NAME Maddie Menke DATE 10/14/10 TITLE Catching Fire TIME_5_HOURS
AUTHOR Suzanne Collins PAGES 1 - 391
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK_391
This book was amazing, just like the first one was, with a lot of action and suspense. I could not put it down. My favorite line is something that Katniss, the main character said. "I'm sorry, Peeta, I think. I'm sorry I couldn't save you. Save him? More likely I stole his last chance at life, condemned him, by destroying the force field. Maybe, if we had all played by the rules, they might have let him live." This quote was so meaningful to me because of the power of her words. She was going to kill him, kill them all, but it was for the greater good. To defeat the real enemy, the leader of the games. She was sad that she couldn't save him, keep him alive even though he would rather die than live in a world without her. This shows the power of their friendship. She wanted to die for him, to let him get a chance at life. It amazed me how she was ready to kill the four or five of her friends in the arena because she knew it was right, it was what she needed to do. She didn't let her feelings for them or for her own life get in the way but she fought for what she knew was right, she fought to take the Capitol down. I thought about the amazing strength she must have had to make that choice and this quote really stood out to me.
I wondered about a lot of things while reading this book. I thought about the power of friendship and the amazing strength it has. The power of love, to protect someone, lay your life down for someone. In this book Katniss is willing to sacrifice herself for her friends, there are many examples of it throughout the story. She puts herself in between the man with the whip and Gale. She let the whip hit her in the face to protect him. Also, in the arena and throughout the book she has told Haymitch, their mentor, that they need to keep Peeta alive, no matter the cost. In the arena her only thoughts are to keep him alive. She wants to kill herself in the end and leave him as the victor of the games. I thought about the strength and power that friendship holds, the feeling that you could not manage to live without someone. Her feelings are so strong, at one point when she thinks that Peeta has been captured, she tries to find him, she wants to kill him so they wont torture him to his death. She is willing to kill him so he might not have the same horrible fate as her. This book talks a lot about the amazing power of friendship.
What I found confusing in this book was all of Katniss's different emotions. She never knew what she felt. She had a two very interesting relationships with two boys in this book, Peeta and Gale. Both of them were in love with her but she did not know how she felt for them. She loved Peeta, she was completely willing to lay her life down for him but she didn't feel in love with him as he did for her. Everything she did was for their survival, to keep him alive. If that meant marrying him, that is what she would do. She loves Peeta and sometimes she felt like it is more than just a friendship but her feelings are always so confusing she just doesn't understand. With Gale it might have turned into something else but that is impossible now. He loved her and she loved him. He was her closest friend, she would do anything to protect him, but she never felt in love with him. She is hurting both of them, when she wants to help them, she wants them to understand. But she doesn't even understand herself.
At the end of this book Katniss is rescued by Haymitch and reunited with her friends. They are running away from the sectors, running away from the Capitol. Now a lot of people are going against the Capitol, rioting, trying to escape. Katniss is the leader though she did not intend to be. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol even though Katniss had tried as hard as she could to protect him, she has been saved and now he is in danger. In the next book my prediction is that Katniss will go off on a journey to rescue Peeta from the hands of the Capitol and try to escape and find what could be in Sector Thirteen. They were told it was destroyed but they show the same footage for every showing they have of it, if that is not really Sector Thirteen, what is? What is hiding there? My prediction for the next novel is that Katniss will take on an adventure to save Peeta and discover what lies in Sector Thirteen.
This book was astounding and I would definitely read another book by this author. Suzanne Collins has a very interesting style of writing and the way she writes books makes it impossible to put down. The suspense and action makes you hang on to every word. You want Katniss to live through the games, and you want Peeta to live through them too. But them both making it through is impossible. Suzanne Collins draws you closer to characters so you care about them when they are in danger and cry when they are hurt or die. The way she writes this story makes you feel that you are in the arena with Katniss and Peeta, you feel their fear and pain. She writes about many things that leave you up in bed at night wondering. What is right and what is wrong? What you want might not always be the best answer. Suzanne Collins talks about the power of sacrifice and the strength of friendship. Chasing Fire was an amazing book that I recommend you read!
This book was amazing, just like the first one was, with a lot of action and suspense. I could not put it down. My favorite line is something that Katniss, the main character said. "I'm sorry, Peeta, I think. I'm sorry I couldn't save you. Save him? More likely I stole his last chance at life, condemned him, by destroying the force field. Maybe, if we had all played by the rules, they might have let him live." This quote was so meaningful to me because of the power of her words. She was going to kill him, kill them all, but it was for the greater good. To defeat the real enemy, the leader of the games. She was sad that she couldn't save him, keep him alive even though he would rather die than live in a world without her. This shows the power of their friendship. She wanted to die for him, to let him get a chance at life. It amazed me how she was ready to kill the four or five of her friends in the arena because she knew it was right, it was what she needed to do. She didn't let her feelings for them or for her own life get in the way but she fought for what she knew was right, she fought to take the Capitol down. I thought about the amazing strength she must have had to make that choice and this quote really stood out to me.
I wondered about a lot of things while reading this book. I thought about the power of friendship and the amazing strength it has. The power of love, to protect someone, lay your life down for someone. In this book Katniss is willing to sacrifice herself for her friends, there are many examples of it throughout the story. She puts herself in between the man with the whip and Gale. She let the whip hit her in the face to protect him. Also, in the arena and throughout the book she has told Haymitch, their mentor, that they need to keep Peeta alive, no matter the cost. In the arena her only thoughts are to keep him alive. She wants to kill herself in the end and leave him as the victor of the games. I thought about the strength and power that friendship holds, the feeling that you could not manage to live without someone. Her feelings are so strong, at one point when she thinks that Peeta has been captured, she tries to find him, she wants to kill him so they wont torture him to his death. She is willing to kill him so he might not have the same horrible fate as her. This book talks a lot about the amazing power of friendship.
What I found confusing in this book was all of Katniss's different emotions. She never knew what she felt. She had a two very interesting relationships with two boys in this book, Peeta and Gale. Both of them were in love with her but she did not know how she felt for them. She loved Peeta, she was completely willing to lay her life down for him but she didn't feel in love with him as he did for her. Everything she did was for their survival, to keep him alive. If that meant marrying him, that is what she would do. She loves Peeta and sometimes she felt like it is more than just a friendship but her feelings are always so confusing she just doesn't understand. With Gale it might have turned into something else but that is impossible now. He loved her and she loved him. He was her closest friend, she would do anything to protect him, but she never felt in love with him. She is hurting both of them, when she wants to help them, she wants them to understand. But she doesn't even understand herself.
At the end of this book Katniss is rescued by Haymitch and reunited with her friends. They are running away from the sectors, running away from the Capitol. Now a lot of people are going against the Capitol, rioting, trying to escape. Katniss is the leader though she did not intend to be. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol even though Katniss had tried as hard as she could to protect him, she has been saved and now he is in danger. In the next book my prediction is that Katniss will go off on a journey to rescue Peeta from the hands of the Capitol and try to escape and find what could be in Sector Thirteen. They were told it was destroyed but they show the same footage for every showing they have of it, if that is not really Sector Thirteen, what is? What is hiding there? My prediction for the next novel is that Katniss will take on an adventure to save Peeta and discover what lies in Sector Thirteen.
This book was astounding and I would definitely read another book by this author. Suzanne Collins has a very interesting style of writing and the way she writes books makes it impossible to put down. The suspense and action makes you hang on to every word. You want Katniss to live through the games, and you want Peeta to live through them too. But them both making it through is impossible. Suzanne Collins draws you closer to characters so you care about them when they are in danger and cry when they are hurt or die. The way she writes this story makes you feel that you are in the arena with Katniss and Peeta, you feel their fear and pain. She writes about many things that leave you up in bed at night wondering. What is right and what is wrong? What you want might not always be the best answer. Suzanne Collins talks about the power of sacrifice and the strength of friendship. Chasing Fire was an amazing book that I recommend you read!
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