Allies in The Hunger Games

So far in Hunger Games Katniss has made an alliance with Rue a girl from District 11. I believe that was a very good, strategic move on Katniss' part (also Rue's!) and Katniss needs things like this to help in the Games.

First off, Rue has been very trustworthy in the Games lately. In this quote you see the trust and bond between the two of them: "Rue has decided to trust me wholeheartedly." and "If she'd wanted me dead, all she had to do was disappear from that tree without pointing out the tracker jacker nest."

Secondly, she has a lot of general knowledge especially about agriculture. Did you know that District 11 was the district that specializes in agriculture? Well then, it makes sense. Katniss does mention how the Gamemakers purposely put poisonous berries in the field but Rue can identify them well. That is sort of a bonus for Katniss. Also, the Gamemakers manipulate the Hunger Games to make them more interesting. For instance, they made a huge forest fire around Katniss' camp to try to eliminate her. Since Rue is has a strong background in agriculture, it is easy for her to make natural, homemade remedies for any wounds as she did for Katniss' burn.

Lastly, Rue can be very surreptitious. When Rue and Katniss, met again in the woods she already knew all about the Careers whereabouts, supplies, and "members". That is good for the both of them to make a strategic plan.

I really like their team in the book. I admire Rue, I think she is an interesting character. In my previous blog post, I talked about the government in Panem. I also predicted that the Panemians might have demonstrations. I predict that both Rue and Katniss would participate because they say negative things about the government in there dialogue: "Rue's eyes widen. "Oh, no, we're not allowed to eat the crops. They arrest you or something? I ask. "They whip you and make everyone else watch, says Rue." Alright, thanks for reading my blog post!

Government in The Hunger Games

Today, I would like to talk about a world connection I had while reading The Hunger Games. The government and the Capital are like governments today. There are countries in the Middle East and other places with a large population of low income families like the Everdeen's.

They dont have much freedom of say...opininon as you read in this quote: "If I'd stood even a ghost of a chance, it vanished when I sent that arrow flying at the Gamemakers. What will they do to me now? Arrest me? Execute me?" and also "What really scares me is what they might do to my mother and Prim, how my family might suffer now because of my impulsiveness." Not that I'm saying what Katniss is doing something right in this moment, no. What I am trying to state is that if she does something or rebel she would have major consequences from the Capital and Gamemakers. Thus, not very much freedom in Panem.

Rebellion is my next point. I believe the Capital holds the Hunger Games because they are trying to get the "do not rebel and don't go aganist us" point across to the younger society. This is like Egypt and Libya and how they went against their dictators and rioted. Unfortunally, in some countries the dictators or leaders did not tolerate this well. This is also shown in the quote. I think this is called dictatorship and it is similar to Panem's government.

Now, that I have compared Panem and the Middle East there is one simialrity with the Middle Eastern countries. Most of them had protests. Will Panem or District 12 have one now or later in the books? It seems that Katniss is not happy with there descions (I predict also Gale) and I bet others think the same way.