The hunger games catching fire character summary

He tells Katniss that while on tour she better try to make sure that she puts out the flames or else everyone she cares about will be in danger. Katniss and Peeta's unprecedented co-victory in the 74th Hunger Games stirs an uprising. President Snow visits Katniss to threaten the lives of everyone she knows and holds dear if she doesn't do all she can to toe the line and quell the unrest. As her best efforts fail, Plutarch Heavensbee a former games-master, now returned meets with Snow to implement a Quarter Quell, by which to gather all former Hunger Game victors and have them eliminate each other.

Katniss and Peeta end up in the Quarter Quell but must form alliances in order to survive; however, those with whom Katniss prefers to ally herself seem to be for emotional rather than tactical reasons. After defying the Capitol on national television, Katniss has to attempt to control an uprising stirring in the districts. Peeta, grinning, tells Katniss that the other competitors see Finnick realizes that one of the members of the other group is Johanna , and he runs toward her.

Katniss and Peeta run after him, seeing that the other The group meets up with Johanna , who explains that she, Beetee, and Wiress ran through a rainstorm of blood, hence the As she explains, she remembers the watch Plutarch was wearing during Johanna says that Beetee took a wire from the Cornucopia to use as a weapon.

Katniss thinks ahead. Beetee and Wiress will Katniss gets more arrows, and notices Johanna picking up a heavy axe. She realizes that Johanna is from District 7, the lumber Peeta will make another map of the arena Katniss and Finnick turn to see Peeta, Beetee, and Johanna standing only a few feet away from them. There is another force field between them, Beetee agrees with Peeta. Johanna points out that the entire country adores Prim—to hurt her would lead to an uprising The group eats fifteen of the loaves, leaving the rest for tomorrow.

Johanna jokes that whoever is still alive at breakfast can have the rest, and Katniss laughs. Peeta will go back to the lighting zone and tie more wire around the tree. Characters Character List. Katniss Everdeen the strong, intelligent protagonist of the novel. Read an in-depth analysis of Peeta Mellark. Effie Trinket the manager of the District 12 tributes.

President Snow the president of Panem. Finnick Odair An attractive and seemingly arrogant Capitol celebrity and the male tribute from District 4. Read an in-depth analysis of Finnick Odair. Mags The eighty-year-old female tribute from District 4. Johanna Mason the fiery, exhibitionist female tribute from District 7. Beetee the male tribute from District 3. Catching Fire begins as Katniss and Peeta return home to District 12, having triumphed in the seventy-fourth Hunger Games.

As she and Peeta are supposed to start a victory tour of the country, President Snow visits and tells Katniss that her defiance of the rules of the Hunger Games where she engineered two survivors instead of the proscribed one have inspired rebellion in the country. He orders her to convince the people that her actions were due to love for Peeta, rather than rebellion.

She gives a heartfelt speech expressing her love for them, and an old man hums the tune that Rue used to communicate with Katniss in the arena.

They continue their tour, and Peeta proposes to Katniss during an interview in the Capitol in an attempt to placate Snow. Although Katniss accepts, Snow is not pleased with her and she fears for her loved ones.