During our discussion, my group talked about many parts of our book, Hunger Games. Overall, it was a good discussion and I learned a lot of new things from my group.
Hunger Games is a story of the future of America, where there are 12 districts instead. Every year, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12-18 from every district compete in a challenge located in the Capitol called the Hunger Games, in which they must fight until the last one standing. The winner walks away with food and prizes for their districts. Katniss, the main character chooses to stand in for her sister during the games. The boy who will accompany her will be a boy she barely knows, Peeta.
We all talked about many topics on our book and how we feel about it. Some of the subjects that came up was the fact that Peeta was generous to Katniss before he even knew her. There was an event in which Katniss needed food for her family and on purpose, Peeta had burned the bread so he can throw it out and give it to Katniss. This was about 4 years before the Hunger Games and it shows that Peeta's character is supposed to be nice and caring no matter what.
The most thought provoking question that came up within our group discussion was what was going to happen to Katniss' and Peeta's relationship?Does Katniss really have the guts to kill Peeta in the games after he has been so nice to her? And does Katniss really believe Peeta when he says that he loves her?
The most thoughtful responses that we had to these questions was that we predicted that the relationship between Peeta and Katniss can go both ways. Either they will hate each other during the games, especially Katniss, just so it would be easier to kill him at the end. Or, Katniss will be convinced that Peeta does love her.
I thought that later on in the book, Katniss wouldn't kill Peeta because he will turn out to be such a great person that she couldn't bear to do that to him.Also, I thought that maybe Peeta does not actually love Katniss, but instead, he's just using that excuse so she wont kill him.
