Post #3, pages 245-320

This reading was full of action and is defiantly bringing me to the climax of the story. Katniss changed a lot in these chapters, she becomes even more ruthless, more cunning and more much more decisive. In the begging of the story she was just a harmless little girl but throughout the games she has evolved into a heartless killing machine. In this reading she killed over many opponents in many different creative ways, one of which was a carefully devised explosion. I found out that audience members are allowed to send items to their favorite players in the game and that is how Katniss got the explosive. she also becomes very sly by making traps for opponents most of which are covered pits that have proven to be effective for her. One aspect of her that I did not expect was for her to use her alliance with Peeta to more than just the advantage of teamwork. Her and devise a plan go get as many items from the audience as possible by pretending to be in love. This works out because the reader finds out that they receive by far the most items. another skill that Katniss implements is hunting, she thinks " Momentarily, i'd felt the pang of killing something so innocent. And then my stomach rumbled at the thought of all of that fresh innocent meat"(P.269). This quote shows us that Katniss is getting much more comfortable in her new setting and that she is beginning to thrive. Something that i noticed was that Peeta was beginning to get some real feelings for Katniss and Katniss is just faking the relationship for the sake of the game and survival. I think this could cause a conflict between Katniss and Peeta later in the book. The action and suspense of this book is keeping me up reading on school nights so if i get bad grades this quarter it is because this book is so freaking good!