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Selected for rhetorical sophistication (the metaphor of kindness as a plant rooting inside a person), thematic weight (the cost of vulnerability when survival is at stake), and syntactic complexity (the chain of short declarative sentences that mimic Katniss's hard, decisive thinking).
Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there, and I can't let Peeta do this. Not where we're going. So I decide, from this moment, to have as little as possible to do with t...
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Narration Prompt
In your own words, tell the story of this chapter. What were the most important moments? What made them important — and how do you know?
Discussion Questions
- Katniss tells us in Chapter 1 that she 'turned her features into an indifferent mask.' In this chapter she chooses to throw the cookies out the window and shut Peeta out. Is the mask still helping her, or is it becoming a new kind of cage? What in the chapter supports your view?
- Katniss admits that when her mother started cooking and singing again, she 'kept watching, waiting for her to disappear on us again.' Was Katniss right to refuse to forgive her mother, or was she punishing someone who was already broken? Use the flashback as evidence.
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Talking in a way that does not make sense, often because of being drunk or confused
Item 2
Times when a person lets themselves enjoy something too much, especially food, drink, or comfort
Item 3
A state of being so deeply asleep or unconscious that you forget everything
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