Hi guys! So here's the questions and responses I made for our first meeting. These responses are solely my opinion, so if you have another opinion, feel free to comment on any one of them. :)
1. Why do you think the Capitol sacrifices children specifically?The Capitol sacrifices children in order to put the adults into guilt. The capitol basically tortures the citizens by using the citizen's children for the tribute. Sending children doesn't make the nation a better place, but sends the nation deeper into the "Dark Age". This shows the capitol is corrupt and inhumane. The citizens does not dare to rebel; they fear to suffer the consequences instead they watch their children suffer. The punishment is given not to the one's who rebelled, but their children, in order to silence them.
2.What do you think the significance of the pin is? (The one Madge gave to Katniss)
The pin represents the Mockingjay. I believe it is given to Katniss, so she won't forget the people who are supporting her back in District 12; it is a sense of hope. It also represents Katniss's swiftness, keenness, and elegance. When Madge begs for Katniss to wear it during the Game, I think that it will give Katniss inner strength to keep moving forward that will allow her to survive.
3. Most victims of The Hunger Games die, what "dies" in the survivors (as in internally)?
When the victims die and there is one survivor remaining, that person is actually dead in the inside. They lose their purpose in life and feel "tainted" from mercilessly killing. Haymitch Abernathy feels distorted so he drinks and absolutely is ruined from inside-out. However he see's the absolute corruption of the tribute, but is tortured because he can't do anything to stop this barbaric tradition. People like Abernathy lost a sense of hope, reasoning, and morals.
4. How does the Peacekeepers contradict the barbaric nation, Panem?
The Peacekeepers contradict Panem because true peace can not enter a corrupted and impure nation anymore. They only follow what the districts tell them to do which makes them more like government officials than Peacekeepers (PK). The PK's only keep "peace" in a physical sense. Internally, the nation is a catastrophe and disaster. They don't protect the children that will be the future for them, so their names (from my opinion) should be the "Warkeepers" instead.
5. What do you believe is the key to survival in The Hunger Games?
I think the keys to The Hunger Games is to keep hope, your own humanity, confidence, and to know the purpose for what you're fighting for. However the main one would probably be hope. Hope so you can survive, hope from your loved ones, and hope to have purpose.
#3: I completely agree with your statements about how it kind of destroys the survivors on the inside. I feel bad for them, can you imagine being a mentor year after year, watching your team die most of the time?
ReplyDelete#4: I think they're called Peacekeepers because the capital thinks very little of the districts that don't ask for attention. They don't help those who they don't think are good enough for them is all. It's wrong, but that's the way the capital thinks- they only care about themselves.
#5: I dissagree about having to have hope, a lot of the tributes are pulled from their homes forcefully; how can they have hope to win against those that volunteered and are much stronger?
I do agree about keeping your humanity. Strategy is important. Of coarse, you do have to retain your sanity to use your brain. :)
Great questions and awesome answers Grace (:
ReplyDeletefor why they only pick children for the games maybe the capital is trying to show how they can even destroy someones innocence at will, or maybe its to control the population of newer generation district people because they don't want them to grow and then revolt.
ReplyDeleteI also think Madge gave the pin for a hidden reason, maybe one of the other players will see it and connect to it later in the story. Or maybe it will become something that saves her life in the future.
What dies in the survivors is their humanity.
Q1. I think the Capitol sacrifices children specifically, to show everyone in the Districts that the Capitol is the ruler and that they are they only once in control.
ReplyDeleteQ3. I agree with you answer, they lose their purpose in life and they feel tainted from mercilessly killing.
Q5. I also believe the key to surival in the hunger games is hope. Another inportant key in surviaval would be strength. katniss is a strong person she has gone through a lot in her life. She has what it takes to surive.