Post #2, pages 86-161

This book blows my mind on every page with its stories of neglect and terror. It was not always this bad though. At the beginning of this reading all was fine. It started off at the mansion at the capitol where Katniss and the other hunger games competitors were getting beefed up for the life or death competition. At the mansion Katniss tries not to befriend any of the other competitors seeing as she would have to try to kill them eventually but there is one boy she cannot help staying away from, his name is Peeta. He is from the same district as Katniss and they had met years before. the two of them decide on a trues for the games. The two of them find a strategy the last night ant then the games begin. I thought that this couple is very cute together. Much cuter than timmy and jimmy. I also think that the alliance between them will defiantly be an advantage because there were no other alliances in the group that were explained. The other good thing about having two people is that they can keep each other sane because it is revealed to the reader that a leading cause of death in the games is suicide because kids will go crazy from isolation. Finally on page 147 I heard the words I had been waiting all book to hear "Ladies and gentlemen, the 74th Hunger Games begin!"(p. 174).It really surprised me to find out that there had been 73 of these barbaric tournaments and no one had stopped them. Katniss becomes very introversive in this chapter as she tries not to communicate with the other competitors but I could tell that it was hard for her not to be friendly to everyone. If this sort of tournament were happening in the world today i am sure that it would be shut down the one second after someone were killed. This book really interests me and I cannot wait to keep reading.