Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Hunger Games-- Tracker Jackers, Forest & the Pin

Dande:
Tracker jackers!

O'Juice:
They track you down and they jack you.


Laughs.

* * *


Dande:
I didn't expect them to have a boring forest. They talked about deserts, and arctic wastelands, and they had a forest?

Newhope:
Yeah, that's way too convenient.


O'Juice:
I hate how it was so perfect to her.

Chair:
Well they needed a forest because otherwise Katniss wouldn't be able to do anything.


Dande:
And also Rue couldn't be a squirrel and jump through trees.

Newhope:
She'd be dead in the first field.


* * *


Jolly:

I don't get about the pin. What's the big deal about the pin? I mean sure, it's the token she takes, but... she barely knew Madge.

O'Juice:
It's symbolism.


Chair:
It's more of a connection with Rue, because Rue explains what the bird was. And they were going to give it to Rue, but then Rue didn't want it, she gave it back.

Dande:
I think they just needed something awesome to put on the cover.

Newhope:
I thought this symbol of the front cover to be the symbol of the resistance, and it never happened.


Jolly:
I expected that to be the symbol of the Capitol, but I had no idea what it meant before she got the pin.

3 comments:

  1. The mockingjay is the result of crossbreeding between mockingbirds and jabberjays, a mattation creature that was a failed program of the Capitol originally intended to quell the rebellion that took place 75 years prior to the first book in the series.

    Jabberjays were originally designed to spy on the rebels and report back to the Capitol, but the rebels figured out how they worked and started sending false messages. The Capitol tried to destroy the jabberjays but they mated with mockingbirds and survived, now serving as an embarrassing reminder that the Capitol is not all-powerful.

    The mockingjay is a symbol of resistance and survival. Madge gives it to Katniss in a gesture of solidarity across the class line that separates them.

    In the end of the first novel, Katniss also survives the Games in such a way that embarrasses the Capitol, and sparks the embers of rebellion. The sequel, Catching Fire, fans the flames.

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  2. Thank you, Lori, for your very informative comment! You certainly know your stuff a lot better than we did back then. Keep in mind that we had only read the first book at this point. I think that in our discussion of Catching Fire (up next month!) we mentioned about how the pin had turned out to be a symbol of the resistance after all.

    And yes, Catching Fire certainly did fan the flames! We cannot wait for Mockingjay!

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