Dialectical Journal #9: The Hunger Games

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
“I want to tell him he’s not being fair. That we were strangers. That I did what it took to stay alive, to keep us both alive. That I can’t explain how things are with Gale because I don’t know myself. That it’s no good loving me because I’m never going to get married anyway and he’d just end up hating me later instead of sooner. That if I do have feelings for him, it doesn’t matter because I’ll never be able to afford the kind of love that leads to a family, to children. And how can he? How can we after what we’ve been through?                  I also want to tell him how much I already miss him. But that wouldn’t be fair on my part….                 Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.	373-74	(R) Dear Katniss, YOU DON”T DESERVE THE BOY WITH THE BREAD. You are rude and selfish and I have no idea how you can live with yourself for making Peeta sad!!! I feel so bad for Peeta! I know Katniss is supposed to be one of those tough heroines and she’s loyal and stuff, but she’s just so dumb! I understand that she’s confused and stuff, but seriously? I know Gale has been your illegal hunting buddy for so long, but Peeta is… Peeta! He’s “the boy with the bread”, the one who can connect with people so easily, the boy who sees the good and tries his best to work with the bad (like Haymitch!). He’s just so wonderful. Turning him down is like meeting the leprechaun at the end of the rainbow, but refusing to take his gold! It’s ludicrous.