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~FD can pick a quote too~
To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps ... they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.
~Stuff that happened~
From: Forceful_Dragon | #023
Maybe she'll be able to swap in somehow
+1 point for me. I was just getting used to the idea that Prim was stuck for the job, so I'm not entirely pleased by this turn of events, but I'm not surprised either. It makes a lot more sense, naturally. Kat volunteers to be the female tribute of district 12.
Kat does her level best to show no emotion. She knows that the other contestants will review the footage of everyone who is being selected for the Reaping and she doesn't want to display any weakness or give anyone a reason to single her out once things get started.
Finally the boy gets chosen. Peetla Mellark, not Gale, is the big winner. I was not expecting a not-Gale boy to hold any special significance to Kat, but Peetla's selection triggers a significant flashback.
Katniss' Mom: I wonder if there is a specific reason that Kat holds animosity towards her.
+1 more point for me. It seemed like they were just about done with the mother figure, but the Peetla inspired flash back serves to flesh out the reasons Kat has for despising her mother. When Kat's father died her mother appears to go completely catatonic, leaving everything on her 11 year old daughter to run the family in lieu of a parent who gives a ****. Struggling to get by it is none other than Peetla who "accidentally" burns 2 loaves of bread at his parents bakery and sneaks the loaves to Kat. The loaves keep her family alive long enough for her to accept the supplies of rations in exchange for additional Reaping Tickets. Basically he gets punished in a selfless (and risky) act which serves to give Kat the focus to start the life she is living now.
And so with his selection and Kat's inner monologue the ceremonies start to draw to a close.
~Forceful's Thoughts~
Awesome chapter. I could definitely feel and get into this chapter. When she was fighting back emotions I was definitely empathizing with both her decision and what she was feeling. I was also touched by the communities show of solidarity which I had to use for my chapter quote. I feel a lot more plugged into the community than I did before.
I'd mention Kat's mom but there is nothing to say that Crimson hasn't already said. It pisses me off that someone would react in that way and I also have to recognize that it's probably just a plot device to explain hat Kat became Kat.
Now that Kat is stuck in the Hunger Games and Gale is off the hook I'm wondering how Gale is going to stay in the story. He mentioned (albeit briefly) the idea of running off and living off the land in chapter 1 and I'm curious as to how he is going to deal with Kat's participation. My assumption his first reaction is going to have a plan of some sort to completely undermine the games. This first plan will naturally be doomed to being dismissed off hand as completely unusable, but unless I'm reading him wrong, he's going to want to do something about it, even if he can't figure out what that thing is yet.
I'm not sure how much time comes between the selection of the tributes and the beginning of the games though, so I don't know how much time there is going to be to work with.
The fact that everyone allows the kids to be referred to as 'Tributes' just serves to underscore how downtrodden the districts are. We've only seen district 12 though, I wonder if any of the other districts are on better terms with the Capitol. Time to find otu what happens between tribute selection and game time.
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