CATCHING FIRE

By: Suzanne Collins

Nina CarlsenReading-RochePeriod 55/9/2012

http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/bio.htm

Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. For preschool viewers,

she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/ Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most

recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days,and a freelancer on Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try.

Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do,

you’re not going to find a tea party. What you might find...? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part fantasy/ war series, The

Underland Chronicles.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

In Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen has just participated and won in the Hunger Games which is an annual event where children from the twelve districts fight to the death. The book starts out with Katniss going around in the victory tour which is something to celebrate the winner or, in this case, winners ( Katniss and Peeta. ) Katniss cannot wait for everything about the hunger games to disappear from her memory. So after the tour is over she gets to spend a couple of normal weeks in her district. It just so happens that every twenty-five years there is an event called the Quarter Quell which is another event that all the districts have to participate in. The Quarter Quell is always changing and this year it was pretty unfortunate. President Snow always chooses randomly what event it will be, while all the districts wait anxiously and the event that they are participating in this Quarter Quell will be, two victors, a man and a woman, from each district must participate in another Hunger Games. Unfortunately Katniss was the only girl victor from district twelve so she had no choice but to participate and Peeta who was Katniss’s partner for the Hunger Games volunteered for Haymitch when he was called. So off went Katniss and Peeta to the same arena and the same game. Although every other victor was bigger and older and you could almost say wiser than Katniss and Peeta. Haymitch had known many of these victors which led him to make alliances with them for Katniss and Peeta. The day comes and Katniss enters the arena once again but now everything has changed. Along the way Katniss finds out a mysterious entity about the arena, has many people save her and Peeta’s lives. Will Katniss survive through the mysterious arena? Read this great story to find out.

SUMMARY

Main1. Katniss Everdeen: Narrator of the book, brave, brown hair, always uses a bow

and arrow, never gives up, doesn’t care what the Capitol thinks of her strong.

2. Haymitch: acts like he doesn’t like Katniss but really does, former victor from district 12, clever in his actions.

3. Peeta Mellark: Good speaker, friendly, strong, wants to give up his life for Katniss, willing

Supporting4. Finnick Odair: strong, charming, saves peeta’s life twice, knows everything

about the sea/fishing, competitor in the Quarter Quell, older victor from district four, ally of Katniss and Peeta’s tall, bronze-colored hair, green eyes, male

5. Beetee: incredibly smart, comes up with genius plans, become allies with Katniss and Peeta, inventor, from district three, fidgety, wears glasses, older man with black hair

6. Wiress: discover the big secret of the arena, Beetee’s partner, smart, odd, black hair

7. Gale: Katniss’s good friend, olive skin, dark hair, jealous of Peeta

CHARACTERS

Introduction• Katniss comes home and finds President Snow waiting for her to tell her about the uprisings in

the other districts

• Katniss is going around all the districts in the victory tour for winning the Hunger Games

• Rising action• Katniss and Peeta reach district eleven where Rue was from, and that is when an old man did

Rue’s bird call which signaled safety in the Hunger Games

• When Katniss turned around to go get some fresh air she saw the man dead and the very start of the rebellion

• After that Katniss finishes up the tour by going to the capitol to convince president snow that her and Peeta are completely in love, but even the proposal to marry doesn’t do it so Katniss is disappointed and scared

• Than only about a week or so after Katniss returns to twelve and finds that Gale had gotten caught hunting and they have a new head Peacekeeper named Romulus Thread

• Not long after the Capitol announces that the Quarter Quell is happening that year and yet again Katniss has to compete because this year it is convenient for President Snow because a male and woman victor from each district have to yet again compete in the Hunger Games and Katniss is the only woman victor from district twelve

PLOT

Climax• Katniss and Peeta are now going off to fight again in the same arena but with

completely different people who are all older than them

• Katniss makes an alliance with a very old women named Mags, and a pair from district three who are amazingly smart named, Beetee and Wiress

• But soon after Haymitch teams her and Peeta up with Johanna Mason and Finnick Odair

• Along the way Wiress finds out the secret of the arena, Beetee finds out a way to get rid of the force field, and another victor named Johanna Mason saves Katniss Beetee and Wiress’s life, and Finnick saves Peeta’s and Katniss’s lives

• Eventually there is only seven tributes left after Wiress dies

• Beetee reveals a plan to destroy the force field and Katniss is the one to do it.

• Katniss destroys the force field and the next thing she knows is……

Falling Action• Katniss wakes up in a hospital

PLOT CONTINUED

• Katniss gets an explanation about how everyone was trying to save her and not get her killed

• She hears how there really is a district thirteen and how they are going there.

Conclusion• Katniss finds out that they have taken Peeta and Johanna to the Capitol

• Gale than visits Katniss and she sees that Gale is wounded and realizes that something bad has happened in district twelve

• THERE IS NO DISTRICT TWELVE

PLOT CONTINUED

Tinctures- pg. 111 a medicine made by dissolving a drug in water Dried herbs and tinctures and store bought bottles.

Indignation- pg. 157 anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment I try to sound of indignation, but I can see he knows I’m hurt.

Histrionic- pg. 164 overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style After the usual histrionics about the deteriorated state of my beauty, they get right down to business.

Noose- pg. 236 a loop with a running knot tightening as the rope or wire is pulled typically used to hang people or trap animals. After about ten minutes, I’ve come up with a respectable noose

Syringe- pg. 384 a tube with a nozzle, piston, or bulb used for sucking in and ejecting liquid in a thing stream, used for cleaning wounds or body cavities.

VOCABULARY

STARRING ACTORS

Katniss Everdeen played by: Alison Stoner

Haymitch played by: Al Pacino

Peeta Mellark played by: Alexander Ludwig

STARRING ACTORS

Gale played by: Jake T. Austin

Finnick Odair played by: Travis Van Winkle

Beetee played by: Johnny Depp

Wiress played by Helen Bonham carter

SOUNDTRACK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pufx9Cq_TOQ

I chose Set Fire to the Rain by Adele beacause it a strong song with lyrics that describe sometimes how i think that Katniss was feeling during the book and it has the word fire in it like the title of the book.

I would say I would give this book 4 ½ out of 5 stars because it was always entertaining and I never wanted to put it down. This book is good for anyone from the age of

ten to the age of sixty. This book has many astonishing surprises that want to make you keep reading, I loved this

book.

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