Taylar Gardner
10th Lit
Mrs. Brown
28 November 2014

In the book, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, one can predict the certain events that are going to take place. Katniss Everdeen, one of the main characters shows foreshadowing when she decides to do the group of desperate citizens of District 12 and 13 a huge favor and become their Mockingjay: "I'm going to be the Mockingjay" (Collins 31). She makes the choice of wanting to lead in the fight with the Capitol after, Peeta, a boy that she has so much love for and who has been kidnapped by the Capitol announces "We can't fight one another... I'm calling for a cease- fire" (Collins 26). The prediction made for the reason Peeta made this decision is because"he's still trying …show more content…
She was able to make sure what she wrote was understandable by using language so the audience knows what the author is describing by using comparison and analogy. She does this by using Katniss Everdeen in the first person as if she was the method behind the madness, it came to writing this book. The author keeps us readers on the edge of our seats by making statements like "... He is dead", and "it's not just a flower,... but a promise of revenge" (Collins 4, 15). In the beginning of the book Suzanne places in an allusion and direct characterization when describing Katniss: "Myname is Katniss Everdeen. I am 17 years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The capital hates me..." (Collins 4). The author is also very descriptive when describing the scenes that occur: "A hovercraft marked with the Capitol's Seal materialized directly over the barricaded children... Silver parachutes rain down on them... Frozen fingers struggling with the strings" (Collins 346). Suzanne Collins also showered us readers with different types of visual touch and sound imagery, metaphors and verbal and situational irony. "My words hang in the air", (Collins 41), and "His eyes are glued on me" (Collins …show more content…
It gave off questions serving as, "Why am I not dead?" "What am I going to do" "Was that a big secret at the Capitol?" Topics such as these cause my eyes to stick to the text like glue. This book showed the difference between pride and power. Katniss Everdeen, one of the main characters, decides to take on the role as Mockingjay. This automatically means she will gain power, but would power comes pride. With the help of tragic obstacles Katniss faces such as having to fight in war and also with the death of her sister, The text shows no one person can contain full power. Greed from others such as Coin make this statement true. Coin was willing to go to war just to take President Snow's position and risk the lives of so many other citizens; even worse, minors. However, thanks to Katniss, Coin never gets her chance of taking over as President because she is killed. My opinion themes really stuck out to me and the one that I found were repeated throughout the whole book: Love, Power and Sacrifice. All of these themes can be used for daily life. Love and Power is what the human race crave for and Sacrifice is something that everyone has to go through in life. This book helped me realize the significance of life and also taught me to cherish everyday of life like it's my