Sunday, March 21, 2010

Chapter 18 - Evaluating

Appraise the value of Katniss' singing to Rue as she dies. Would it comfort you as you lay dying?
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  1. OwenMarch 21, 2010 at 7:02 PM

    I'm sure I would be comforted if someone sang to me as I was dying from a violent chest wound in an arena of doom and death. I would appreciate the gesture and NOT come back to haunt whoever was doing the singing unless they were singing a song that should be eternally shunned. Sorry, I was in a temporary random mood... Back to answering the question seriously. I would be comforted and the singing might take some of the extreme anger and pain away from the whole experience. Notice that some...

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  2. CarolineMarch 22, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    I think that it was especially nice in Rue's case because she loved music so much. The arena is so foreign and the familiarity of a song would probably be a nice thing to die to. Also, it would be nice to have company when I die because so many people die alone.

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  3. ChloeMarch 23, 2010 at 2:23 PM

    Very nice responses. I would greatly appreciate someone singing me gently into death. Like Caroline said, the surroundings are not home and Rue's family is very far away. She is only twelve, and I think that it would be comforting for Rue to have one last reminder that she was loved.

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  4. LivvieMarch 23, 2010 at 6:40 PM

    I would have liked it if i knew someone cared about me that much to sing to me as i died, putting herself in danger as she did so. But, i would have also felt shame as if i had let her down. I would have felt weak and helpless. But if i was the singer I know I would have wanted only comfort for the dying. I would have wanted to know that they dyed peacefully and calmly. Not ripped apart like the many others.

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