Catching Fire Foreshadowing Analysis

The Hunger Games story, Catching Fire, is connected to many themes and had lots of well thought-out characters, foreshadowing and symbols. One of the most important symbols in the story was the mocking jay. The Mocking Jay is used to show rebellion, survival and hope which are all major themes in Catching Fire. As well as being a symbol for rebellion, it also foreshadowed that District 13 may actually still be alive. After the war between the Districts and the Capitol, it was rumored that the Capitol destroyed district 13. The Capitol later confirmed these rumors by showing footage of the destroyed District 13 each year. The problem was that every time they showed footage of district 13, there was always a mocking jay that sat in the exact same sport every time the footage was aired. This led Katniss to believe that all was not what it seemed, and that district 13 may still be out there. This was then confirmed later on in the book. Another time foreshadowing was used was when Katniss figured out the arena was a clock with the help of Wiress. “But her [Wiress] eyes are dilates with fear, and when I speak, she doesn't respond except to say with ever-increasing urgency, “Tick, tock.” She does seem to be trying to tell me something,” (Collins,

First of all, the biggest theme is resistance, where ever you go in the story you will see someone resisting, it’s that huge because the protagonist is rebelling against the capitol in different ways throughout the entire book, by hunting, or straight out not listening to the Capitols orders. Another theme that you can discover easily is warfare. The people lives are on the line every year because of the mini-war called the Hunger games, a battle to a death with only one survivor. Lastly Loyalty, You can see at the end of the book, Peeta and his group did everything to keep Katniss alive, even if they needed to kill themselves to save