Dialectical Journal #17: Catching Fire

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
“Finnick’s back by my side, Peeta hanging over him. ‘It’s no use,’ I say. ‘Can you take them both? Go on ahead, I’ll catch up.’ A somewhat doubtful proposal, but I say it with as much surety as I can muster.            I can see Finnicks eyes, green in the moonlight. I can see them as clear as day. Almost like a cat’s, with a strange reflective quality. Maybe because they are shiny with tears. ‘No,’ he says… ‘I’m sorry, Mags. I can’t do it.’            What happens next is so fast, so senseless, I can’t even move to stop it. Mags hauls herself up, plants a kiss on Finnicks lips, and then hobbles straight into the fog. Immediately, her body is seized by wild contortions and she falls to the ground in a horrible dance.”	301	(R) I don’t know a lot about Mags, but I feel that if I did, I would finally have a favorite female character in this book. I think it’s incredible that she gave up her own life in order to save Peeta’s. But now Finnick is sad!!! These people rarely get to be happy. I don’t understand how the people of the Capitol can enjoy this. What is entertaining about watching 24 kids, or currently 24 victors, fight to the death? Or be killed off by malicious Gamemakers?