Comments on: In which I spoil the shit out of The Hunger Games http://alysonmiers.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/in-which-i-spoil-the-shit-out-of-the-hunger-games/ Never Hide Your Light Fri, 24 May 2013 21:43:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sassafras http://alysonmiers.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/in-which-i-spoil-the-shit-out-of-the-hunger-games/comment-page-1/#comment-3722 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:18:36 +0000 http://alysonmiers.wordpress.com/?p=1805#comment-3722 My interpretation is that it was supposed to show how far Katniss went off the deep end after Prim’s death, and that assassinating Coin was her coming back, but yeah, it was not adequately explained.

]]> By: Admiral Naismith http://alysonmiers.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/in-which-i-spoil-the-shit-out-of-the-hunger-games/comment-page-1/#comment-3711 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 05:37:05 +0000 http://alysonmiers.wordpress.com/?p=1805#comment-3711 I agree on how out of character it is for Katniss…for the general public, it makes sense to me, maybe depending on how much time has passed since Snow’s fall. I’m thinking about every time there’s a heinous murder in the real world, and the random hateful things the general public says about what to do to someone who killed just one person. The disgusting things they hope happen to him in prison, the desire to kill him slowly and painfully since a trial and humane execution are too good for him. People who never knew the victim, never heard of anyone involved, aren’t the slightest bit personally involved, say those things.

Now imagine a society in which virtually EVERYONE has lost a child of their own, or knows someone who has, because of the deliberate policies of the elite Capitol dwellers. Imagine they saw the children die, on national television, every year. Knew that the Star Bellied Sneetches considered it fun entertainment. Imagine them pushed to the point of desperation, to where they take up arms against their oppressors even in the face of overwhelming military superiority and the extreme likelihood that they’ll be massacred and their surviving relatives massacred later on as an example.

Yes, I can see them building guillotines after the war. Maybe not all of them, but enough to be a dangerous mob.

Katniss herself…not so much. Not after the kind of behavior under pressure she exhibits when talking down that district 2 soldier at the tunnel mouth. And not “for Prim” when she’s still not sure which side was responsible for Prim.

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