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What is the significance of the woods to Katniss?
For Katniss and Gale the woods represent freedom. There is no fence, there are no Peacekeepers, there is just open spaces and fresh air. The woods also represent life. The woods provide food for Katniss and Gale to bring back and help support their families.
What are some symbolism in The Hunger Games?
In both versions of the text, the mockingjay is a symbol of hope, but each medium portrays it as different sort of hope. The novel illustrates the mockingjay as a symbol of hope for rebellion, whereas the film displays the pin as a symbol of hope for Katniss to make it through the games alive.
What is the symbolic significance of the dandelion in The Hunger Games?
In the story, the dandelion becomes a symbol of hope for Katniss, and evidence of her resourcefulness and expert foraging. When she sees the field of dandelions, she gains confidence in her ability to feed her family.
Why does Katniss illegally hunt for food in the woods outside District 12?
Why does she do this? Katniss participates in hunting in the woods outside of District 12. She hunts to feed her family and get money to by necessities like clothes, soap, needle and thread, medicine etc. 3.
How do the woods become Katniss savior?
When she sees Peeta, then the dandelion, she knows there is still hope and gets the idea of going to the woods to harvest dandelions and other edible plants in order to survive. (pg. 51) “The woods became our savior…” This is an example of a metaphor.
How do the woods became Katniss savior?
The woods and a savior;It means that the woods would lend way for Katniss to survive. She could hunt game, harvest fruit and nuts, collect greens, etc. Being able to go into the woods meant she and her family would live.
What is the punishment for hunting in the woods?
The punishment for hunting in the woods was public flogging.
What does Katniss hide in the woods?
On reaping day, Katniss met Gale at a special place hidden by thistle bushes but they can see clearly into the valley and they ate bread, cheese from Prim’s goat, Lady, and berries that Katniss stripped from some bushes.
What is the significance of the dandelion patch the cookies landed on?
What is the significance of the dandelion patch the cookies land on? She sees a patch of dandelions near the track, which reminds her of seeing Peeta at school after he had given her the bread–his face bruised from taking a beating from his mother for burning the bread.