Catching Fire Chapter 24 Quotes
Catching Fire Chapter 24 Quotes
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Quote 4
[Johanna] throws back her head and shouts, "Whole country in rebellion? Wouldn't want anything like that!"
My mouth drops open in shock. No one, ever, says anything like this in the Games. [...] I have heard her and can never think about her again in the same way. She'll never win any awards for kindness, but she certainly is gutsy. Or crazy. (24.42-43)
Like Peeta, Johanna shows her courage through what she says and when she says it. It's extremely dangerous to express such sarcasm in the Games. Or, as Katniss says, it might just be crazy.
Quote 5
His reference to the baby signals that our time-out from the Games is over. That he knows the audience will be wondering why he hasn't used the most persuasive argument in his arsenal. That sponsors must be manipulated. (24.90)
Peeta and Katniss always have to think of their audience. In what should be the most private times of anyone's life, finding love or facing death, they have to perform like actors on a stage. Everything has to be done with an eye to pleasing the public.