The Capitol Invisible Hand Essay

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The Capitol’s Invisible Hand After waking up from a two day sleep, disorientated from the three tracker jacker stings, Katniss finds the young, female tribute from District 11 named Rue lurking behind a tree. Because of Katniss’ instinctive invitation to take Rue under her wing because of the memories of Prim she instills in her, the two of them become allies. That night, while cuddled together in a tree tucked inside the warmth of Katniss’s insulated sleeping bag, Katniss is able to confide in Rue about her tangle of emotions towards Peeta by telling her, “‘I think he saved my life’” (206). She also stuns Rue, who thought—along with the people in the Capitol—that Peeta is madly in love with Katniss, by admitting that he worked the star-crossed lovers idea out with Haymitch. Katniss, also, proposes a plan “that isn’t motivated by flight and evasion” (206). She and Rue create an offensive plant to destroy the Careers’ food. Their discussion reflects the social tensions between the people of Panem and the Capitol by highlighting the effect of the Capitol’s leering eyes as a means to exert imperialistic control over the people of the twelve districts. As a result, Katniss’s actions are based off of how she deliberates the Capitol wants her to perform. During the scene when Katniss is whispering to Rue, she makes sure to cover her …show more content…

Before she could stop herself, Katniss called out Peeta’s name (244). She allows herself to be overcome with excitement only because the Capitol has deemed it appropriate for two victors to emerge from the area. However, if the rules had not been changed, Katniss would have continued to follow along the path of being a sole victor because she knows that is what the viewers in the Capitol want which is why she had to force herself to ignore that when she took Rue as an

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