Dialectical Journal #18: Catching Fire

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
·         “This seems to draw Wiress in her direction and she careens into Johanna, who harshly shoves her on the beach. ‘Just stay down, will you?’ ·         ‘Lay off her,’ I snap. ·         Johanna narrows her brown eyes at me in hatred. ‘Lay off her?’ she hisses. She steps forward before I can react and slaps me so hard I see stars. ‘Who do you think got them out of that bleeding jungle for you? You-‘ Finnick tosses her writhing body his shoulder and carries her out into the water and repeatedly dunks her while she screams a lot of really insulting things at me.’	·         320	·         (R) I feel kind of happy that Katniss got slapped. It didn’t happen at one of the more convenient parts, but it still happened! Johanna, though, seems to be a mad woman. I thought Katniss had trouble controlling her anger, and then Suzanne Collins brings in this girl. I’m a bit leery of  Peeta and Katniss forming an alliance with such an unstable person. But Johanna gets stuff done, which counts for something. Also, she seems like the kind of person who tells it like it is, no beating around the bush. Even if she’s a little crazy, hopefully she’ll help the group get farther in the competition.