Dialectical Journal #40: Something, Maybe

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
·         “’Sorry about the interruption,’ Jackson says. ‘I’ll take care of the travel arrangements, all right? And Hannah-I can’t wait to see the city with you again.’ ·         I don’t say anything, knowing he’ll keep going.  And sure enough, he does. ·         ‘I love you too,’ Jackson says, as smoothly as if I’d actually said it to him first, or at all. ‘I’d tell you how to find me when the limo brings you in from the airport and drops you at the hotel, but then I’ll be easy to spot-just look for all the beautiful women and I’ll be there!’ ·         Then he hangs up. Just like that, like the five years of silence means nothing-and it does, it means nothing to him and I hate that- but I force myself to make a wry fact at Mom and hand the phone back to her. ‘Show crap.’” ·	52	·         (R) So not only is this girl the daughter of an internet stripper (I’m not exactly sure if those exist but I will call her that anyway) but she’s also the daughter of this Hugh Hefner like character. Her father (James Jackson) has his own T.V show, which stars many young beautiful women while showing the life of a 72 year old bachelor. I must say, Hannah is one strong girl. If I was her I would cry myself a river and then attempt to drown in it. Having one of those parents is hard enough but having both is just too much.

Dialectical Journal # 39: Something, Maybe

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
·         “’I don’t understand,’ she says. ‘I got so much e-mail from my fans after the interview, and they all said they’d write to the magazine and ask for more.  Do you think I wasn’t memorable enough?’ ·         I look at her, dressed in a tight, bright pink T-shirt with CANDYMADISON.NET in sequins across the front, and a white skirt that barely skims the top of her thighs. Her shoes have heels that could probably be used to pierce some things.”	3	·         (R) Ok, it’s not even cute for girls my age to wear stuff like that, but for a mom to be wearing it? That just makes it all the more gross and shameful. If I was “Candy’s” daughter, I would refuse to leave the house until she put on something decent or at least dressed like other people in her age group. It must be traumatizing to have to live through that.

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?!

Dialectical Journal #37: Mockingjay

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
·         “Several sets of arms would embrace me. But in the end the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch because he loves Peeta too. I reach out for him and say something like his name and he’s there, holding me and patting me on the back. ‘It’s okay. It’ll be okay, sweetheart.’ He sits me on a length of broken marble and keeps an arm around me while I sob. ·         ‘I can’t do this anymore,’ I say. ·         ‘I know,’ he says. ·         ‘All I can think of is -what he’s going to do to Peeta- because I’m the Mockingjay!’ I get out. ·         ‘I know.’ Haymitch’s arm tightens around me. ·         ‘Did you see him? How weird he acted? What are they-doing to him?’ I’m gasping for air between sobs but manage to one last phrase. ‘It’s my fault!’”…	163	·         (R) It’s about time that chick took responsibility for her actions! Even though, it’s very hard to stay angry with her when she’s bawling her eyes out. It must be hard though. If she doesn’t help the rebels, the resistance might flicker out and all of the citizens of Panem will go back to doing the wretched things they were doing before. If she does go along with the rebels a plan (which is what she’s doing) anyone with any connection to her will be punished severely. They bombed her whole district. They punish the man she “loves” and then force him to do talk shows just to rattle her. Though I don’t like Katniss very much most of the time, I have to admit that she is in a really horrible situation, even if she isn’t getting tortured by the Capitol like my Peeta.

Dialectical journal #36: Mockingjay

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“Peeta’s physical transformation shocks me. The healthy, clear-eyed boy I saw a few days ago has lost at least fifteen pounds and developed a nervous tremor in his hands. They've still got him groomed. But underneath the paint that cannot cover the bags under his eyes, and the fine clothes that cannot conceal the pain he feels when he moves, is a person badly damaged.            My mind reels, trying to make sense of it. I just saw him! Four-no, five- I think it was five days ago. How could he have deteriorated so rapidly? What could they possibly have done to him in such a short time? Then it hits me. I replay in my mind as much as I can of his first interview with Caesar, searching for anything that would place it in time. There is nothing. They could have taped that interview a day or two after I blew up the arena, then done whatever they wanted to do to him ever since. “Oh, Peeta…” I whisper.	112	(R) I am done with you, Suzanne Collins. I am just done. Why would you create such a fantastic character just to have all these horrible things happen to him? Do you enjoy the pain it must be causing your readers? Are you some kind of sadist? I just want to let you know that you are sick! I will continue reading this book because it is very interesting and I kind of love this series. But I do not like you! Katniss (that horrible girl) gets tossed around here and there, suffers from a few injuries, then she’s back in the game, while Peeta (that wonderful boy) is being tortured by the Capitol!!! It’s just not right.

Dialectical Journal #35: Mockingjay

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
·         “I’m hustled back to my place, and the smoke machine kicks in. Someone calls for quiet, the cameras start rolling, and I hear ‘Action!’ So I hold my bow over my head and yell with all the anger I can muster, ‘People of Panem, we fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice!’ ·         There’s dead silence on the set. It goes on. And on. ·         Finally, the intercom crackles and Haymitch’s acerbic laugh fills the studio. He contains himself just long enough to say, ‘And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies.’”	72	·         (R) Haymitch is back! I’ve never held him in high esteem but since this woman ( Suzanne Collins) has decided to practically remove Peeta from the story by having him being held by the Capitol and permanently removed Cinna from the story( he gets killed during interrogation), I guess I’ll have to take what characters I can get. I miss the aforementioned characters with a passion (especially Cinna, he was one of my favorites!) so I’m glad that Haymitch has reentered the story - hopefully he can bring in some spice or something! Even he has been feeling some of Collins wrath! The reason he was out of the story for this long was because there is no alcohol consumption in 13, so Haymitch was forced to go cold turkey. Then again, Haymitch has never really had that great of a story line to begin with anyway.

Dialectical Journal #34: Mockingjay ( Hunger Games Book 3)

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
·         “My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old.  My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is thought to be dead. Most likely he is dead. It is probably best if he is dead…”	4	·         (R) I’m so angry at Suzanne Collins!!! Why does Peeta always get the short end of the sick? He is nothing but kind, helpful, loyal while Katniss is selfish and stupid and mean but does anything bad happen to her? No, she gets to be saved and shipped to District 13. Peeta, the good one, the one who is genuinely good, is left in the hands of the Capitol, having Lord knows what done to him. I don’t understand it. I just want to throw my book and have it somehow travel to wherever Collins is and hit her upside the head.