Anthropologist, New Critic, Feminist- Devany Sandoval
Anthropologist
Katniss and Jesus
Many people think that there is no religion in The Hunger Games trilogy, but in Catching Fire, Katniss is like Jesus. Katniss, just like Jesus both wanted to be killed by the authority because the authority sees them as a threat to their authority and way of life, but they want to kill them indirectly without seeming evil so the public won't turn on them. Katniss sparks a rebellion when she holds out the berries in the first Hunger Games. President Snow knows that if an uprising happens their way of life will change completely because he wants to keep the people of the Capitol entertained and his power. If a rebellion happens, the districts will turn against the Capitol and the citizens of the Capitol will be scared and will think badly of President Snow. If Presient Snow has Katniss killed and people find out the he did, the citizens of the Capitol and everyone in the districts will turn against him and talk badly about him because Katniss is a famous, important idol to them. Jesus started to preach a new way of life that is different than the way it was during his time and a lot of people followed him. The Jewish leaders saw him as a threat to their way of life and authority and wanted to kill him, but he had many followers that if they kill him, the followers would revolt against them. So, they kept on asking him questions that could be taken the wrong way with whatever Jesus answered with like the question about who to pay, Ceasar or the church, just like when the fence around District 12 is on, and Katniss is out in the woods and the Peacekeepers visit her house.
Districts and the Rebels during the Revolutionary War
In Catching Fire, the districts rebel against the Capitol, which has control over them. This similar to the colonies during the Revolutionary War. The colonies where under the control of Great Britain and gave raw materials to Great Britain, and Great Britain imported goods into the colonies with high tariffs. This is similar to the districts and the Captiol situation. The districts provide food, electricity, and many other things that the Capitol needs, and the Captiol gives them security. When the colonies rebel against Great Britain, they boycott things brought from Great Britain such as the Boston Tea Party and went to war; therefore, the colonies stopped providing raw materials. Great Britain in response, sent troops and troops to the colonies to settle things down. Similar to this situation, the districts stop providing the Capitol's citizens with their goods such as fish from District 4. The Capitol sends more Peacekeepers to the districts to settle things down. Also, the mockingjay also becomes the symbol for the rebels, just like the "Don't tread on me" flag is a symbol for the patriots during the American Revolution.
Peeta and Katniss and Romeo and Juliet
Peeta and Katniss at moments are just like Romeo and Juliet. They are both considered “star-crossed lovers” and at times share the same fate. For example, before the Quell, both Katniss and Peeta know that they will not make it out alive, and that they will die. Romeo and Juliet both died at the end of the play. Just like in Romeo and Juliet, Peeta “dies” first when he hits the force field in the arena. This is similar to when Juliet “dies” for the first time.
Plagues
Many of the clock's torturous events seem to parallel with the 10 plagues mentioned in the Book of Exodus when Moses is trying to free the Isrealites from slavery in Egypt. For example, the blood rain at two o'clock is similar to the river of blood that kills off the fish in the Nile river. Also, the wave that floods everything at ten o'clock is similar to the Nile River flooding everything, and the insects at eleve o'clock are like the gnats that spread through Egypt. Also, the poisonous fog that leaves blisters relates to the boils that the Egyptians suffered when God is trying to convince the Pharoah to let his people go. All of these things happen right before the liberation of something, in the Quarter Quell, they happen througout the arena as the rebels execute their plan of liberating the tributes, and in the Book of Exodus, these plagues happen before Moses leads the Isrealites out of slavery.
New Critic
Third wheel Peeta
At the beginning of the book, President Snow goes to Katniss's house and tells her that she has to sell the whole "star-crossed lovers" story to the audience, if she does not, he threatens to kill Gale. Katniss tells Haymitch, but she decides not to tell Peeta about how much danger they are in. Haymitch and Katniss have always kept things away from Peeta, and it is not fair for him because even though he knows people and how to act in certain situations, if he is not fully informed, he can mess things up accidentally, like when Katniss and him are on the victory tour and he gives money to Thresh's and Rue's family. Then, he finds out about the danger that everyone is in and the potential uprising. Peeta has to be fully informed to know what he is walking into at all times and try not to accidentally mess things up; therefore, Katniss and Haymitch were being unfair to him because they kept things from him, and they are part of a threesome trying to survive.
Victors back in the arena
In the Quarter Quell, the tributes for the the Quell are pulled from the existing pool of victors. This is completely unfair because if you were a victor, you lived a life of prosperity and worry-free. Your name would not go back into the reaping bowl, and you were safe. Many of the tributes know this and see it as unfair and violating their rights, and they point it out during their interview. This an unfair act on President Snow's part. Even though the twists for the Quarter Quells were written before hand, many think that President Snow changed the rules to send the victors back into the arena. This is an act that violates the rules of the Quarter Quell and the rights of the victors.
President Snow attacks on Katniss
From the beginning of Catching Fire, we see President Snow's disliking for Katniss. He shows this when he visits her house and tells her that she has to stop the rebellion because if she does not, he can easily kill Gale and her loved ones in District 12. He looks for ways to affect her mentally. For example, he makes Darius Katniss's Avox and has to serve her. Also, the arena is a huge pool of water with a jungle and sand, and it affects Katniss because she has never seen a jungle before, but mostly because she is known as the "girl on fire" and water extinguishes fire. Also, during her interview, President Snow makes her wear her wedding dress as a way to remind her that he has control over her life because she is forcing her to marry Peeta, and that she will not be able to wear the dress because she is most likely to die in the Quell. This action by Presidents Snow is cruel and unfair towards Katniss because he is already getting inside her head before the Games and controlling her actions.
Peeta gives Katniss Everything
Everyone knows the love that Peeta has for Katnis. Even though he loves her, he knows that she loves Gale, and Peeta just wants Katniss to live and to be happy. He shows her this when he gives her the locket with the picture of her mom, Prim, and Gale. He tells her, "Your family needs you, Katniss" (351). She knows that he means Gale too, and that one day, Katniss will go back home, because his goal in the arena is to keep her alive, and marry Gale. He wants this to inspire Katniss to fight for her and stop protecting him. This action by Peeta is beyond the nicest thing anyone can do for the one he loves. Katniss on the other hand, knows this, but she does not accept it. She promises herself to keep Peeta alive. Katniss's action of promising to keep Peeta alive is mostly an act of owing. Katniss hates being in debt with people, and she knows that he is the bigger person betweeen him and
Katniss, and
he has saved them many times, and that it was unfair for her to act in love with him during the Hunger Games.
Although both Peeta and Katniss just want to keep the other alive, they have different motives, and Peeta's
motives are more sincere and out of love than Katniss's motives.
Breaking Free
As the Quell is going on, the rebels have a plan to break through the arena and take Katniss out of the arena. This plan is executed with great precision and planning except for one thing: Peeta nor Katniss know about it. I think that at least Peeta should have been informed about the plan because if he had he would have been able to act more willingly and accordingly, and maybe he would have been able to run towards the rebel's hovercraft and saved himself. Because he does not know about this plan, he was completely lost when it came to the time of breakthrough, and so was Katniss, and he was captured by the Capitol which will bring severe consequences. Other than that, the plan was a great plan.
Numbers
Number are used throughout the entire story and they symoblize control. For example, the Capitol has control over the districts , and they name the districts by number and manipulate them, just like one manipulates numbers. For example, when one is dealing with money, one spends and invests and manipulates the money in order to have a favorable outcome, just like the Capitol manipulates the districts by sending Peacekeepers to keep order and make sure the districts are supplying the Capitol. Numbers are also very percise and accurate and used everywhere. This comes in handy when the rebels are sending the tributes the number of days and hours through the number of breads and no one suspects a thing.
Feminist
Girls and boys are mostly equal throughout the book. Both of the genders go into the arena and kill each other regardless of gender. Although they are mostly equal, Peeta uses the fact that Katniss is a girl to give her an advantage by announcing that she is pregnant. When he announces that she is pregnant, he hopes that the pregnancey will give her advantage by making the viewers feel sympathy towards her, and maybe be supported by more sponsers and keep Katniss alive. After he announces the baby, the audience goes wild and accuses that Capitol about how cruel the Games are, and they realize for a moment "how horrific the whole thing is" (356). Peeta uses the fact that Katniss is a girl to point out to the audience how awful the Games are.
Another example of the equality between boys and girls is when Katniss and Finnick are attacked by the Jabberjays. Normally, everyone expects for girls to overreact and be sentimental and boys are suppose to be strong and not show emotions, but both Katniss and Finnick are equally affected when they are tortured by the Jabberyjays. They both cry and are scarred when they hear their loved ones suffering. Another example of the equality Johanna. She is a girl, but is tough and strong like a boy. She also says that she cannot be affected by the Jabberjays like Finnick and Katniss.
Anthropologist, New Critic, Feminist- Devany Sandoval
Anthropologist
Katniss and Jesus
Many people think that there is no religion in The Hunger Games trilogy, but in Catching Fire, Katniss is like Jesus. Katniss, just like Jesus both wanted to be killed by the authority because the authority sees them as a threat to their authority and way of life, but they want to kill them indirectly without seeming evil so the public won't turn on them. Katniss sparks a rebellion when she holds out the berries in the first Hunger Games. President Snow knows that if an uprising happens their way of life will change completely because he wants to keep the people of the Capitol entertained and his power. If a rebellion happens, the districts will turn against the Capitol and the citizens of the Capitol will be scared and will think badly of President Snow. If Presient Snow has Katniss killed and people find out the he did, the citizens of the Capitol and everyone in the districts will turn against him and talk badly about him because Katniss is a famous, important idol to them. Jesus started to preach a new way of life that is different than the way it was during his time and a lot of people followed him. The Jewish leaders saw him as a threat to their way of life and authority and wanted to kill him, but he had many followers that if they kill him, the followers would revolt against them. So, they kept on asking him questions that could be taken the wrong way with whatever Jesus answered with like the question about who to pay, Ceasar or the church, just like when the fence around District 12 is on, and Katniss is out in the woods and the Peacekeepers visit her house.
Districts and the Rebels during the Revolutionary War
In Catching Fire, the districts rebel against the Capitol, which has control over them. This similar to the colonies during the Revolutionary War. The colonies where under the control of Great Britain and gave raw materials to Great Britain, and Great Britain imported goods into the colonies with high tariffs. This is similar to the districts and the Captiol situation. The districts provide food, electricity, and many other things that the Capitol needs, and the Captiol gives them security. When the colonies rebel against Great Britain, they boycott things brought from Great Britain such as the Boston Tea Party and went to war; therefore, the colonies stopped providing raw materials. Great Britain in response, sent troops and troops to the colonies to settle things down. Similar to this situation, the districts stop providing the Capitol's citizens with their goods such as fish from District 4. The Capitol sends more Peacekeepers to the districts to settle things down. Also, the mockingjay also becomes the symbol for the rebels, just like the "Don't tread on me" flag is a symbol for the patriots during the American Revolution.
Peeta and Katniss and Romeo and Juliet
Peeta and Katniss at moments are just like Romeo and Juliet. They are both considered “star-crossed lovers” and at times share the same fate. For example, before the Quell, both Katniss and Peeta know that they will not make it out alive, and that they will die. Romeo and Juliet both died at the end of the play. Just like in Romeo and Juliet, Peeta “dies” first when he hits the force field in the arena. This is similar to when Juliet “dies” for the first time.
Plagues
Many of the clock's torturous events seem to parallel with the 10 plagues mentioned in the Book of Exodus when Moses is trying to free the Isrealites from slavery in Egypt. For example, the blood rain at two o'clock is similar to the river of blood that kills off the fish in the Nile river. Also, the wave that floods everything at ten o'clock is similar to the Nile River flooding everything, and the insects at eleve o'clock are like the gnats that spread through Egypt. Also, the poisonous fog that leaves blisters relates to the boils that the Egyptians suffered when God is trying to convince the Pharoah to let his people go. All of these things happen right before the liberation of something, in the Quarter Quell, they happen througout the arena as the rebels execute their plan of liberating the tributes, and in the Book of Exodus, these plagues happen before Moses leads the Isrealites out of slavery.New Critic
Third wheel Peeta
At the beginning of the book, President Snow goes to Katniss's house and tells her that she has to sell the whole "star-crossed lovers" story to the audience, if she does not, he threatens to kill Gale. Katniss tells Haymitch, but she decides not to tell Peeta about how much danger they are in. Haymitch and Katniss have always kept things away from Peeta, and it is not fair for him because even though he knows people and how to act in certain situations, if he is not fully informed, he can mess things up accidentally, like when Katniss and him are on the victory tour and he gives money to Thresh's and Rue's family. Then, he finds out about the danger that everyone is in and the potential uprising. Peeta has to be fully informed to know what he is walking into at all times and try not to accidentally mess things up; therefore, Katniss and Haymitch were being unfair to him because they kept things from him, and they are part of a threesome trying to survive.
Victors back in the arena
In the Quarter Quell, the tributes for the the Quell are pulled from the existing pool of victors. This is completely unfair because if you were a victor, you lived a life of prosperity and worry-free. Your name would not go back into the reaping bowl, and you were safe. Many of the tributes know this and see it as unfair and violating their rights, and they point it out during their interview. This an unfair act on President Snow's part. Even though the twists for the Quarter Quells were written before hand, many think that President Snow changed the rules to send the victors back into the arena. This is an act that violates the rules of the Quarter Quell and the rights of the victors.
President Snow attacks on Katniss
From the beginning of Catching Fire, we see President Snow's disliking for Katniss. He shows this when he visits her house and tells her that she has to stop the rebellion because if she does not, he can easily kill Gale and her loved ones in District 12. He looks for ways to affect her mentally. For example, he makes Darius Katniss's Avox and has to serve her. Also, the arena is a huge pool of water with a jungle and sand, and it affects Katniss because she has never seen a jungle before, but mostly because she is known as the "girl on fire" and water extinguishes fire. Also, during her interview, President Snow makes her wear her wedding dress as a way to remind her that he has control over her life because she is forcing her to marry Peeta, and that she will not be able to wear the dress because she is most likely to die in the Quell. This action by Presidents Snow is cruel and unfair towards Katniss because he is already getting inside her head before the Games and controlling her actions.
Peeta gives Katniss Everything
Everyone knows the love that Peeta has for Katnis. Even though he loves her, he knows that she loves Gale, and Peeta just wants Katniss to live and to be happy. He shows her this when he gives her the locket with the picture of her mom, Prim, and Gale. He tells her, "Your family needs you, Katniss" (351). She knows that he means Gale too, and that one day, Katniss will go back home, because his goal in the arena is to keep her alive, and marry Gale. He wants this to inspire Katniss to fight for her and stop protecting him. This action by Peeta is beyond the nicest thing anyone can do for the one he loves. Katniss on the other hand, knows this, but she does not accept it. She promises herself to keep Peeta alive. Katniss's action of promising to keep Peeta alive is mostly an act of owing. Katniss hates being in debt with people, and she knows that he is the bigger person betweeen him and
Katniss, and
he has saved them many times, and that it was unfair for her to act in love with him during the Hunger Games.
Although both Peeta and Katniss just want to keep the other alive, they have different motives, and Peeta's
motives are more sincere and out of love than Katniss's motives.
Breaking Free
As the Quell is going on, the rebels have a plan to break through the arena and take Katniss out of the arena. This plan is executed with great precision and planning except for one thing: Peeta nor Katniss know about it. I think that at least Peeta should have been informed about the plan because if he had he would have been able to act more willingly and accordingly, and maybe he would have been able to run towards the rebel's hovercraft and saved himself. Because he does not know about this plan, he was completely lost when it came to the time of breakthrough, and so was Katniss, and he was captured by the Capitol which will bring severe consequences. Other than that, the plan was a great plan.
Numbers
Number are used throughout the entire story and they symoblize control. For example, the Capitol has control over the districts , and they name the districts by number and manipulate them, just like one manipulates numbers. For example, when one is dealing with money, one spends and invests and manipulates the money in order to have a favorable outcome, just like the Capitol manipulates the districts by sending Peacekeepers to keep order and make sure the districts are supplying the Capitol. Numbers are also very percise and accurate and used everywhere. This comes in handy when the rebels are sending the tributes the number of days and hours through the number of breads and no one suspects a thing.
Feminist
Girls and boys are mostly equal throughout the book. Both of the genders go into the arena and kill each other regardless of gender. Although they are mostly equal, Peeta uses the fact that Katniss is a girl to give her an advantage by announcing that she is pregnant. When he announces that she is pregnant, he hopes that the pregnancey will give her advantage by making the viewers feel sympathy towards her, and maybe be supported by more sponsers and keep Katniss alive. After he announces the baby, the audience goes wild and accuses that Capitol about how cruel the Games are, and they realize for a moment "how horrific the whole thing is" (356). Peeta uses the fact that Katniss is a girl to point out to the audience how awful the Games are.
Another example of the equality between boys and girls is when Katniss and Finnick are attacked by the Jabberjays. Normally, everyone expects for girls to overreact and be sentimental and boys are suppose to be strong and not show emotions, but both Katniss and Finnick are equally affected when they are tortured by the Jabberyjays. They both cry and are scarred when they hear their loved ones suffering. Another example of the equality Johanna. She is a girl, but is tough and strong like a boy. She also says that she cannot be affected by the Jabberjays like Finnick and Katniss.