Unfortunately, this decision is what cost him his life. He even created a statement dress for Katniss to wear and portray her rebellion before she entered the arena. Like Katniss, Cinna was never afraid to speak out against the Capitol. We also lose Cinna, one of the most beloved characters of the first novel. He is shocked to hear of Katniss and Peeta’s (fake) engagement and pregnancy and is pretty much helpless to everything going on inside of the games. Gale returns to work in the mines after being brutally beaten for his alliance with Katniss. Worse still, we begin to see Katniss lose some of her only friends outside of the games. So to pull a 180 and claim that in honor of the 75th Hunger Games, The Quarter Quell would bring back past victors to compete for their lives once again was actually pretty genius. And with two young adults out-smarting a government system, it was only inevitable that the government would have to get smarter as well. We all know Katniss and Peeta cheated their way to a joint-win in the first novel. However, I believe this story challenged reader’s minds exactly as the first book did. It made people wonder if all goes wrong, is this how bad things could become? So when Catching Fire invited us into another Hunger Games match, it is understandable why readers were disappointed. It strayed away from the fantasy realms that were popular in the 2000s and invited us into post-apocalyptic America. As a first novel, Hunger Games had already pushed the envelope.
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