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姓  名 陳冠蓉 學  校 私立台中新民高級中學 年  級 應外英科二 年 丁 班

 

 

The Hunger Games-Catching Fire

After reading “the Hunger Games”, I have been really looking forward to the next episode published. I was deeply attracted by the book cover and the title, and one of the reasons is its author, Suzanne Collins, whose writing style I really like recently. Her fantasy and science fiction created a world of imagination for me to be bathed in.

In this new episode, it goes on describing that the acts of strong resistance which Katniss put up became a serious threat to the Capitol. Did you remember the end of The Hunger GamesⅠ? Katniss would like to take poisonous berries to die together with Peeta in order to end this inhuman and cruel game. At the end, although they became winners, the behavior of taking poisonous berries influenced the whole country and caused a massive wave of riots among the twelve district residents. President Snow threated her to announce her engagement with Peeta, and stop the rebellion of the people, or he would hurt her lovely sister at her hometown. Katniss and Peeta broke the rules and went back to the Distric 12 together.

“Mockingjay pin” is not only the book cover design, but also the core of this entire story, a symbolic spirit existing in everyone’s mind, including Katniss and Peeta. For the Capitol, Katniss and Mockingjay had become a symbol of renegade characters.

Katniss and Peeta unexpectedly became the 74th champion, and it also represented the capitol gradually lost control of the game development. After one year, the 75th Hunger Games took place, and the game had larger scale than any one before. It was a big celebration every twenty-five years. This time, there were very different rules of the game, unlike the previous selection of a man and woman from the same district. Instead, it had selected tributes from previous winners in each district. Although Katniss became a winner in The Hunger Games, she still had to face a crueler situation. All tributes in this game were struggling to survive. The real enemy was not the other tributes, but the person who dominated the whole game in the Capitol. In this fierce game, there was a disaster in every hour, such as a shower of blood, monkeys, flood, gossip birds, thunder, smog, etc. If the tribute was brave enough, this would be a chance. Although at the end of the book, the story did not have a complete finish, Katniss decided not to run away, which is an extremely important step. Katniss took advantage of thunder, threw wound coil toward the sky and then the big sound banged. The whole arena collapsed, and the game control room of President was completely powered off. Distric 12 in the final was also razed to the ground.

In my opinion, I particularly admired Katniss’s perseverance and persistence. Although facing extreme stress, crucial dilemma and all the uncertainties, she never gave up. Katniss wasn’t just a follower; but she showed her special attitude. No matter how she felt depressed at first, she always adjusted herself quickly, and was ready to fight again. After reading this book, I started a long reflection on myself, and I hope to become a brave girl like Katniss.