![]() ![]() ![]() Katniss' embodiment of the mockingjay and its symbolism carries this chapter. She knows that without her, the rebels would have no one to guide or influence them. She feels as if she is fighting everyone else alone, and is determined to die on that hovercraft because it would ruin Haymitch's plan and possibly save Peeta. But now, she feels abandoned and taken advantage of by him. Katniss has felt that she has always been able to trust Haymitch. The theme of individual versus society that has been present throughout the entire novel reaches its climax in this chapter. The immense trust she felt in the rebels and the cause seems to have vanished. At least in the Games, Katniss says, she knew exactly what was going on. She says that her friends have been even more secretive and plotting than her enemies. Suddenly, Katniss feels that she cannot trust anyone. However, as Katniss soon learns, nothing has been the way it seems. Even when she is dying and imprisoned and has every reason to give up, she is still unwavering in her plan to protect Peeta from the torturous methods of Snow. This further illustrates Katniss' resolve and determination. Katniss is determined to kill Peeta to ensure he does not suffer for her rebellion. After the Games, the Capitol bombed them, and there is no more District 12. He tells her that Prim and her mother are alive and safe. Gale has his arm in a sling, but other than some burns and bandages, he appears to be all right. She ignores when people talk to her until she hears Gale. The only thing calming her is the drugs they inject in her. ![]() She refuses food and water and stops speaking to anyone. She is angry with Haymitch for not telling her of his plan and for letting Peeta go to the Capitol. She agrees with Finnick when he says he wishes everyone was dead because that would be better. This doesn't comfort Katniss, and she wonders if she is slowly going crazy. When she wakes, Finnick tells her the Capitol will keep Peeta alive if it means that they can use him as bait. She is placed back on her table and sedated again. Angered by this news, Katniss lunges at Haymitch's face and scratches him with her fingernails. She asks where Peeta is, and Haymitch tells her the Capitol picked him, Johanna, and Enobaria up when the arena exploded. They tell her the others were willing to die for her because she is the mockingjay, and without her, there could be no revolution. Johanna wasn't attacking her but was instead cutting the tracker out of her arm and leading the Careers away from her. Plutarch tells her when he showed her his watch, he was tipping her off about the arena and trying to gain her trust. She is angry with Haymitch for not cluing her in on the plan, and he says neither he nor Peeta knew about it because it was too risky. Haymitch informs her that most of Panem is in rebellion against the Capitol. The hovercraft Katniss is on is headed there. Katniss also discovers that Bonnie and Twill from District 8 were correct: There is a District 13. The bread the group had received as gifts from sponsors served as clues as to when the rescue was going to occur. Plutarch had been working undercover for years trying to overthrow the Capitol, and Beetee's idea to shoot the wire through the force field was always the plan. The victor tributes from 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11 all had knowledge of the plan, which explains why it seemed everyone was working to protect her and Peeta. There was a plan to break them out of the arena once Snow announced the Quell. She opens the door and Haymitch instructs her to sit while he explains everything to her. She stops at a door when she hears the voices of Plutarch, Finnick, and Haymitch on the other side. She finds a syringe and walks down a narrow hallway. She decides she must kill Peeta before the Capitol can torture and kill him. She sees Beetee laying on a table near her. This occurs a couple more times before she fully wakes up. She rips the tubes out but loses consciousness again before she sees who comes to fix the tubes. The next time she wakes, she is lying on table, connected to tubes. Plutarch is in the hovercraft with her, and she soon blacks out from the blood loss. She realizes the Capitol has kept her alive to make her death as horrific and torturous as possible in front of all of Panem. Suddenly, a hovercraft appears above Katniss and takes her from the arena. She wonders if the Gamemakers and Snow will let any of the remaining tributes survive. Katniss is unable to move and can only watch as the earth seems to explode. ![]()
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