Literary Blog Number 5

My favourite scene in Catching Fire is when Katniss' dress "catches on fire" while she's twirling it. It was during an interview the night before she was sent into the arena to face her second year of the Hunger Games. All tributes, who were previously victors in past Hunger Games, must be interviewed for three minutes by the host Caesar Flickerman. The tribute's interviews go in order from District 1-12. The female tribute goes first, then the male tribute enters the stage. It's shot in a huge studio and is broadcasted live throughout all of Panem. It is mandatory to watch the interviews. By the time Katniss comes out, the audience is a wreck from all their sobbing. Who knew there'd be such a strong bond between the victors and the rest of Panem? The audience begin to cry harder by the sight of Katniss in her designated wedding dress. Katniss and Peeta's wedding was supposed to be spectacular, but it got cancelled because they were entered into the Hunger Games for the second time. Only one of them have the chance to make it out alive. While she's twirling she notices smoke coming from her dress. She continues to twirl because she knows it must be one of her stylist's fascinating tricks. She stops and notices herself on the television screen above. Her white dress has been burned away and replaced by a black, winged dress of the same style. The dress resembles the bird on her iconic pin, a mockingjay. What makes this scene my favourite is the hidden rebellion Katniss' stylist, Cinna put within the idea.

A sketch of what I imagined this scene as (not my sketch)