Dialectical Journal #38: Mockingjay

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
“Gale makes a noise of exasperation. Nonetheless after we’ve dropped off the birds and volunteered to go back to the woods to gather kindling for the evening fire, I find myself wrapped in his arms. His lips brushing the faded bruises on my neck, working their way to my mouth. Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he’ll never come back to me. Or that I’ll never go back to him. I’ll stay in [District] 2 until it falls, go to the Capitol and kill Snow, and then die for my trouble. And he’ll die insane and hating me. So in the fading light I shut my eyes and kiss Gale to make up for all the kisses I’ve withheld, and because it doesn’t matter anymore, and because I’m so desperately lonely I can’t stand it.”	197-198	(R) This girl is completely out of her mind. She’s so crazy that I kind of have to put down the book and take a couple deep breaths before I can continue reading. First, can I just say that Katniss is so sickeningly selfish? Does she not care about Gale’s feelings? Does she not care that while for her this might act as a anti-depressant or something, for Gale it might mean so much more? She doesn’t plan to commit or anything she just wants to feel better now. And the next day, when Gale’s being more friendly than necessary she’ll act as if she has no idea why. She’s crazy.           Secondly, why does this girl never give anything time?! Peeta got tortured to the brink of insanity and she writes him off that quick? She still has some mental trauma from her time in the Games, how can she expect Peeta to get over his so fast? She has no idea what they were doing to him, and she isn't a doctor; how does she know how long it should take someone with his amount of  traumatization to recover? What is wrong with her?! Why does Peeta have such bad taste in women?!