This
book was impossible to put down, with its ceaseless suspense and cutting
insights into today’s culture. Like many, I completely fell in love with the
tenacity and determination of Katniss and I am curious to see how she develops
in the next several installments in the series.
One of the
most interesting aspects of Collin’s story is the contrasts between Katniss and
Peeta; both are thrown into the ring, and both are fighting to survive and yet
their strategies are radically different. Katniss immediately alienates the ‘career
group’ and strikes out on her own while Peeta works the career group and
befriends them, to protect himself and Katniss. Katniss is uninterested in
people, Peeta works situations and people for his benefit. I found this two
approaches very interesting; during the first part of the Games, Peeta seemed
weak to me. Compared to Katniss’s impressive skill set and tenacity, Peeta with
his cake decorating abilities, did not seem like a comparison.
However,
Peeta is strong and brave as well; he warns Katniss when the careers are coming
after her and part of his involvement with the group is to protect Katniss. His
level head and strategy is quite impressive, especially considering how violent
those tributes were.
This contrast illustrates that strength comes in many forms and bravery is not always demonstrated by fighting.
I thought Peeta's strategy was surprising as well, especially considering the intimidating nature of the Career pack. I never considered how much that connected to Peeta being a "people person", contrasted to Katniss' lonewolf strategy.
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely cool to see the differences between them and how effective both of their strategies are for them, even though they are so different. Its also kind of funny how both characters are kind of draw you in, even though they are such opposite people.
ReplyDeleteIt was very clever and interesting how Collins made a point in making Peeta and Katniss' personalities distinct and different but how also they were alike in many ways and how their choices in the game brought them together at the end...
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