Katniss' Identity Crisis When Catching Fire starts, our heroine Katniss is just trying to get her life back to normal. But people of District 12 look at her differently now, and she's always on...

In Catching Fire, Gale plays the role of a big, fat "What if… ?" for Katniss:What if Katniss had never been a tribute in the Hunger Games? Would they have gotten together?What if they ran away to...

Hmm… how can we describe Katniss and Peeta's relationship with their mentor, Haymitch? We'd have to categorize it as "love/hate." Haymitch got them through the previous Hunger Games (somewhat mir...

Johanna is the living, breathing definition of a loose cannon. You never know what she's going to do, and you're never sure if you should trust her. At least she's entertaining. Like the way she st...

Plutarch is the new Head Gamemaker for the Quarter Quell. It's ballsy to take up that position after the last guy was executed for permitting both Katniss and Peeta to live, but Plutarch doesn't se...

Creepy, crawly President Snow is always a bearer of bad news. His presence casts an evil shadow over much of the first half of Catching Fire. Katniss is always looking over her shoulder and wonderi...