Reading Response 1: Catching Fire

        In the very late summer, about a week before school started, I began reading the second book in the Hunger Games series called "Catching Fire," by Suzanne Collins. The story follows the path it left off on with Peeta and Katniss back at home in District 12. Of course, Katniss is then subjected to go on the Victory Tour of all the distracts then ultimately the Capitol, the head of the country Panem. This is very emotional for Katniss because she sees the people she has killed and the families of her allies, most notably Rue's family. However, her appearance in District 8 sparks an uprising within the district because everyone reralizes what the Capitol has been doing to people all these years. Following this, after weeks of torment from the ultimate Capitol power, President Snow, she and Peeta are subjected to going back into the Games after the  Quarter Quell (a 25-year cycle of special Games that can be changed in anyway) is going to consist of two victors from each district. As the news unfolds around District 12, Katniss decides she is going to try her hardest to keep Peeta alive until the end so he can win instead this time. I now realize that although at the end of the games Katniss may die, Katniss has been the real hero archetype of the series. This is because in the past, she risked committing treason by keeping herself and Peeta alive at the end of the previous years Games. Now, she's willing to die so Peeta can continue to live since President Snow wants her dead, although if he killed her directly, there's a large and very good chance that people will start even larger rebellions and uprisings than in the past. So, at this point where I'm reading, where the Games are already in progress, I cant help but feel sorrow at the idea that Katniss or Peeta or maybe even both of them might not see each other alive again.