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Summary
The book I read was
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. The characters include Katniss, Peeta, Gale,
Prim, Katniss’ mother, Haymitch, President Snow, Cinna, Finnick, Johanna, Mags,
Plutarch Heavensbee, Wiress, and Beetee. The setting is Panem, which is a
country that rose out of the ruins of America long ago with thirteen districts,
but the Capitol destroyed the thirteenth one. The introduction is when Katniss
and Peeta return home from the games as victors. Katniss is reunited with her
best friend Gale who is now working in the mines but President snow visits
Katniss and tells her that he will kill Gale if she doesn’t convince him she is
in love with Peeta on the victory tour. Soon Peeta and Katniss’ prep teams come
to get them ready for the tour.
The rising action in this
story starts when they are on the tour. The first District they go to is
District 11. In the last book, Katniss’ ally was from this District and when they
visited them for the tour Katniss gave a long speech about her. Then, and old
man whistles and the whole crowd gives Katniss a three-finger salute. When their speeches are over, Katniss
stays behind and secretly witnesses the old man being shot in the head.
Instantly rebellion against the Capitol has started. After going to ten other
districts Peeta and Katniss go to the Capitol. There, Peeta proposes to Katniss
and Katniss says yes for the crowd. While they were there President Snow told
her that it wasn’t enough. After the tour is over Peeta and her go back to
District 12. Soon everything had changed there. They had new, strict
peacekeepers and Gale was whipped.
Everything changed. Katniss and Gale couldn’t even hunt anymore. Then
the worst thing possible happened. President Snow announced the Quarter Quell
(the 75th Hunger Games). President Snow says that two victors (a
girl and a boy) from each district and that means that Katniss must go once
again to the games. AT the reaping Katniss and Haymitch are called, but Peeta
volunteers. At that moment, Katniss swore she would try to keep Peeta alive,
even if it means her death. They go on a train to the Capitol to get ready for
the opening ceremony. Cinna dresses up Katniss and Peeta in a costume that
looks like burning coal. They stole the show and next they had to train for the
Games. There they had a private session to impress the Gamemakers with what
they could do with weapons. Katniss hung a mannequin and wrote Seneca Crane
(the head Gamemaker who was executed last year) on it. Surprisingly both Peeta
and Katniss got a score of twelve (the highest you can possibly get). Finally
they had to have an interview. President Snow made Katniss where her wedding
dress. But, Cinna didn’t like that and told her to twirl during the interview.
When she does this, her dress turns into a mocking jay dress. Finally there is
Peeta’s interview where he announces he and Katniss are married and Katniss is
having a baby (even though neither of those are true).Katniss is shocked he
said this but goes along with it. Now,
it’s time to get ready for the games.
The climax starts when Katniss is getting ready to enter the
arena. She is all dressed and in her pod to take her up to the arena but then
sees Cinna being beaten to death right in front of her eyes. After he is taken
away, Katniss is sent up into the arena. The arena was half water, half
rainforest, and the cornucopia was is the center. She soon gets the allies
Finnick, Peeta, Mags, Johanna, Wiress, and Beetee. In all the action Peeta
almost dies three times but Mags and a morphling die for him and Finnick saves
him. Katniss gets suspicious about why they are doing this for Peeta. Wiress
goes crazy and starts saying “Tick tock” continuously. Katniss figures out it
means the arena is a clock and every hour something bad happens. There is poison
mist, giant waves, evil monkeys, jabberjays, and lightning. Don’t forget
there’s a big force field around the arena that will cook you to death if you
touch it. But luckily sponsers (or so they think) keep sending them twenty-four
little breads from District 3. Later on Katniss blacks out and can feel Johanna
cutting her arm. She thinks Johanna is going to kill her. Then, she goes back
to find Finnick and Peeta. She gets a knife and throws it through the force
field.
The falling action starts when the Hunger Games ends. After
Katniss threw that knife hovercrafts started appearing and taking up the
tributes even though there wasn’t any victor. Katniss wakes up in the room for
treating the tributes with Beetee in the same one. She tries to look for Peeta but
instead sees Haymitch, Plutarch Heavensbee, and Finnick in a room talking.
Haymitch explains to Katniss that Plutarch Heavensbee is part of a group to
overthrow the Capitol. He also tells her that they were headed to District 13
and Johanna was cutting her arm to take the tracker out that the workers put in
her arm earlier. Heavensbee then explains that the bread was a sign what time
he would retrieve the tributes from the arena and take them to the ruins of
District 13 and he told her that people were saving her and Peeta because she’s
the mocking jay. She is the one they must keep alive to start a revolution. They
must keep Peeta alive because Katniss wouldn’t be happy without him.
The conclusion begins when Katniss asks where Peeta is.
Haymitch said he was retrieved from the capitol. Katniss scratches Haymitch out
of anger. She runs from the room and falls asleep. When she wakes up she sees
Gale above her. The book finally ends when Gale whispers to her, “Katniss,
there is no District 12.
My
Favorite Part
My favorite part was the very end
where Gale tells Katniss that District 12 no longer exist. He tells her because
he loves her, he is her best friend. I
like this part because it leaves you wanting more. It makes you want to read
the next book, Mocking Jay, more than you ever wanted to before. This part
leaves you thinking and it ends it perfectly.
❝
“Katniss,” Gale says softly.
I
recognize that voice. It’s the same one he uses to approach wounded animals
before he delivers a deathblow. I instinctively raise my hand to block his
words but he catches it and holds on tightly.
But
Gale is not one to keep secrets from me.
“Katniss,
there is no District Twelve.” ❞
What I thought of the Book
Personally,
I think this book was a great extension of the first one, Hunger Games. I would recommend it to all the people who
like the first book but not ones who have never read The Hunger Games. It held
my interest and I am very excited to read the third, Mocking Jay. I enjoyed it
because of all the action and romance but most of all, I love all the parts
that weren’t expected and make you go, “OH MY GOSH!” If I were to rate it out of six stars I would
give it all six.
★★★★★★ (6/6)
When they’re speeches are over, Katniss stays behind and secretly witnesses the old man being shot in the head. Instantly the rebellion has started. Throughout this story Katniss discovers more about how she has the rebellion on her back, not too much of it though. Suzanne saved that for Mockingjay. Peeta and Katniss (in this story) really show their growing love for each other, and it really is a heart touching book. I personally think that this is the best one to read, even though you have to read the first , first. Oh and another spoiler: Peeta and Katniss Go back in the games for the Quarter Quell!!!!!!!!!! *ssshhh!* I've already told you too much! You'll have to read the book to find out more about it!
