I haven't started reading it yet but the book sounds fabulous. I can't wait to start reading it! So happy you started a book club! <3
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So far I'm really enjoying this book! Here are my answers to your questions:
1. Katniss is my favorite character. I think she has a stong head on her shoulders and she always keeps her guard. I enjoy reading her thoughts on life and the game.
2. I think Katniss resents her mother because she has done a lot of the hunting for food, and caring for her sister when that is clearly something the parent should be doing. Katniss can put her emotions aside when need be while her mother just cannot.
3. I have to agree that I'm not sure if Peeta is a friend or not at this point. In this situation, he could very well be playing her along. But some of the things he has done shows that he has good intentions and is indeed a kind person. It could go both ways for now.
Thanks Lauren!
1. My Favorite character in part one is Katniss. Just the fact that she would risk her life for her sister, not only during the reaping but everyday when she goes to hunt to support her family is an amazing thing.
2. I think that it is the fact that her mother stopped being her mother once her father died. Katniss never got to grieve his death because she had to take over to keep her family alive.
3. In part 1 I wasn't sure about Peeta's friendship towards Katniss. I was guarded with letting myself even like him while reading Part 1.
I've read The Hunger Games, and Catching Fire, but I haven't finished Mockingjay. I love these books. I am beyond excited for the movie. I'm anxious to see how well the actors portray the characters. From what I can tell, the movie is going to be very good!
I...am not entirely sure I should answer these, since I've read the whole series. But...oh well. I'll try limiting myself down to the first book (though...maybe not the first part...I don't even remember where the divisions are...)
1. I'm pretty sure Cinna is in by now, and he's my faavorite for the entire series. The whole leadup of the rest of the prep team's weird fabulousness to 'all-black clothing, gold eyeliner' Cinna is well done, and his relation to the other characters is amazing. He's got great advice, he's very committed to helping Katniss...and his clothes aren't just pretty eyecandy. They have a message to communicate, a specific persona to play to people. Innocent, dangerous and unforgiving... He's not just a costume designer or even entirely a stylist. He's a psychologist at his finest, working to manipulate perceptions.
2. Katniss resents her mother because her mother abandoned them. Mental abandonment is worse than physical abandonment; you still have to deal with the person and their shell. She could see the pain her mother was in, but couldn't do anything to help. Worse still, her mother could not see the pain that her children were going through. Katniss had to become the parental figure and provider for her family. She couldn't trust her mother.
3. I...will shut up to avoid spoilers. (Though I have a few wonderful jokes about foes, friends, and which side of the bed you sleep on...but somehow, I don't think those really answer the question). I seem to remember arbitrarily thinking of him as 'foe' when I started, though.
1. I love Katniss because I identify with her. While my mother didn't check out the way hers did and my father didn't die, they both worked a ton and I took on sort of a parent role to my younger siblings as well and I've always felt older than I am because of it. However, I also love Peeta. I love when he talks about wanting to have a moment to himself that the Capitol can't take away from him on the roof with Katniss before the competition starts. He's different than Katniss, but he is a fighter in his own way.
2. Mrs. Everdeen abandoned her children for a while. She got lost in her sorrow and grief and forced her child to take care of herself and her younger sibling. Katniss was still a child too so she probably felt incredibly betrayed by the situation.
3. I definitely think Peeta is a friend. From what we've seen so far, he is geniuine and I don't think he has it in him to betray her.
1. Katniss is my favorite character so far because she is so independant. I like her wanting to help her family attitude.
2. Because her mother wasn't there for her and her sister during and after her father's death.
3. At this point I think Peeta is a foe. I don't think he has Katniss best intentions at heart.
Loved these books. I read all three of them in a week this past summer. Great pick.
I started reading the Hunger Games the day before Lauren announced this would be the next book. Then I finished the whole series in three days. Woops... I'll try to keep my answers short and sweet so I don't give anything away unintentionally.
1. I also really love Cinna. I think it is obvious that he's in this for more than just the job. He wants District 12 to actually have a name for itself in the Games.
2. Katniss resents her mother because when her father died, her mother sort of checked out. This made Katniss mature early and become the head of the household. It was Katniss who had to hunt, cook, and take care of her mother and sister.
3. I think at this point there's too much speculation with Peeta to decide if he is a friend or foe. He seems to be genuine, but the fact that Katniss is still extremely suspicious of him is worrisome.
If anyone has finished the series and wants to chat, send me a message! :)
At first I wasn't really interested in the book. When I finished the first part I couldn't stop reading!! I finished the firts book yesterday and I'm reading the second book right now!
Love it ♥
I can't answer the questios beacuse I'll tell the whole book and that's not fair. The only thing that I can say is that I'm loving it!
Hope you all enjoy it =)
1. Katniss, she's a strong, independant girl.
2. I think Katniss resented her mother because when her father died she was kind absent. She was there, but no there. Her mother let Katniss take all the "grown up" responsabilities.
3. I actually never saw Peeta as a foe, I've always seen him as a friend, for no particular reason. I think he really cares about her.
1. My favorite character is Katniss because she is so very strong and independent. I think it shows a lot about her character that she's been providing for her Mother and Sister since her father passed.
2. I think Katniss holds so much resentment toward her mother because she completely shut down after her father's death leaving Katniss no choice but to become an adult and take care of their family to keep them all alive. She went through so much as a young girl to do this.
3. This is hard to answer since i've read the whole book already :) (couldn't put it down!) Through Part 1 I think it's hard to tell whether he is a friend or foe at this point.
1. Katniss because she's such a strong character.
2. She resents her mother because she deserted her and her sister when they needed her the most. Before she had relied on her parents to take care of the both of them and look out for them, like parents do. But then her mother was pretty much left right after her father. She was no longer reachable to to her girls. Katniss felt abandon.
3. I've actually read through the book a couple times, so I obviously know how to turns out. But I remember during this part that I had no idea if Peeta was friend or foe. But I was hoping that he was friend.
I've read the entire series twice through, so I'll do my best in staying within the confines of Part 1 of Hunger Games.
1. At this point, my favorite character was also Katniss. There are so many reasons. Comparing her to other female characters in young adult (or even adult) fiction, she is one of the strongest, most compelling characters I've read. She is internally and externally so complicated, but we understand her.
2. At this point in the story, Katniss's resentment towards her mother is strictly based off the fact that she's only her mother by title, not by her devotion to her family. Yes, she has had to deal with some serious emotional turmoil, but so has Katniss, except Katniss had to take the title of care-give to both Prim and her mother. Katniss wasn't allowed to grieve, because her mother never stopped grieving, and they literally would not survive if they all spent their days and nights crying together. She had to grow up so quickly in order to save her family.
3. I had my speculations of Peeta throughout the entire book, so don't expect to get straightforward answers at this point. I thought, at this point, that Peeta was ultimately a good person, and was more willing to accept the possibility of dying, but his motives toward Katniss confused me, as do her motives towards him at this point.
The book gets pretty graphic from here on out, be prepared!
1. My favorite character would be Katniss becasue she is brave and willing to fight for the safety of her family. She is strong willed and independent.
2. Katniss has so much resentment towards her mother because she has had to take over he rmother's role. She has had to act like a mother her whole life, not getting the experience of really being a kid or teen.
3. I think Peeta is not a foe, but at the moment doesn't have Katniss's best interests in mind. I think he is confused and scared.