Defiance Blogger Assignment: Catching Fire

Defiance Blogger Assignment: Catching Fire

 

In the book, Catching Fire, an act of defiance means a daring or bold resistance to authority. The Tributes and Cinna show a lot of acts of defiance in the book. Here are some examples of their acts of defiance.

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

Another character that shows defiance is Peeta. He painted Rue’s body covered with flowers from the first game. On page 240, Peeta tells Katniss that,” I just wanted to hold them accountable if only for a moment for killing that little girl.” He is reminding Snow and the Gamemakers that they are responsible for her death. And, Snow doesn’t want respect between the tributes.

A third act of defiance was by the Tributes. They all hold hands in unity. Snow wants the Tributes to be enemies not friends. The Capitol people see the Tributes as humans. On page 258, the Tributes did it to show,” The first public show of unity among the Districts since the Dark Days.” This shows that even through the Hunger Games, Snow cannot break up the Districts.

A fourth act of defiance is from Cinna. He turned the wedding dress that Snow picked out into out, into a Mockingjay. He turned her dress into the symbol of rebellion. On page 253, Cinna did it to show,” An act of rebellion itself.” This shows that Cinna is telling the Capitol citizens that Katniss is not one of them.

I feel that President Snow would find the Tributes holding hands more defiant. Because the Hunger Games was supposed to spilt up the Districts and Tributes. So the Tributes holding hands in unity would be highly rebellious.