Let's Play....er Read The Hunger Games (an experiment in literary criticism).

[Lord Dalek]

for the King's Quest reference.

My first real computer game. It happened to me........ a lot.

[Rynnec]

Ah yes, chapters like this totally make me see the horror of the games. the tragedy of having the innocence of these kids being taken away from them as they're forced to kill one another. Truly Collins pulled no punches with this books premise.

[Spark Of Spirit]

While this is going on, Rue is avoiding certain death, Thresh is hunting in the fields, Peeta is talking his way out of a broken neck, and the remaining non-career tribunes are terrified.

But lets focus on the moody girl as she finds water.

[Foggle]

Such dull storytelling. Clearly Suzanne Collins didn't realize that you should only employ the usage of a singular narrator when it will benefit the worth of your novel, not detract from it.

[Avaitor]

I think if Collins went with a third-person omniscient perspective similar to Larsson's in the Millennium trilogy, that the book would have been a lot more interesting, especially in parts like this.

[Lord Dalek]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Goodness, Gracious...

Talk about the exact opposite of last chapter, this beast is the thrill ride we've been waiting for. The forest Katniss has been hiding has been set aflame forcing her to run for dear life. The tone is pretty manic with Katniss only going a few minutes to catch her breath and share with us her opinions as to what is going on exactly inside her head.

She thinks that its painfully ironic that she, the "girl on fire", is getting third degree burns. Oh those whacky gamemakers. The flames finally stop as Katniss reaches the river allowing her to tend somewhat to her wounds. Its not like anything else bad could happen to her now, like getting chased by some elite Tribunes...

Oh yeah... forgot about those guys.

The fearsome fivesome of Cato, Glimmer, those two from District 2 whose names I don't remember, and that dumbass Peeta chase the deeply in pain Katniss up a tree only to find they can't climb worth shit. This causes Peeta to "suggest" they just hang around and wait for Katniss to starve to death a BRILLIANT IDEA! So our Alliance of Evil just hangs arround sleeping while Katniss, in great pain, gets a surprise visitor. Its Rue! Rue points out to Katniss a coveniently located bee hive.

A PLAN BEGINS TO FORM!!!

MOVIE CHANGES: In the film a medical balm is supplied to Katniss from her sponsors while she's in the tree. This is in great contrast to the book where she doesn't think she has sponsors at all.

[Rynnec]

Oh yeah... forgot about those guys.

Not gonna lie, if Team Cato actually introduces themselves like this in the movie, then I will rush out and see it ASAP.

[Lord Dalek]

Oh yeah... forgot about those guys.

Not gonna lie, if Team Cato actually introduces themselves like this in the movie, then I will rush out and see it ASAP.

Peeta's fucking Goldo, I swear to god.

[Lord Dalek]

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Getting Even With Peeta

Katniss attempts to cut down the Tracker Jacker hive but can't do so due to the blisters (it doesn't help that the bees are knocked out from the smoke of the firestorm). She returns to her cot only to find a SURPRISE! ITS A NEW CA-no its that medicine balm she got before all this shit went down in the movie.

In the early hours of the morning, Katniss attempts to finish the job and does! (albeit taking three TJ stings in the process) The hive crashes to the ground unleashing a swarm of angry Tracker Jackers on the Career Tribunes. Cato, Knife Girl, and Peeta escape, Glimmer goes down. Katniss runs from the tree but then finds herself running back. WHY?

BECAUSE GLIMMER HAD KATNISS' FUCKING WEAPONS?!?!

You see the Gamemakers steal the weapons back from dead tribunes so this will be the only chance Katniss to get her archery set back. She attempts to get the quill but the neurotoxin of the Tracker Jackers kicks in, causing delusions and making things generally more difficult. She finally gets her bow and quil back when an equally unballanced Cato appears as well as some guy who's telling her to run for safety.

Wait a minute... that's no guy. THAT'S FUCKING PEETA!

[Spark Of Spirit]

Now it finally picks up.

[Lord Dalek]

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Triumph of the Geekburgers

Hope you liked last chapter!...because its back to filler!

Yeah its just five pages of Katniss trying to make sense of Peeta saving her but and being unsure whether or not that actually happened. Yaaay.

Until Rue shows up, huzzah. Against Katniss' better judgment (it'll kill the sponsorship deals), the two make an alliance. Rue provides Katniss with some herbs to cool the pain of the Tracker Jacker stings and Katniss cooks a goose!

Oh and Peeta's still alive...apparantly.... I guess.

[Lord Dalek]

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Blowin up shit.

Back to our story. Rue tells Katniss that the Careers have stock piled all the supplies from the Cornucopia in a giant pile in the middle of the field. Katniss thinks the only way to beat them now is to level the playing field and destroy all their stuff. Rue agrees but isn't sure how. A plan is formulated...

Rue will set two unattended fires to distract and divert attention from the camp. Katniss will then sneak in and set the stockpile ablaze. Its a strategy that's near foolproof....until Katniss gets to the field. You see the Careers have figured out that a large stockpile will attract their pray like flies to honey so they've dug up the minefield and reactiviated each one to plan around the supply pile. Sneaky bastards.

Katniss is alerted to this by the fancy footwork of FoxFace from Disrict Five. Obviously she can't go in now because a burn and run will take too much mental effort so a new solution is need... and its one that makes the Death Star Trench Run look a mild oversight.

The Careers have managed to leave out in the open a large bag of apples just sitting on top of the pile, a large bag that can be easily opened, a large bag whose contents could easily set off the whole mine field.... I'm sorry but this is just dumb writing Collins, you can't make it too damn easy for the hero! True the Careers aren't the brightest cards in the deck but still.

Anyhoo... KABLAMMO!

[Rosalinas Spare Wand]

Oh boy, I just can't fathom how in the world Katniss will use that open sack of apples to her advantage. The anticipation is killing me.

[Foggle]

Good lord. They may as well have had Adam West play Katniss in the movie...

[Rynnec]

Nice to see the writer not giving her characters a "get out of trouble free" ticket, but even if she did, at least the characters would all have wonderful and colorful personalities and charm to them to make up for it.

Good lord. They may as well have had Adam West play Katniss in the movie...

Or at least have her sound like a female Adam West.