Exam review material- symbols used in "The Hunger Games"

Symbols

The loaf of bread:

1.      Is a symbol of Peeta’s love for Katniss. He risked punishment to give her the bread when she was starving. He loved her from the first day of school.

2.      Is a symbol of Katniss’s guilt. She never thanks Peeta for helping her and she feels she owes him a debt.

The Mocking Jay Pin

1.      Is a symbol of Katniss’s father. He sung to the Mocking Jays while he hunted.

2.      The Mocking Jay is a symbol of rebellion. The Capitol bred Jabber Jays during the Revolution to spy on the districts, the birds then mated with Mocking Birds. They symbolize freedom, independence and destroying the capitol.

The girl on fire/ Fire

1.      Is a symbol of Katniss’s spirit. She is rebellious, angry and passionate. It represents her burning emotions/ her drive. 

The flowers on Rue’s body

1.      Symbolizes Katniss's grief, respect for Rue and her hate for the Capitol.

The Cornucopia

1.      A cornucopia is the horn of plenty, which in the games is stuffed with weapons symbolizing plenty of killings.

The Reaping Ball

1.      Is a symbol of punishment. The capitol punishes the district’s citizens for their failed rebellion by taking the lives of their children.

The final interview dress

1.      Katniss’s final dress is a symbol of innocence, which she loses throughout the game. 

Rue

1.      Is a symbol of innocence

The Berries

1.      Are symbols of rebellion. She breaks the rules set by the game makers by making a suicide pact with Peeta.

Hunger Games Booklet Ch 23 foldable notes

Definition of theme:

Is the message that an author wishes to convey through a work. It is the main message of a piece of writing.

Survival-
1. Katniss had to provide for her family when her father passed away and her mother fell into a deep depression.
2. Katniss had to hunt to support her family.
3. People in the seam had to take tesserae to survive, which increased their chances to be selected for the games
4. Katniss has to survive the games.
5. She has to pretend to love Peeta in order for him to survive by getting gifts from her sponsors.
6. She has to make alliances with Rue, Peeta and Thresh to survive. Rue helps her destroy the Career's food supplies; Peeta's star crossed lovers act wins support from sponsors and Thresh allows Katniss to escape during the feast.

Maturity-

1.      Katniss has to be mature when her father dies and she has to take care of her sister Prim.

2.      Katniss has to be mature when she takes Prim’s place at the reaping.

3.      Katniss shows maturity when she helps Rue- she sacrifices her independence when she forms an alliance.

4.      Katniss shows maturity through compassion when she honors Rue’s death by holding her as she dies, singing to her and covering her dead body as a sign of respect.

5.      Katniss matures when she stops thinking only about herself and tries to save Peeta.

6.      Katniss shows maturity when she forgives her mother. She starts to understand what her mother went through after her father’s death when she realizes that she cannot live without Peeta.

7.      Katniss shows maturity when she feels sad about Thresh’s death. She is starting to care about other people not just herself.

The critical moment when she realizes that the games have changed her occurred when she stepped off the train in district 12 and nothing was the same. 

Maturity-

1.      Katniss originally has only one friend, Gale, her hunting partner.

2.      Katniss forms a friendship with Rue who reminds her of her sister Prim.

3.      Katniss slowly forms a friendship with Peeta. She realizes that she does not want to live in a world without him.

4.      Katniss admits that under different circumstances Thresh would be her friend.

5.      Katniss, despite the fact that he is difficult, forms a friendship with Haymitch. They can communicate through gifts.

6.      Katniss forms a friendship with Cinna as he prepares her for the games.

All the friendships that Katniss acquires throughout the games allows her to win the gam

Hunger Games Booklet

These are the items from the Hunger Games booklet you do not have to finish:

Chapter 12

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 24-27

We will replace the Bloom Ball activity with review activities.

All booklets are due at the end of the week or on the day of the exam, Monday June 11 am session.

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