Part Two, The Quell
The two peacekeepers were actually
two young women who had run away from District 8. Their names were Bonnie and
Twill, and brought news to Katniss about the uprising in their District, the
one that made Peacekeeper uniforms which explains why they’re wearing they
uniforms. They said they were headed to District 13 which, to Katniss, was
unbelievable. They believed that people lived underground in District 13.
Bonnie and Twill explain to Katniss that they know District 13 exists because
the Capitol reuses old footage of District 13 whenever it’s shown on TV, as
they believe that they always see the same bird in the same place. this leads
Katniss ro wonder what the District currently looks like.
She gives the woman her food
supplies and shows them how to hunt. When the evening comes, they leave her and
she returns to the village. However she realizes that the fence to the District
is now electrified and she’s unable to enter the village through her normal
passage. She decides she needs to go over the fence, and searches for the right
tree. She climbs up and over and must jump from 25 feet in the air. She lands,
and hurts her tailbone and heel. She returns home and tells her mother and Prim
that her slipping on some ice caused her injuries, but there are two
peacekeepers there waiting for her. They are surprised to see her, because they
know she was in the forest and believed she would be trapped on the other side
of the fence.
They were waiting for her not to
show up so they can bring her family in for questioning. Luckily, Haymitch,
Peeta and Prim were able to go along with a story to cover for her. After the
peacekeepers leave, Katniss’ mother examines her broken foot, and Peeta stays
with her through the night after she asked him to stay. She is in bed for the
winter, while Peeta keeps her company and they enter information in her
mothers’ medicinal and edible plant book, with pictures that Peeta is drawing.
Once she is healed, her prep team
comes in to help her with her wedding fashion shoot, along with Cinna. She
listen to them speak of how they have not had shrimp in the Capitol for weeks
and realizes that other districts are rebelling. The next day, she speaks to
Haymitch and he tells her that because District 12 is so small, everyone would
need to join in for them to overthrow the Peacekeepers and the Capitol. The
same day, Prim comes home and tells everyone that there’s a mandatory television
scheduling that night, which she believes is the footage from the wedding
fashion shoot.
Prim is partially correct, but there
is also another big announcement. President Snow appears with a wooden box, and
reminds the audience of the dark days and when the Hunger Games were born. He
also states that every 25 years, the anniversary of the Hunger Games is marked
by a Quarter Quell, a glorified version of the Games. He talks about the first
Quell, when every district was made to vote on who was sent to Hunger Games, in
the second Quell, every district was forced to send twice as many tributes into
the Hunger Games. The wooden box holds the information for the third Quarter
Quell. Snow pulls out an envelope and states that the male and female tributes
will be reaped from the existing pool of victors. Since District 12 has only
three winners, Peeta, Haymitch, and Katniss, Katniss knows that she is now
going to be forced to go back to the Hunger Games.
She runs out of the house and into a
basement of an empty house to scream and cry. She makes her way to Haymitch
where he already tells her Peeta has come to visit him, and told him that Peeta
wants to go back into the arena to protect Katniss. she tells Haymitch that
whatever they do, she wants Haymitch to make sure Peeta comes back alive. She
and Haymitch get drunk and the next afternoon, she goes back to Haymitch’s
house where Peeta has emptied all of his liquor and has threatened to turn them
or anyone who gives them alcohol in. he tells them that they will be training
for the Quarter Quell because two people will come back alive, and they begin
to work out and also study footage of past winners to see their competition.
On the day of the reaping, Katniss
has decided to say goodbye to Gale, to tell him how much he means to her. The
reaping has Katniss as only choice for the female competitor, and the male
chosen is Haymitch. However, Peeta volunteers to take his place. instead of
being able to tell their families goodbye, they are brought directly to the train
and leave for the Capitol.
Once at the Capitol, they eat and
find out who the competitors from the other districts are. That night, after
Katniss is woken from a nightmare, she goes to see Peeta. The two embrace and
are interrupted by a writer bringing in warm milk. They decide to watch more
videos and come across Haymitch’s victory from the 2nd Quarter Quell
which they have not seen. Katniss recognizes the name Maysilee Donner as her
mother’s friend, and realizes that she was a twin to Katniss; friend Madge’s
mother. She also sees her mother crying and embracing Maysilee when she is
called. Katniss also sees Haymitch being called up. She notes that he was
powerful looking, and even somewhat handsome.
Haymitch allied with Maysilee and he
broke through the foliage surrounding one and of the arena; he discovered the
force field surrounding the arena to prevent the tributes from escaping. He
wish to investigate further but Maysilee didn’t so the two tributes parted
ways. Just after the two broke off their alliance, Maysilee was killed by a
flock of birds that pierced her throat and Haymitch stayed with her until she
died, holding her hand.
Haymitch became one of the last two
remaining tributes, the other being a female Career tribute. The girl pursued
Haymitch to the edge of the arena where the force field was located. Both
tributes were wounded, but Haymitch more so; the female tribute attempted to
win the games by outlasting Haymitch. However, Haymitch used the force field
during the final fight when his adversary threw her ax at him; it was repelled
back by the field and killed her. Haymitch was crowned victor of the 50th
Hunger Games. However, President Snow, the leader of the Capitol, was furious
about Haymitch’s trick with the force field, which Katniss would later describe
as being “almost as bad as the berries.” Katniss wonder what the Capitol did to
punish Haymitch.
Once they arrive, they are ushered
to prepare for the opening ceremonies. Right before the ceremony, Finnick Odair
from District 4 hits on Katniss, asking her to divulge her secrets but she
brushes him away. After the ceremony, Johanna Mason from District 7 walks by
Katniss naked. Katniss doesn’t understand why everyone is acting weird until
Peeta explains that to the Capitol, she is “pure” and they are trying to get
under her skin, which angers her.
They go to the rooms where she sees
the Avox girl, Lavinia, from the 74th Hunger Games, and also a new
Avox, which turns out to be Darius from District 12, who tried to stop Thread
from whipping Gale. He, like all Avoxes, was forced to suffer getting his
tongue cut out. She is warned by Haymitch not to say anything because it would
mean punishment for Darius. Later, Hyamitch tells them that they must from
alliances this year and make friends. During training, Katniss be friends
Wiress and Beetee from District 3, who point out the force field used to
separate the game makers from the tributes. Katniss displays her archery skills
and is wanted by many to be in an alliance. In their solo performances for the
game makers, both Peeta an Katniss are unsure of what to do. Peeta goes first,
and after a long wait Katniss goes. She doesn’t know what Peeta did, but she
can tell that the game makers are angry. She sees Plutarch Heavesbee, the new
head game maker, and has an idea. She ties a noose to a dummy and with berry
juice writes the name “Seneca Crane,” the former head game maker during
Katniss’ Hunger Games, who let both Katniss and Peeta live. He was executed by
orders of President Snow.
Afterwards, she find out that Peeta
made a drawing of Rue with the flowers on the ground which could not be washed
away, and was covered by the game makers. Haymitch isn’t happy because now they
have made enemies. The scores are shown, and Katniss wonders to Cinna if anyone
has ever received a 0. But instead, she and Peeta both receive perfect 12s.
Haymitch explains that this was done to make sure the other tributes are
gunning for the both of them. Peeta and Katniss stay together that night, and
Katniss has come to accept her death, which she knows will be the spark for the
rebellion. That night, both don’t have nightmares. The following day, they
spend the entire day and night together alone on the roof.
The day of the interview, the prep
team comes into Katniss’ room and find her and Peeta together. Peeta leaves and
as the prep team starts to cry, they leave one by one until Venia is left. She
then says goodbye Katniss and Cinna comes in with her wardrobe, specifically
chosen by President Snow, the chosen wedding gown from the photo shoot. She
notes to Cinna that it’s heavier than before, but he explains that he had to do
some alterations and tells her don’t lift her arms until she twirls on
television.
The interview atmosphere is
different from the previous year. The tributes are speaking out against the
Capitol, asking why President Snow isn’t stopping this if he is great and
powerful. The second last tribute to speak is Katniss, who comes on stage with
the dress on, apologizing to the crowd for not letting them see her get
married. She twirls and raises her arms and the wedding dress burns away to
reveal a different dress underneath. When she looks towards a television, she
realizes that Cinna has turned her into a mockingjay.
Although Cesear knows what the dress
represents, they play it off as the bird on Katniss’ token. Next comes Peeta,
the last tribute to speak. He tells the audience thet he and Katniss are
already married, and tells them that Katniss is pregnant. This drives the
audience to madness and hysteria. As Peeta makes his way back to the other
tributes, he holds Katniss’ hands amidst the chaos, and it turn she grabs the
hand of Chaff who is next to her, and then all the tributes join hands before
the Capitol has time to turn the cameras off, and Katniss knows that this, the
joining of unity on the stage, has now rippled into the districts and will stir
the rebellion even more. Effie was forced to leave without saying goodbye to
Peeta and Katniss, and they say their goodbyes to Haymitch. He tells them to
stay alive, and to always remember who the real enemy is.
Getting ready for ceremonies, she is
in the room with Cinna when she steps on the plate to be taken to the arena,
when she is frozen in place and can’t move. She looks at Cinna who just shakes
his head in confusion, when three peacekeepers enter the room, who then arrest,
beat him into submission and drag him out of the room. A frozen Katniss watches
in horror, but then is transported to the arena.
The plate leaves her in the middle
of blue water, which she realizes “is no place for a girl on fire.”
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