Summary of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

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For my book report I chose “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins. Catching Fire is set in a alternative universe that is set up in a way a monarchy would function there is the king or a president who is a cold hearted human being named President Snow. Then there are the nobles or in this situation the capital people, the capital people are wealthy and they dress outrageously just so people can distinguish them from non wealthy people. Lastly skipping the presents you have the slaves or the districts there are twelve districts and each district specializes in a different trade or the manufacture of different products such as fabric and coal miming. For example district four specializes in catching sea food and district five is lumber and district twelve is coal. There use to be a district thirteen but they did not think they should be slaves to capital any more so they disided to start a uprising but sadly they fail and their district was distorted.
Every year after the uprising the capital hosts the annual Hunger Games were two children no younger than twelve and no older than seventeen are reaped and then put into a arena to fight to the death while the whole country of Penma watches till only one tribute stands in reminder that the capital has the ultimate power. Until one year one girl unknowingly defied the capital by attempting to kill herself and her fellow tribute who was madly in love because they were the last two in the games and they did not want to kill each other. Until at the last minute the games were considered over and they were both crowned victors. These two tributes were Katniss Everdean and Peeta Mellark .Catching Fire takes place after the 74th Hunger Games Katniss Everdean and Peeta Mel...

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...d with a piece of metal knocking her out.
Right before she is knocked out, she hears Peeta yell for her and she knows they have been betrayed by their alliance. When Katniss wakes up, she realizes Beetee was attempting to blow up the force field around the arena with the tree and the wire. She then takes the wire, ties it around her arrow, and shoots a flaw she sees in the force field at the same time the lightning strikes the tree, blowing up the force field.
Katniss wakes up on a hover craft whose passengers include Beetee, Haymitch, Plutarch and Gale. She confronts Haymitch about what is going on and he informs her there was a plan to get them out of the arena as soon as the Quarter Quell was announced. She also learns the capital has picked up Peeta and Johanna. Gale then informs her that there is no longer a District 12, that the Capitol destroyed their home.

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