Part 1, Chapter 4
[Pages 48-60]
~FD can pick a quote too~
"A kind Peeta Mellark is far more dangerous to me than an unkind one. Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there."
~Stuff that happened~
Haymich goes to sleep and so Kat turns in as well, but not before another flashback about how they adapted after her father died and her mother checked out mentally.
Kat starts to take a more analytical approach to the situation and more importantly to her 'teammate' of sorts. Throughout this chapter he seems eager to please anyone and everyone which includes the uncaring bastards who live in Capitol and perpetuate the bloody he's caught in. Definitely playing the game, she thinks.
Kat agrees with herself that she will not be getting close to Peeta. But despite this the two of them combine forces to rouse Haymich from his drunken stupor long enough to get him to commit to some actual preparedness. But for now they have reached their destination and it's time to prepare to meet their audience for the first time.
~Forceful's Thoughts~
"Sponsors" got mentioned quite a few times during this chapter, but they never go out of their way to clarify exactly what is meant by the term. Obviously the decadent rich of Capitol will have some impact on their chances of which finances will play a role, but how does that all work. I'm the kind of person who likes to know the rules before I play a game and so I wish I knew just a little bit more than what they've given.
With regard to the characters as are now relevant though I have a feeling that Haymich is going to become extremely likeable and/or awesome in the near future. He seems well suited to the transition from drunken stupor to an actual "coach" who has not only valid experience, but his own brand of wisdom that will no doubt prove useful.
I'm still not sold on Peeta. When I initially read the quote I used for this chapter I immediately (and cynically?) began to assume that he will turn out to be genuinely not-nice. 5 years since a much younger Peeta showed Kat an unsought for act of kindness and I do not think she (or we as the reader) should be reading too much into it. I see a serious heel turn in the future. And not just the "he's looking out for himself and playing the game" as Kat is already concluding, but an actual, and likely malevolent, heel turn. Maybe I'm way off base, but that's what I feel is in the offing and so that's what I'm going to be looking out for. Maybe not any time soon, but down the road for sure.
I just have the impression that if he does choose to play the villan he is going to wear it particularly well, especially aided by this already assumed idea that he's "such a good person".
And that's all for now. I'll do my best not to get tempted and marathon the rest of the book at once. (I'll be good, really ^_^ )
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