Chapter 23
Pages 303-319
What’s left of Foxface’s emaciated body is lifted into the air. I can see the red glint of hair in the sunlight.
Summary:
Peeta and Kat feast on their newly acquired dinner while chatting about what life could be like if they won. For one thing, they’d get to live next door to Haymitch! That in and of itself sounds like a party to me – just invite Madge over and play beer pong all day. What could be better? Katniss reflects on how maybe she and Haymitch aren’t so different; after all, he is able to communicate with her pretty effectively in the arena with his gifts. Another interesting thing, if Peeta and Katniss win they’ll become the new mentors for the District 12 tributes. Now that would be interesting, especially with Katniss. It’d pretty much be like “DON’T. TRUST. ANYONE. EVER.” The end.
Unfortunately (or… fortunately?) we get the news that Thresh has died, and obviously Cato is the culprit. I don’t think Thresh would be one to get bested by the weather. Our lovers conclude that the cannon shot must have been drowned out by the thunder. For the first time Katniss thinks of the killing as murder, and also for the first time she doesn’t really feel like eating. Which is completely bizarre. Katniss starts thinking about what’s to come, and idling muses that Foxface will probably by a lot harder to catch than Cato. I tend to agree. I feel like you could hear Cato coming from a mile away.
We learn that the Game has lasted about two weeks at this point, which I appreciate. I like the frame of reference. We also learn that Katniss doesn’t really want kids, but also doesn’t want to be alone. A gay lady after my own heart, that Katniss Everdeen. So even if Katniss wins, her kids won’t be exempt from the reaping. This makes me wonder what the deal with Prim is. Like, will her name go back into the pot next year? If she was called again would Katniss be able to volunteer again? Would Katniss volunteer again? And how seriously unlucky would that kid be?
So Kat and Peeta venture out to hunt and gather (guess who’s doing which) and Peeta is thwomping through the woods like a T-Rex scaring all the game away. All the game, that is, except for one lady with a very fox-like face. Katniss is getting irritated with Peeta so in an effort to get him out of her hair for a while she tells him to f***ing go and gather over there for awhile damn it. He does and he finds some death berries and Foxface thinks that, yeah, those death berries look pretty good. So she eats some and we are officially down to two of Kat’s girlfriends. Madge, Avox? You guys better be ready to duke it out.
peeta es just a dum pink ball so he really doesn’t get what’s happening. He thinks Cato killed Foxface and he’s ready to bolt, but Katniss knows better. The realization that she won’t be getting any until this ridiculous ordeal is finished finally sets in.
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