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The Hunger Games (2008)
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Peeta, you were supposed to wake me after a couple of hours," I say. "For what? Nothing's going on here," he says. "Besides, I like watching you sleep. You don't scowl. Improves your looks a lot." This, of course, brings on a scowl that makes him grin.
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My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me........
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I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can't own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I.
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I can't fight the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I've been dreading for months. Katniss Everdeen
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I can't help comparing what I have with Gale to what I'm pretending to have with Peeta. How I never question Gale's motives while I do nothing but doubt the latter's. It's not a fair comparison really. Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you sidestep that?
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You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.
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Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.
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How much better my life has been for knowing him. For loving him, even if it's only in the limited way that I can manage. But I never get the chance.
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If he goes and dies on me now, I know I'll go completely insane.
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That was the first time I ever saw him smile. It transformed him from someone menacing to someone you wished you knew.
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Here, cover yourself with this and I'll wash your shorts." "Oh, I don't care if you see me," says Peeta.
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Well, I can't leave Mags behind," says Finnick. "She's one of the few people who actually likes me.
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Why am I hopping around like some trained dog trying to please people I hate?
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Not daring to flee since my general location has just been broadcast to any killer who cares. I mean, I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag.
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For me, it's better to wake up with a paintbrush than a knife in my hand. -Peeta
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Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside of me.
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Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you need to do is show up and pretend to be happy for them." "That's one of the few things I won't have to pretend, Plutarch," I tell him.
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I swing my arms to loosen myself up. Place my fists on my hips. then drop them to my sides. Saliva's filling my mouth at a ridiculous rate and i feel vomit at the back of my throat. I swallow hard and open my lips so I can get the stupid line out and go hide in the woods and-that's when i start crying.
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And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna's hands, desirable by Peeta's confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.
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She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it's not me, that it's not me, that it's not me. Effie Trinket crosses back to the podium, smoothes the slip of paper, and reads out the name in a clear voice. And it's not me. It's Primrose Everdeen.
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All I can think of is the emaciated bodies of children on our kitchen table as my mother prescribes what the parent's can't give. More food.
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Because I have learned the hard way how deadly these beauties can be.
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Oh, that I do know...Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can't survive without.
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No, you won her over. Gave up everything for her. Maybe that's the only way to convince her you love her.
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Here began countless days of hunting and snaring, fishing and gathering, roaming together through the woods, unloading our thoughts while we filled our game bags. This was the doorway to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.
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In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.
Marshall Taylor
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Born:
August 10, 1962
(age 61)
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