I have just finished the book Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. It is about Katniss going back into the arena with former hunger game winners. It started with another way to show that the capital is still in charge. In then however turns into the start of a rebellion which is stated at the end of the book.

One thing I was thinking about throughout the story was that the games were harder then the first one for katniss. There were many ways that the games were harder then the first. One thing was that former winners were going into the arena which meant that all of those people had killed at least one person before and were not afraid to kill again. One other thing is that in the first arena Katniss was familiar with some plants and the type of place they were in while in the second one Katniss does not know the biome or the type of animals or food that are edible in there.

I think this was not the smartest idea for the capital to make. However I understand that the capital was making a point that they are in charge and that no one should challenge them. Everyone in the capital grew to love the champions. It would be hard for the people to see the champions they grew to love die.

In the book Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Katniss a former winner of the hunger games goes back into the ring with her “Lover” Peeta. Since it was that 3rd quarter quell one female and one male victor from the past games would be chosen to go back into the arena.  She makes allies with former victors and goes into the arena prepared but she find horrors waiting inside the arena.

It is sad what the capital does to all the tributes that are in the arena. They suffer both emotional and physically before and after they are in the arena. Katniss was harmed emotionally because she was ready to say goodbye to all her friends and family members but instead she was hurried away and never said anything to her loved ones. That was harsh because she knows that she will never return to her family and she never made peace with her friend Gale. Also when they are in the arena they use close friends and family voices to hurt them. This was probably devastating to them. It would have been for me. Just imagine yourself in a place full of horrors not knowing what is going to come and then you hear the voices of people you know in pain that you care about.

It was shocking that a lot of people risked their lives in order to save Peeta. First of all when Peeta hit the force field he died but then Finnick saved him by started his heart up again. Also when Katniss and her group was attacked by the vicious monkeys another tribute jumped in front of Peeta which saved him but cost the tributes life. One last thing is that Finnick blocked a spear that would have impaled Peeta, because he did that he got stabbed in his thigh by his enemy.