“I spent my life folded between the pages of books.In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived love and loss through stories threaded in history; I experienced adolescence by association. My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”

― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

Sunday, June 10, 2012

THE HUNGER GAMES DISCUSSION SATURDAYS

Hey Y'all!

It's The Hunger Games Discussion Saturdays. Again!

This weeks question:

Team Gale or Team Peeta?

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Kait

This is really a simple question. I don't understand why it would be fightable......It's Peeta. It's always been Peeta for Katniss. Gale is her best friend....but I don't know if they ever could have been together. When what happened at the end happened (I'm tryig to keep this spoiler free so those of you who have read Mockingjay you should know what that means) Suzanne had Gale leave....I know it seems that she could have been with Gale but Suzanne banishing him was really sort of an easy closer, making Katniss's decision obvious. I know that Katniss would have chosen Peeta anyway. He is so perfect for her....and you can really tell in Catching Fire, she is in love with him. In Mockingjay she remembers what it is like to be with Gale and that seems to make her stumble a bit, but she knows. Gale is only her best friend. When Katniss has the opportunity to shoot him, to do what she is supposed to, she can't. In a way that is the biggest betrayal. Gale refuses to shoot her, because she didn't shoot him. It kind of closes off the deal because there is left over anger. That event means two things; One,Katniss and Gale love each other (in a friend way) too much to actually pull it off, and two, Katniss and Gale don't love each other because they didn't shoot. Oddly confusing but very traumatic. So for many more reasons about the boy himself (which I'm sure Mari will cover) I am team Peeta.










But in this very strong argument that I must bring up....I am not team Gale or team Peeta....I am team Katniss. Because just as Jennifer Lynn Barnes mentions in her essay in The Girl Who Was On Fire The Huger Games is not about Team Gale or Team Peeta, it's about life and death and a strong heroine set on controlling her future because she refuses to live under the disastrous government. That is why I am Team Katniss.

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BUT.....the guy I think is best for her is PEETA, so therefore I'm technically "Team Peeta"

Lets hear your thoughts! COMMENT!








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Mari

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 

FOREVER NO DOUBT IN MY HEART AND I WILL NEVER EVER DOUBT THIS DECISION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Ok so I really love Gale but Peeta should be with Katniss because they are perfect for each other!  She keeps them safe by not trusting anyone and he can move countries to do what he wants! He is amazing and so is Katniss!!!!!!!! But you know I'm not mad at Gale even though he *SPOILER ALERT** (highlight to read) { killed Prim and I cried so hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! }*END OF SPOILER*  But I still have a spot reserved for Gale in my nerdy book-loving heart!!!!!!!  So, I don't hate him. Don't think that cause it's not true because he had done GREAT things for Katiniss ex. "Don't let them starve!" I cry out, clinging to his hand. "I won't ! You know I won't Katniss remember I-" *SPOILER ALERT* I love you Gale, we all know that's what you were going to say!! I love you! *END OF SPOILERS*********  But Peeta will always do anything for Katniss he was willing to die for her lots of times during the games because... He loved her.  And though Gale could've had a chance he never told her how he felt until too late because when you experience almost being killed multiple times together... you don't go back... you just don't.  So I also think Peeta is a better choice because Katniss has been almost a sister for Gale for so long so they can't just all of a sudden go from bestest friends who are almost siblings to love birds.. And really it's just sad that Katniss *SPOILER ALERT* loses contact with Gale at the end of Mockingjay because he's a great guy and really helped care for Katniss' family! So it's really sad that they lost contact though I think Gale should've stayed in District 13. *END OF SPOILER* So in conclusion,  Team Peeta all the way and I think we all are at 2-b-read but I guess you'll find out WHY in their opinions...

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Rach







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