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Catching Fire




New game, new rules, the same thrill and excitement…
Right when they thought the game was over, they realized it has only just begun…
It was mixed feelings that plagued me when I read The Hunger Games’ sequel, Catching Fire. At the outset, I was reassured that despite the excruciating scenes I witnessed during the game, Katniss and Peeta could finally breath the air of freedom when the shackles of oppression and dominance were unleashed by their inspiring triumph in the arena.
They survived the first death-defying wallop of the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem, they had vanquished the other contenders in a battle to death, and they were ready to see the world—their own fragile, little world in District 12 where their families were waiting in anticipation and joy that they made it through. Yet, things didn’t turn out the way Katniss wanted them to be.  Things were not getting better for her and her long-time friend Gale. Peeta had done far worse that it broke her heart. And a broiling mutiny against the Capitol had scared her spirit.
Ultimately, Katniss and Peeta would find themselves once again trapped in tyranny and cruelty. Along with this ordeal was to prove their intriguing romantic flaunt, which was matched with gruesome corollaries. Again for the second time, Katniss and Peeta would wage their lives in a special edition of the ‘hunger games’ that left them with no option of refusal—but a choice between life and death.
As the sweltering story continued in this equally breathtaking installment, Katniss and Peeta would make new friends, and new enemies. The rebellion has begun. They were ensnared in a deadly, staggering and despicably mystifying maze of the new arena.  It was terrifying to see those clever, strong and competitive victor-tributes working together, and against each other, to keep their lives. But in the end, the champion will reap the prize.

Espousing outstanding themes in diversity, Suzanne Collins’ Catching Fire will show you another meaning of life and survival, morality and obedience, sacrifice and redemption, and of love and law. Most of all, it is a remarkable novel that explains the conflict between interdependence and independence, two different elements that help people to survive.



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