Recently starting The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins an eye grabbing moment for me was when Gale brought up the idea of leaving to Katniss. I could imagine Katniss and Gale leaving the district, but Katniss being the strong character that she is, can’t. Human temptation plays a role in this idea, because it is in our nature to want more than we have. Here Katniss doesn’t have much, but something she does have is the possibility of going into the hunger games. However, the most important thing to Katniss that she has, is her sister Prim, and because of that she is able to overcome the temptation of leaving.
While thinking about what Gale had to say, Katniss thinks of how she couldn’t leave Prim, who is “the only person in the world she is certain she loves” (p10). Later on when they are together you can also see the relationship when Prim makes her laugh “the kind [of laugh] only Prim can draw out of her” (p16). The strong protections she feels for Prim is very strongly showed when she volunteers as a tribute to go to the hunger games. She is sacrificing herself for Prim, and is leaving her but to protect her.
I love how you structured this post. When I first started reading I thought that "human temptation" was just some random title that you put at the beginning. But I realized that you actually did a great job with connecting it to a problem in the story. I also like how you included quotes, they are good pieces of evidence when explaining your conflict :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post, I really like how you used multiple quotes from the text to support your main idea. I also enjoyed reading this response because of the intriguing vocabulary. Eye grabbing moment and human temptation are some good ways to start off a post because it draws the reader in from the beginning.
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