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Selected for thematic weight (an exchange of forgiveness performed entirely without spoken words on the Avox's side), rhetorical sophistication (the question marks within Katniss's interior voice while the Avox communicates only through gesture), and the precise final image of the Avox tapping her own silenced mouth before pointing to Katniss's chest — a wordless statement that Katniss would have ended up in this same position if she had tried.
I should have tried to save you, I whisper. She shakes her head. Does this mean we were right to stand by? That she has forgiven me? No. It was wrong, I say. She taps her lips with her fingers, then p...
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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
- The Avox girl wipes the blood off Katniss's hands and helps her clean the room. Then she taps her own mouth and points to Katniss's chest — silently telling Katniss, 'You would have ended up like me if you had tried to help.' Is the Avox forgiving Katniss, or releasing her from a debt that was never possible to pay? What is the difference?
- Cinna tells Katniss, 'Pretend you are talking to a friend back home... pretend you are talking to me.' Examine why this works when nothing Effie or Haymitch tried worked. What does Cinna understand about Katniss that the others do not?
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Vocabulary Builder
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Glowing with light from within, in a way that draws everyone's eye
Item 2
So ordinary and unoriginal that it becomes dull to hear or say
Item 3
Showing silent disapproval, often through a look that does not need words
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