The Hunger Games~ Ch.9

Chapter 9
1. Describe Katniss' interview attire and training? What affect do you think it had on the audience?

~ During training they didn't go to the weapons section. They didn't go to the sections that they were good at. They didn't go to those sections that they were good at because they didn't want the other tributes to know what their greatest skills were. They just stuck to the sections like were they taught you how to tie a rope. Katniss' dress had many gems on it. With all those gems on it it made her dress look like it was on fire because it sparkled a lot. The audience might have liked her dress a lot because it looked like she was on fire the same way she was at the opening ceremony.

2. How does Haymitch and Cinna ask Katniss to behave?
~ They both tell Katniss to act the opposite of how she feels. They tell her to make it seem like she likes the people from the Capitol even though she doesn't. They say when the interviewer asks her a question to look at the audience and to find Cinna. She answers to Cinna. That is how they tell her to behave.


3. What do we discover about Peeta during his interview?
~ We discover that Peeta likes Katniss. We also discover that he thinks that Gale is her boyfriend. Also that all the guys back home, in District 12, like her to. She is shocked because he caught her off guard. Then she feels embarrassed.
Important Quotes
~ "I noticed he rejected the invitations from the Career Tributes to join their crowd." (126)
~ "And then they're calling Katniss Everdeen, and I feel myself, as if in a dream, standing and making my way center stage." (127)
~ " ' Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what's her name?' says Caesar. Peeta sighs. ' Well, there is this one girl. I've had a crush on her since I can remember. But I'm pretty sure she didn't know I was alive until the reaping.' " (130)
~ " 'She has another fellow?' asks Caeser. 'I don't know, but a lot of boys like her,' says Peeta. 'So, here's what you do. You win, you go home. She can't turn you down then, eh?' says Caesar encouragingly. 'I don't think it's going to work out. Winning . . . won't help in my case, ' says Peeta. 'Why ever not?' says Caesar, mystified. Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. 'Because . . . because . . . she came here with me. ' " (130)