Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Chapter 13-Remembering

Identify if there is any irony in this chapter. Explain if there is.
-Caroline
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  1. OwenMarch 17, 2010 at 6:20 PM

    There is most definitely Irony in this chapter. There is Situational irony because Katniss is running from, and being severely injured by, fire. She was "the girl on fire" (hence the name of the blog) during the opening ceremonies and now fire is about to be her downfall. At one point in her flight she thinks that the gamemakers may have placed this trap specially for her. Simply because of her fiery entrance.

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  2. ChloeMarch 21, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    Good Owen! I agree. It is terribly ironic that Katniss has used fire as an aspect of multidimensional profile, but is now having to face her own "identity" placed specifically against her. It is ironic that Katniss is trapped by her own facade. I think maybe this fire could be a symbol. Throughout this book Katniss discovers what means most to her, and she is confused about some of the people she holds closest to her. This trap, this fire, has set her smoldering within herself.

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  3. LivvieMarch 23, 2010 at 7:01 PM

    I agree with both of you. I think that she was used to the "fake" fire and was NOT prepared by this one. Which is probably the reason that the gamemakers chose that as their weapon. They could have chosen any of the other elements but they chose the one that had shown up most in the parade to the audience's liking. Ironic? I think it just might be.

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  4. CarolineMarch 24, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    I noticed that Katniss and Cato exchange verbal irony. Katniss says things like, "It's been a bit warm for my taste," and "Why don't you come up?" She is far from actually wanting Cato to join her in the tree and she was referencing the giant wall of fire that had surprised them all. Cool idea with the "girl on fire." I hadn't thought of that before.

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