Catching Fire #25

Catching Fire

Pg.355-367

5/19/11

Summary: Katniss wakes up from her long rest in a very joyful mood which is unique for her. Unfortunately, Katniss’s dream land doesn’t last long as she is snapped back into reality when thinking of how long this alliance can last. Katniss comes to the understanding that she really doesn’t know why she and Peeta are teamed with these tributes. Katniss decides to tell Peeta about her new plan to split up from their alliance, but Peeta believes that they have to wake until the rest of the Careers are dead, otherwise he and Katniss would have two groups of tributes trying to kill them. Katniss agrees, partly because this is Peeta’s turn to win the Hunger Games, and because life is going well with her alliance. To make things better for the pack, Beetee has a plan to take out the two remaining Careers. After many hours a working with some wire, Beetee has the idea of tying his wire to the tree that always gets hit with a lightning bolt at noon/ midnight and having the electric current run down into the ocean where Beetee suspects the two other tributes to be. Although Beetee’s plan is brilliant, it does come at the cost of losing the sea as a source of food by electrifying all of inhabitants that live in the water. However, even though the loss of food will impact the gang, Katniss has also found an abundance of food in the jungle. In addition, even if Beetee’s plan doesn’t kill the remaining Careers, the two Careers will also loose the sea as a source of food. The alliance all agree on using Beetee’s plan and don’t waste any time getting to work. Katniss and the rest of her alliance walk to the same tree that repeatedly gets struck with lightning where Beetee checks out the tree. However, time is running out, and Joanna is starting to get worried that they won’t get out in time, but Katniss assures Joanna everything will be alright. Just as Katniss insisted, the pack gets out of the noon time zone with plenty of time to wait across the arena for noon where either Katniss and her alliance will be the only tributes left, or the plan doesn’t work, and the alliance will give away their location!