Group Inquiry Question Blogpsot

The main conflict in "Catching Fire" is that last year in the other hunger games Haymitch chose to save Katniss and get her out of the arena, but this year Katniss wants to get  Peeta out of the arena alive. She feels like she owes Peeta and she will do whatever it takes, because Peeta saved her last year. She tries to overcome this conflict by almost killing Finnick even though she was very good friends with him. She didn't want to have to kill him, but she realized that if Peeta were to survive, then Finnick would have to die. Also,Katniss makes Haymitch promise to make sure that Peeta survives, meaning Katniss would have to die. 

Nelson Mandela: Master of Forgiveness

Nelson Mandela's life was symbolized as him being very forgiving of  his country that put him in jail for acting against segregated laws in South Africa. He negotiated peacefully with his government and abolished the laws that he fought against as a young man. In the political cartoon Mandela's footsteps form the word FORGIVENESS because he could have been very angry because of his country's actions, but he chose to be accepting and forgiving of his country's decisions. Mandela negotiated with his captors instead of retaliating at them and putting them in jail. I think he chose to do this because he wanted to be forgiving and show his country that he was "The better man" and that he wouldn't give in to his anger. President Obama said, “We will not likely see the likes of Nelson Mandela again.” I agree with this statement because Nelson Mandela was a very remarkable man, he protested what he believed in and faced the consequences of his actions. Once he was released he showed forgiveness, he did not retaliate. Many people might choose to retaliate and not be forgiving and as peaceful as a man Nelson Mandela was. I would be willing to spend so many years in prison for a cause. For example, I believe that farmers in the Ivory Coast shouldn't be using slave labor to produce cheap chocolate. Source:http://upfront.scholastic.com/News/Nelson-Mandela
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Katniss Character Change

In "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, during the games Katniss sees Peeta with the Careers and instantly hates Peeta, and hates herself for ever trusting him. But really, Peeta is protecting Katniss by making sure that the tributes don't harm Katniss. He is being very self sacrificing. 
In "Catching Fire" (book 2 in the Hunger Games trilogy), after the announcement of the Quarter Quell Katniss realizes she isn't going to make it back home to District 12 and realizes that she owes Peeta her life, and devotes herself to making sure Peeta makes it back home to District 12. 
Before, when Katniss was mad at Peeta she was being selfish and too blind to see that see that Peeta was just protecting her because he cared for her. But now Katniss is being selfless because she is going to try her best to keep Peeta alive. This shows that Katniss doesn't like to be in anyone's debt, she doesn't want to feel like she owes something to someone. In "The Hunger Games" there were many times when she felt like she was again in Peeta's debt. For example, when Katniss was starving Peeta gave her the bread, this bread was very symbolic, she was given something for doing nothing. When Rue died she got more bread, I think bread symbolizes hope. By doing whatever it takes to save Peeta, she is relieving all of this debt she owes to Peeta.