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About This Passage
Selected for syntactic complexity (the building rhythm of 'at first one, then another, then almost every'), rhetorical sophistication (the three short declarative fragments creating emotional crescendo), and thematic weight — a community finding its only available language for love and dissent.
At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our ...
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Narration Prompt
Tell someone what happened in this chapter in order. When you get to the most important part, slow down and tell it carefully — what happened, why it mattered, and what you think about it.
Discussion Questions
- When Katniss volunteers to take Prim's place, the people of District 12 give her a three-finger salute instead of clapping. Why do you think they chose silence and this special gesture instead of cheering? What in the story makes you think so?
- Young Peeta threw bread to starving Katniss even though his mother would hit him for it. Was Peeta being especially brave, or was he just doing what any kind person would do? What in the story makes you think so?
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