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= Catching Fire = By Suzanne Collins 

//"A violent, jarring, speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense....I couldn't stop reading...." - Stephen King// ​

** //"I'm nearing the fence when a mockingjay lights on a branch and trills at me. At the sight of it I realize I never got a full explanation of the bird on the cracker and what it signifies. 'It means we're on your side.' That's what Bonnie said. I have people on my side? What side? Am I unwittingly the face of the hoped-for rebellion? Has the mockingjay on my pin become a symbol of resistance?" -Katniss// **

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"I was so obsessed with this book I had to take it with me to dinner and hide it under the edge of the table so I wouldn't have to stop reading. The story kept me up for several nights in a row, because even after I was finished, I just lay in bed wide awake thinking about it...." - Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga

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"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." ~Katniss​

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**"...There are still banners with my face waving from the rooftops. Below them, there's a mob scene. The square's packed with screaming people, their faces hidden with rags and homemade masks, throwing bricks. Buildings burn. Peacekeepers shoot into the crowd, killing at random. I've never seen anything like it, but I can only be witnessing one thing. This is what President Snow calls an uprising ." -Katniss **

//"...enough action to please Hunger Games fans and leaves enough questions tantalizingly unanswered for readers to be desperate for the next installment." - Schol Library Journal (starred review) August 13, 2009//

​ I chose the first quote because it shows that even though Katniss is the face of the rebellion, she didn't volunteer to be this symbol. The mockingjay plays a HUGE part of this trilogy. The final book is going to be //Mockingjay,// which proves that the mockingjay must be important//.// Katniss got a pin with a mockingjay on it from Madge Undersee before she went off to compete in the Hunger Games the first time. Katniss's costume designer, Cinna, incorporated fire and the mockingjay into almost all of Katniss's costumes. People noticed her in the first game before it started because of her costumes. They really noticed her, though, at the end of the game. I don't want to ruin the ending of the first book, so I'll just say that she made a move that the Capitol didn't like. The Districts took it to heart. Katniss's move sparked a string of rebellions. However, it wasn't on purpose. She was just trying to survive while trying to save Peeta at the same time because in her mind, it was the right thing to do. The fact that her spark of rebellion was unintentional didn't matter to the Capitol or the Districts. The latter use her as hope and a symbol of resistance.

The video Blackbird (which is actually by the Beatles) I chose because the pictures in the video represent both the mockingjay and the districts. A lot of the pictures show a group of birds, not just a single bird. This represents the Districts because they all feel the same way towards the government. They are tired of being treated so poorly while the Capitol is so greedy. For example, when Katniss attended a party in the Capitol, she and Peeta were offered pills that would make them throw up if they took them, just so they could have room for more food, while the districts are starving and sometimes forced to find their food illegally. Well, the part where they sing "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" is significant because the people are learning to defend themselves. "You were only waiting for this moment to arise" to me is showing that the moment Katniss defied the Capitol in the first Games, the people found themselves thinking, "If one person can do it, why can't ALL of us?"

The video for Catching Fire was the closest I could find to a "good" trailer. It says stuff about "lies" and "suspicion," which actually has a lot to do with the book. Katniss has to lie about some major things. She lies about being pregnant, she lies about who she loves, she lies about Gale being her "cousin," et cetera. The Capitol and President Snow are suspicious of her. Did she intentionally spark a rebellion? When it says "Everyone watched," that's because the Games are broadcasted for everyone to see. I picked this trailer also because they show shots of water and the jungle. It shows the people basically at wits end. They're fighting other human beings to stay alive. At any given moment, another person could brutally murder them. They talk about a girl in the book that killed people by ripping out their throats with her teeth. I can't help but wonder if all the fire was included just because of the title of the book or if the creator of the video actually put it in for some meaning.  The quote after the trailer shows that in the Games, Katniss and Peeta have to pretend to be two different people, yet they have to be the same people. It's as if their life in the games is a movie. It is, in a way, since a lot of people are watching. They make an alliance with Finnick and Mags. They weren't pretending to like those two, though. Katniss had to pretend to be pregnant. She had to pretend to love Peeta (even though it probably wasn't pretending the whole time). It was probably easiest to pretend in order to survive the Games. That way, they could get more sponsors. This quote makes the trailer have even more meaning when it talks about lies and suspicion. Nobody in the arena knows who Katniss and Peeta really are. In fact, no one thinks of the other contestants as fellow human beings, otherwise it would be too hard to kill their opponents.

The reason I chose my final video is most likely extremely obvious. It's the music video for "Uprising" by Muse. I picked it because of the lyrics and not necessarily the video, but the riot-theme to the video is a nice touch since there were riots in my book. The lyrics don't directly relate, but if you twist your mind around them a little you can see why I picked it. The chorus - "They will not force us, they will stop degrading us, they will not control us, we will be victorious" -- this is clearly the Districts feelings towards the Capitol. They are rising up and saying they aren't going to take any more from the government. There's a verse that goes, "Rise up and take the power back, It's time the fat cats had a heart attack, you know that their time's coming to an end, we have to unify and watch our flag ascend." President Snow and the rest of their government are the "fat cats" and the people of the districts are going to take the power away from them through this revolution.

The last quote is describing something that Katniss saw on the news. (She wasn't supposed to see it, though.) I think it goes very well with Muse's song. That's why I made the word "uprising" stand out! If this book had a subtitle, I think it would be called Uprising. I know I sound like a broken record, and for that I apologize. Katniss created a spark which ignited a fuse that led to an explosion of rebellions. There was a part in the book where one of the districts gave her a hand signal after she gave a speech. It wasn't much, but the entire crowd gave her the signal. An old man in the audience whistled a four-note tune that got the whole crowd whistling it. When Katniss was leaving, she accidentally witnessed the old man being executed. This shows how scared the government was of a rebellion. In my opinion, this shows weakness as well. If they're so scared, it must mean that they don't think they can handle any uprisings and they'll be overthrown easily.