No Such Thing As A Stupid Question--Just Ignorant People

Second theme. Yippeeee... This week the assignment is to come up with three thinking questions based on the reading and answer them. What. A. Joy.


So, I'm currently still reading the last of the Hunger Games, Mockingjay. Therefore, the questions and answers presented here will be spoilers to those who haven't read this (which I really recommend; this whole series is amazing):


1- Why is Katniss so hesitant and reluctant in taking on the role of Mockingjay?

• Based on her current attitude towards the rules of District 13, Katniss is repulsed by the day-to-day morals that she was forced to live by. Her own District, 12, was destroyed and the whole situation was thrust upon her without her consult. She was thrown into the Hunger Games involuntarily twice and became the symbol of the revolt, but wasn't prepared for all that came with the title. She wanted merely for her close friend Peeta to be safe, having been taken captive by the Capitol, not to take charge of all the people of the Districts. She was to lead all of the rebels to revolution, give the citizens hope, but she lacked all the skills to do all that was required. She couldn't find a reason to be the one to provide hope when she didn't possess it; she was solitary, not the type to be a leader and guide others; and most importantly, she was afraid.

2- Why did District 13 broadcast rebellion clips, or as called in the book 'propos', into the Capitol when it was the other Districts they needed to rally?

• The point of the propos was to get the Capitol citizens to realize what the government was making the Districts go through, to prove their dedication to the war, and as a signal to the traitors living in the Capitol that were with the rebels that they were still fighting. During the rescue mission of Peeta and the other Tributes, or those offered to fight in the Hunger Games, they used the propos as a distraction to rescue the captives so that the government's attention would be averted enough to get out alive. 
• The other Districts, with the exception of District 2, were already on the rebels' side, but broadcasting the propos in the Capitol would make the clips show in every District, and it would be of mandatory viewing.

3- Does Katniss love Gale or Peeta?

• As of now, it seems that she has feelings for both characters. It was stated in previous books that had she never entered the Hunger Games, everyone knew for certain that Gale would be the one she ended up with. Both he and she knew that she had romantic feelings for him, as they both confessed so, but she didn't want to get involved and put him into danger. It seems she's almost afraid to feel anything such as love, and so repeatedly is pushing him away.
• Although, through the events in the Hunger Games, what began as faked feelings for Peeta to gain sponsors and favor, turned into real feelings. As of now, she's uncertain what the feelings are exactly, and as Finnick, one of the surviving Tributes, had stated, they showed she cared about him, but how strong was what wasn't certain. Gale, too, is aware that she possesses feelings for him, and as a result, gets overly jealous, but that only causes friction between him and her, so pushes her towards Peeta further (although I really hope Katniss ends up with Gale, because he's amazingly awesome).

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Books read: 2

Time read this week: 2 hours, 20min

Total time read: 16 hours, 30min

Well, That Thar is a Nice Cover

Might as well do my second post now, as I want something to do before scavenging my scary basement for my ski shoes. What a way to spend my snow day...


Anyway, the book I'm currently reading is Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, the third book in the Hunger Games series. Its cover artwork is of what the title and the book calls a mockingjay, the offspring of jabberjays and female mockingbirds.


Jabberjays were a creation of the Capitol, the dictatorship that rules over the twelve districts, to be used against those who tried to rebel about seventy-five years before during a time called the Dark Days. They could memorize and repeat human conversations, so they could hear the plans of the rebels. But the rebels learned of their ability, so gave them false information to repeat. The jabberjays were then no longer of good use to the Capitol, and so left them all to die, as they were all male. But they didn't expect them to mate with the mockingbirds, producing what the districts called mockingjays, which have the ability to repeat songs. The formation of the birds was a slap in the face to the Capitol.


The mockingjay's significance is that in the book, it is the symbol of rebellion against the Capitol, representing everything that the Capitol hated. Those against the Capitol wore one or had it adorned on an item they possessed. Because not only had the Capitol failed to kill their own creation, it had become something better than before. Also, a jabberjay mating with a symbol of justice added to the theme.
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Time read so far: 14 hours, 10 min
Books completed: 2

My Reading Goal

Sooo...first post. I guess I should figure out what I'm gonna do with this. I'll shoot for an A (but not gonna complain if I don't get there, since I don't really read), and I'm thinking of reading the following:

• The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
• Trial By Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix
• The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series by Michelle Paver

All of these are based off of the library and if they're gonna let me get another card for the third time in the past two years because of disappearance... -.-