In the first two books Katniss has to act a certain way to impress the people of the Capitol. She is forced to dress a certain way so that she belongs with those people. She is told that she needs to act a certain way other wise she will look weird and not fit in. In this book she has to stage a fake proposal with Peeta and do photo shoots in different dresses. She is forced to put on a happy face to save her family.Throughout the entire time she spends in the Capitol she is forced to fake it.

This is the nightlock that started everything. Katniss pulled these berries out of her pocket to have Peeta and her kill themselves at the end of the 74th Hunger Games. This was seen as an act of defiance against the Capitol. The people of Panem started to rebel against the capitol. At first it was little things but it started to get bigger and bigger. Katniss told President Snow it was because of her undying love towards Peeta. President Snow told her if she cannot convince him that this is true then he will kill her family. So throughout this entire book up until the end she is trying to convince President Snow that she truly loves Peeta.

The arena in the 75th Hunger Games is in the shape of a clock. At the end of the victory tour in the capitol Katniss dances with the new head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee. During the dance Plutarch makes a point to show Katniss his Watch. Katniss thinks it might be a clue to the arena but doesn't think to hard about it. In the arena the 12 sections have a different type of trap. During the sections hour in the day that trap is released upon the tributes only in its section of the arena. Most of these traps are physical such as waves or killer monkeys. But some of these traps are mental such as the mockingjays that sound like the tributes loved ones in pain.

This song is a good representation of the rebellion. The rebellion starts to break out during this book because the people don't like how the Capitol is treating them. They don't think they are getting what they deserve for how hard they work. Katniss is the symbol for the rebellion because of what she did in the 74th Hunger Games. When the people of Panem see her fight it makes them want to stand up for themselves. Katniss ignites the fire of the rebellion that changes everything.

When Finnick Odair and Katniss first met Katniss did not like him very much. She did not want to be his ally in the games because she did not trust him. The reason she kept him around was because Peeta wanted him to stay and he was a useful ally to have. He aligned himself with Katniss so he could protect her. He needed her alive because she was the symbol of the rebellion that he was helping to start. If Katniss had died then everything they were trying to succeed with the rebellion would have been for nothing. He had also revived Peeta while in the arena because he knew if Peeta had died Katniss would have given up. This had confused Katniss as to why he did it but he could explain why because everyone in the Capitol and all of the districts were watching them.

Haymitch is District 12's mentor. He is responsible for getting the tributes sponsor while they are in the games. He will campaign to get them things they might need in the arena to survive. He plays an even more important role in this book because he helps break some of the tributes out of the arena . The reason they want these certain tributes out of the arena is so they can start a rebellion against the Capitol. The tributes that aligned themselves with Katniss and Peeta were there to protect them until it was time to break them out.  Before the Hunger Games started Finnick and Haymitch created a way for Finnick to give Haymitch information while Finnick was in the games. This way Haymitch was able to get everything together before they were ready to break them out.

This video relates really well with this series in a hole. In the chorus of the song it talks about survival of the fittest. That is exactly what the Hunger Games is all about. The walks away with their life and that's everything. Eminem talks about never giving up and fighting until the end. If you give up then you have no chance to win and will die. Katniss never gave up on herself even if the odds were stacked against her.