Practice Makes Perfect

After having to say goodbye to her family, Katniss leaves District 12 to prepare for the games. The boy tribute that was chosen from District 12, Peeta, seems very friendly towards Katniss, but she knows all too well that it is just a mask;after all, they will be trying to kill each other in a few days. There have been various people in my life that I have had to be kind to no matter how much I dislike them, it just depends on the situation you're in. My peers in school, people I take dance with, and even family members are just some examples of some of the people I wish I could avoid, just like Katniss wishes to avoid Peeta. If only there was a way they both could survive the games.

Now Katniss and Peeta are both at the Capitol where they are preparing for the games. From head to toe makeovers to game practices, these two are experiencing it all. There have been numerous times when Katniss will just describe the food they are served while at the Capitol, because they are served so much food and foods they have never even tasted before. When served orange slices in one of her meals, Katniss recalls being given an orange by her father for New Year's Eve for the first and only time. I found this to be quite interesting considering she kept calling oranges delicacies, in which most probably would not say the same for oranges.

Katniss continuely grows more aggravated with Peeta as he continues to act kind towards her. As odd as this might seem, it just makes her angry since she is supposed to kill him in a couple of days and she doesn't want it to seem as if she is killing a friend. Even though she doesn't want to be friends with him, I know she likes him, maybe even more than just friends, so it's depressing that she keeps pushing him away. Eventually, she all together stops talking to him, knowing that she must kill him in order for her own survival.

While practicing, all Katniss does is wish to get out of this foreign place and back into her mother and sister's arms, but she knows with the Hunger Games in her future, this dream will most likely never come true.