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Selected for thematic weight (the unforgettable face of an unanswered cry for help), rhetorical sophistication (the second sentence reverses the first into a moral fact), and syntactic compression (two short sentences making a single moral statement).
Perhaps the girl doesn't even remember me, but I know she does. You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope.
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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 confesses to Peeta that she and Gale watched the Avox girl get captured and did nothing. She says, 'we could have helped them escape.' Is Katniss right to blame herself for not helping, or was the situation impossible? What does the chapter want us to think — and is the chapter being fair?
- Peeta lies smoothly when he covers for Katniss with the Delly Cartwright story. Then on the roof he tells Katniss, 'I'd leave here' — and immediately covers it with a joke about the food. Is Peeta a careful liar, a careful truth-teller, or something more complicated? What in the chapter helps you decide?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A Capitol servant whose tongue has been cut out as punishment, leaving them silent for life
Item 2
Cruel, uncivilized behavior, especially when used to describe a whole society
Item 3
To injure a body so severely that a part of it is permanently destroyed
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