![]() Katniss says, though, that the people of District 12 are able to see through this disguise, furthering the theme of masks and deception. In District 12, many people are without food and are left to die of starvation, which officials usually label as death by flu, exhaustion, or pneumonia. Not only does this flashback illustrate Katniss' strength and will to survive, but it also highlights more of the injustices imposed upon the different districts by the people in the Capitol. Through flashback, Katniss reveals how she grew up as a survivor after her father's death and her mother's descent into depression. Her love for Prim is so strong that she is willing to sacrifice herself for her sister, something that not many others in the district would do for their family members. This chapter provides greater insight into Katniss' character. They all contribute to her survival, which makes her feel that she owes Peeta something, and she hates feeling like she owes anyone anything, particularly when she's expected to kill that person. The bread, the dandelion, and Peeta are all connected. One day, though, she notices him staring at her from across the school yard, and she averts her eyes, embarrassed, focusing on a dandelion, which causes her to remember a lesson her father taught her in the woods about using dandelions as a food source. The next day, she thinks that maybe Peeta burned the bread on purpose so that she could have it, but can't imagine why he would do that since they are strangers and he is a town boy and she's from the Seam. The bread looks as if it's been dropped in the fire, its crust burned black, but this bread saves Katniss and her family and renews her hope for survival. Katniss collapses and decides she is ready to die right there when she hears a commotion from inside the bakery, the baker's wife shouting at Peeta to give the bread to the hogs, calling him a "stupid creature." When Peeta's mother isn't looking, he tosses the bread to Katniss, who notices a red welt on his cheek where his mother has hit him. She checks trash bins and is at the baker's when the baker's wife, Peeta's mother, shouts at her and runs her off. She considers stealing, but in District 12, such an offense is punishable by death. She gave up trying to sell Prim's baby clothes after dropping them in a mud puddle. On an cold, rainy afternoon, Katniss did anything she could to get money or food. Her mother was in such a deep depression that she couldn't work or provide for Katniss or Prim, and the three of them nearly starved. It was years ago when Katniss was 11 and her father had recently died. ![]() ![]() She is not friends with Peeta, but she recalls how they first met. Peeta Mellark is chosen as District 12's boy tribute, which makes Katniss feel as if the odds truly are against her. Katniss comes close to crying, something she knows she mustn't do because it would indicate weakness to the other tributes and make her look vulnerable thankfully, Haymitch distracts the crowd and the cameras by stumbling off stage. As a tribute to Katniss, the audience members hold their three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and then hold them out to Katniss, a District 12 gesture that shows admiration, thanks, and goodbye to someone they love. ![]() Their silence sends a message of dissent to the Capitol and the ways of the Hunger Games. Effie Trinket tries to make Katniss' volunteering sound exciting, asking the audience for applause, but the audience, to its credit, remains silent. Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place as tribute, thinking about how the odds had been in Prim's favor, that her name was one in a thousand and never should have been drawn in the first place. ![]()
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