Blog post #3 pages, 161-245

This book got really intense during these chapters! Katniss is removed from the competitors house and placed on a national stage. at the beginning of this section I was surprised to find out that other alliances were made besides the one formed by Peeta and Katniss. Katniss tells the reader when she hears a a young girl scream before she is killed and she hears the voices of many other competitors talking to each other and showing that they are in an alliance, she says "Often alliances are formed in the early stages of the games. The strong band together to hunt down the weak"(P. 182) This reminded me of a reality television show where alliances are formed to eliminate strong opponents. I think the author uses all of the fighting and killing action in this section to put on display her great descriptive writing style which at times seems to descriptive as i find myself being slightly disgusted by some of the images that are conveyed. This section also shows that Katniss and Peeta's alliance is working out well for them as they have worked together to avoid being killed by taking turns sleeping and guarding and also working together to solve every day problems like getting food and water. I was surprised that the alliance worked out so well and I thought that they would turn on each other very quickly due to all of the pressure that they would have to face. A barbaric side of Katniss is shown in this section when she comes face to face with a much larger opponent and she outsmarts him by offering him a fake alliance and killing him. Katniss and Peeta are overjoyed when they get the news that two people can win the tournament if they are from the same district. this means that they could both live. This section was filled with action and the author Suzanne Collins is doing a great job keeping the reader interested.