Catching Fire: Defying the capitol.

Catching Fire: Defying the capitol.

               In the book, Catching Fire, there are a lot of acts of defiance towards President Snow. An act of defiance is a daring or bold resistance to authority or an opposing force; an act that challenges power. Some people who are defiant in the book that we are reading are Katniss, Peeta, The Tributes and Cinna.

               One character who shows defiance is Katniss. She hung a dummy with Seneca Crane’s name on it during her private session with the Gamemakers. Katniss knows that Seneca died as a result of her actions in the games. She is reminding President Snow that she beat the system last time. On page 242, Katniss tells Peeta that she did it to “show them that I’m more than just a piece in there games.” This shows that she is done letting the Gamemakers and President Snow control her.

               The second tribute who shows defiance is Peeta. He painted Rue’s body covered with flowers from the 1^st games. Peeta is reminding Snow and the Gamemakers they are responsible for her death. Snow doesn’t want respect between tributes. On page 240, Peeta did it to “hold them accountable, if only for a moment, for killing that little girl.” This shows that Peeta did it to show blame to President Snow for putting harmless little kids into the arena.

               The third persons who show defiance were The Tributes. In their interviews they questioned the legality of the games. They say Snow could stop the games but won’t. They are blaming Snow on live television. They are turning the capitol citizens against Snow. The tributes also hold hangs in unity. Snow wants the tributes to be enemies not unified. They see competitor’s as humans. On page 251, Seeder said “if everyone assumes that President Snow is all powerful. So if he’s all-powerful, why doesn’t he change the quell?” Seeder said this because he wants the Quarter Quell to stop or change. In the text it also says “all twenty-four of us stand in one unbroken line in what must be the first public show of unity among the districts since the Dark Days.” This shows that the Tributes are together in this one, unity, and it symbolizes there love towards one another.

               The fourth person who showed defiance was Cinna. He turns Katniss’s wedding dress that snow picked out into a mockingjay. He turned her dress into the symbol of the rebellion. The dress backfired on the capitol. On page 253, “A shadow flickers across Caesar’s face, and I can tell he knows that the mockingjay isn’t just my token. That is symbolizes so much more.” This shows that Cinna did it to show President Snow that the mockingjay is still a symbol of hope.

               In conclusion, I feel that Cinna was more defiant towards President Snow. I feel that because he turned Katniss wedding dress, the one President Snow precisely picked out, into a mockingjay.