30 October 2010

Try to resist the urge to eat yourself...

I'm back! But still quite lazy...
So, Kat and Peeta bring the vomitatious Haymitch to his room. Kat leaves Peeta to clean Haymitch's chest hair. Lovely. Also, they're still on the train. How big is it? Because I'm picturing it as a Versailles-sized train.
Kat decides a nice Peeta is bad, so she throws away the cookies Peeta's dad gave her. They land by a dandelion, and Kat talks about how, when she was starving, dandelions gave her hope. I think symbolism is usually supposed to be subtle, but the author must be afraid that we are too dumb to understand without an explanation. Kat talks about her gatherin of plants, and how she began hunting. She mentions that Peeta's dad likes to eat squirrels. Because, you know, who doesn't? Kat mentions finding a pond once and eating some fish and Katniss.
What?
Katniss ate Katniss?
It was only after rereading this passage that I realised that she was talking about a plant called "katniss", not herself. I'm proud of her for not gnawing off her arm.
Kat thinks about her family, then goes to sleep. She is woken by overly cheerful Effie. She goes to breakfast and drinks hot chocolate for the first time. She also immediately recognizes the orange juice, despite her claim that she's only had an orange once before. Hmmmmm. Veeeeeeeery suspicious...
Haymitch is drinking again. He merrily says, "Here's some advice. Stay alive."
*drama alarm rings*
Peeta is not amused. He knocks over Haymitch's drink. Haymitch slaps Peeta. Kat nearly stabs Haymitch. This drama makes Haymitch happy, he thinks Kat and Peeta might actually have a chance. Kat throws a knife at the wall. Hooray for keeping the train nice.
Soon, they are approaching the Capitol, Panem. Kat mentions that the colours look fake, and that she hopes her stylist doesn't think nudity is fashionable.

Keep reading next time to find out if Kat has to appear before the entire country completely naked!

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