. It is really important for their survival. That is why Katniss thinks Cato will go after Thresh and not her.

Important Quotes
~"And I'm overwhelmed by Rue, and the pain in my head, and my fear of Thresh, and the moaning of the dying girl a few feet away."  (288)
~"Clove is dangling a foot off the ground, imprisoned in Thresh's arms. I let out a gasp, seeing him like that, towering over me, holding Clove like a rag doll." (286)
~"My hands go to my head and then drop to my lap, slick with blood. The last thing I remember is an exquisitely beautiful green-and-silver moth landing on the curve of my wrist."  (289)
~"As if the daytime trees and flowers and stones had gone to bed and sent slightly more ominous versions of themselves to take their places." (282)