Chapter 13
Pages 172-184
Now I smile. “How’s everything with you?” I call down cheerfully. This takes them aback, but I know the crowd will love it.
Summary:
I sort of saw this coming since it was in the movie trailer, but it was exciting none the less. The fire pretty much screwed over whatever plan Katniss had of resting and regrouping near her newly found pond. Katniss flees, following the animals Pocahontas style, away from the wall of flame. I’m glad she answers my questions from chapter 12 about the camp fire and the Career Alliance – telling us that neither could be the culprits. This was a Gamemaker devised fire, she can tell from the uniformity of the flames. They want to drive the tributes closer together since the action's been a little sparse lately.
Kat gets a slight reprieve under a rocky outcropping, just long enough to catch her breath, before some ass hat starts shooting fireballs at her. She’s like, “Not today, Mario,” and books it outta there. Kat manages to dodge for a while, but finally gets clipped in the leg. Luckily she’s able to keep her wits about her, and somehow gets far enough away that the Gamemaker planted fireball launchers can’t reach her. The smoke begins to clear and she finds a small pool where she can soak her scorched leg and hands. Our girl must be delirious from smoke inhalation, because she passes out right there on the ground, daring the Career Alliance to come and find her.
And find her they do! Luckily she hears them coming and gets a bit of a head start, scrambling up an impressively tall tree. +2 dexterity Katniss! We finally learn the names of Boy 2 and Girl 1, Cato and Glimmer respectively. I have to agree with Katniss when she makes fun of District 1 for the names they give their kids, Glimmer is pretty bad. Reminds me of celebrities who give their kids crazy names. Kat exchanges some witty banter with the group, and pretty much dares them to come and get her. They try and fail spectacularly, but Kat scavenges an arrow out of the deal. It’s getting dark, and Peeta finally chimes in and says to leave her until the morning. Not like she’s going anywhere! But I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that’s exactly where she’s going.
Finally Rue lurks back into the picture, still intent on stalking our fair heroine. She’s in the next tree over, and she’s pointing to something above Kat’s head. What could it be?
Thoughts:
I love what a gamer Katniss is. Her head is always in the game, and she frequently plays to the cameras and the audience. Even as she’s nearly being engulfed in flame she’s like “Yep, this is totally a Gamemaker thing, damn them.” At this point we haven’t spent much time with the other tributes in the arena, but it seems like they’re mostly just focused on killing. Kat is focused on staying alive and being as dashing and snarky as humanly possible.
Honestly, if I weren’t in the Career Alliance, I’d focus on trying to find some of the other remaining tributes to see if they wanted to try and take those bastards out. But just like in Survivor, keeping the people not in your alliance divided is essential for success.
I’ve been thinking about this a little lately. I wonder how someone comes to live in the Capitol, or if it is at all possible for someone to move to a different district.
About halfway through the book!
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