Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins is the second novel to the bestselling book The Hunger Games. In this story, the main character, Katniss tells the story in which she has to go back in to the Games to once again fight. In Catching Fire, there was a celebration for the anniversary of the Hunger Games. In this event, all of the previous winners from the games were once again chosen at random to go back in to the games. Not to her surprise, Katniss was chosen again because she was the only girl winner of the games from her district. Also, their mentor Haymitch was chosen to go into the games, but instead, Peeta, the other winner from the previous games stepped in for him.
The other book that Suzanne Collins wrote and that I have read is the Hunger Games. This one compares because it is exactly the same story. It is just a follow up book that relates it exactly the same. The Hunger Games tells the same story as Catching Fire and it has mainly the same themes. Suzanne Collins expresses her ideas throughout the book and she has the most similar writing styles. I think that both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire are well written novels.
The author's intended audience is mainly for the kids ages, I would say 12-18. I mainly think that this was the audience that she intended for because those are the ages in which kids and teenagers like to be entertained. The best way for them to be entertained is to tell a story with a lot of action.
The author's writing style seems to be that of a women who likes to be independent because the main character Katniss expresses all of these ideas. Throughout the Hunger Games and now in Catching Fire, Katniss shows that she is a strong girl who is not afraid to fight. This some what reveals the writing style of the author Suzanne Collins because it is some times true that the author's novel seem to be based off of their own lives and their own personal experiences. In class, I have finally finished reading the second novel by Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire. The book was okay compared to the first book, The Hunger Games.
The other book that Suzanne Collins wrote and that I have read is the Hunger Games. This one compares because it is exactly the same story. It is just a follow up book that relates it exactly the same. The Hunger Games tells the same story as Catching Fire and it has mainly the same themes. Suzanne Collins expresses her ideas throughout the book and she has the most similar writing styles. I think that both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire are well written novels.
The author's intended audience is mainly for the kids ages, I would say 12-18. I mainly think that this was the audience that she intended for because those are the ages in which kids and teenagers like to be entertained. The best way for them to be entertained is to tell a story with a lot of action.
The author's writing style seems to be that of a women who likes to be independent because the main character Katniss expresses all of these ideas. Throughout the Hunger Games and now in Catching Fire, Katniss shows that she is a strong girl who is not afraid to fight. This some what reveals the writing style of the author Suzanne Collins because it is some times true that the author's novel seem to be based off of their own lives and their own personal experiences. In class, I have finally finished reading the second novel by Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire. The book was okay compared to the first book, The Hunger Games.
I think that the author's purpose in writing the book is to show how the government is corrupt and how that could possibly be us one day. The government here is the main villain and the book shows you a lot about how the government works in ways such as taking control of their people without letting them even have their own thoughts without being punished for it later. I believe this because the entire book is based on how Katniss despises the Capitol, which is their form of government. She hates the government because of what they do yearly, The Hunger Games. I also think she is upset that she has to go back in to the Games after she had just gotten out of there.
The weaknesses of the book are that it is not as interesting as The Hunger Games was. I feel that because The Hunger Games was the first book, it was better because we're barely starting to get a sense of all the characters. As for Catching Fire, there was not enough action to really keep me interested like Hunger Games did. Although this would not most likely happen, something that would have made the book better was for it to be written in another person's point of view. It would have been great if instead of hearing only the thoughts of Katniss, we could have heard the story from Peeta's side.
The character that still interested me the most was Peeta because he was also brave and I guess you can say that he was still in love with Katniss no matter what. He was really brave when he decided to go back in to the games to protect Katniss. Haymitch, Katniss' and Peeta's mentor was originally chosen to be the boy who got chosen to go in to the Quarter Quell, but it turned out that Peeta had decided to step in for him.
Another character that was interesting was the main character Katniss because her main goal in the Quarter Quell Games now is to keep Peeta alive. This was her and her mentors plan.
This are some of the observations that I have made about this book. Overall I thought that this book has many great characters that help build up this story. For example like I was saying how Katniss had to really protect Peeta from dying because thanks to her Peeta did not only survive in the first book but the second book to. Also Gale and Peeta both played an important role in getting between Katnis life. It made it harder for her to choose how she wants her life to go to. They both loved her and she loved both of them. She then had to decide who she really wants to be with. So as you can see the characters in the book Catching fire really have an impact on the book.
In conclusion the characters in Catching fire there own unique style in shaping the way the book goes. From romance to action and from death to life they all make a huge impact not only in the way the book goes but as well in the characters.
