Summary Katniss sees Peeta on-stage for the first time. He looks healed and healthy, and Katniss runs to his arms. They kiss in front of the audience and continue to kiss even as Caesar Flickerman tries to get them to stop. When they’re ready, Katniss and Peeta sit together on […]
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Summary Katniss and Peeta both spit out the berries, rinsing their mouths with water from the lake as cheers from the people in the Capitol play over the loudspeakers. A hovercraft drops ladders for them and, once on board, the doctors take Peeta away to begin surgery. Katniss feels like […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Part 3: Chapter 26Summary and Analysis Part 3: Chapter 25
Summary Katniss can see that the creatures are muttations. From a distance, they look like wolves but are able to balance on their hind legs. She follows Cato toward the Cornucopia and starts climbing, then remembers Peeta with his hurt leg. He lags behind and she shoots an arrow at […]
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Summary Katniss can tell that Peeta feels bad about unintentionally killing Foxface. As they cook their food, Katniss realizes she hasn’t been very nice to Peeta all day, so when he asks to go back to the cave, Katniss aggress even though she doesn’t want to make the long trek […]
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Summary Katniss and Peeta try to pace themselves on the rich food so that they don’t get sick. They talk about what life might be like if they win, if they get to live in the Victor’s Village with Haymitch, which gets Katniss wondering about Haymitch and how he won […]
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Summary Katniss begins to wake from a deep sleep. She believes she’s at home, that her mother is stroking her hair, but instead she finds herself in a cold, damp cave. For a moment, she’s alarmed, but then relaxes at the sight of Peeta. The medicine worked, and he is […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Part 3: Chapter 22Summary and Analysis Part 3: Chapter 21
Summary Until nightfall, Katniss does her best to camouflage the cave. She knows that if she doesn’t make it back, Peeta doesn’t stand a chance, but she still wants him to be somewhat protected. She crawls into the sleeping bag with Peeta and tries to stay warm. The Gamemakers have […]
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Summary Katniss is able to get Peeta to drink the broth with a lot of coaxing and kissing. They spend the next day in the cave, flirting; Katniss maintains that she’s putting on an act for the audience’s sake. Peeta can tell that Katniss hasn’t slept, so he says he’ll […]
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Summary Katniss sets out to find Peeta, reasoning that she would hate any tribute from her district who didn’t try to find his or her partner. She decides, too, that she needs to maintain the facade of “star-crossed lovers” to keep the audience rooting for them. It has worked for […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Part 3: Chapter 19Summary and Analysis Part 2: Chapter 18
Summary With a single arrow, Katniss kills the boy from District 1, who speared Rue, and takes Rue’s hand. Rue makes Katniss promise that she’ll win for both of them, and then asks Katniss to sing her a song. Katniss sings a lullaby from her district, and when she’s finished, […]
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