“Not only are we in the districts forced to remember the iron grip of the Capitol’s power each year, we are forced to celebrate it,” Katniss Everdeen has just finished the Hunger Games, and is back in District 12. Though she is home, there is no more normality for her, she feels as if she is a stranger to her own life. The arrival seems like a departure for she will be hauled back into the horrid memories of the Hunger Games: “I can’t fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I’ve been dreading for months.” The day has arrived to go to each district, so that the people of the districts may honor and celebrate her and Peeta, but really it is to see the lifeless faces that have had their loved ones torn away from them because of the games, no…because of the Capital.
This year all the districts come together to celebrate the Quarter Quell, or more so to mourn. The Quarter Quell calls for an even more defiant Hunger Game than all others, but what?
Suzanne Collins fills the novel with unexpected excitement that creates the perfect balance for adventure and politics for young adult readers. Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, was published on September 1, 2009, bringing a tremendous squeal to the novel, The Hunger Games.
By: Ashlyn Medina
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