There’s evidence to support this. The Capitol’s seal on the hovercraft, the lack of any attempt to blow the enemy out of the sky, and their long history of using children as pawns in their battle against the districts. Two things about this whole section.  First: there’s a weird sense of the CSI effect here,…

Real or not real? I am on fire. The balls of flame that erupted from the parachutes shot over the barricades, through the snowy air, and landed in the crowd. I don’t know; you’re the narrator.  You tell me. Let’s see, bombs don’t actually shoot fireballs, so there’s that.  Then again, this book has already…

Am I really that cold and calculating? Gale didn’t say, “Katniss will pick whoever it will break her heart to give up,” or even “whoever she can’t live without.” Well, let’s be fair here.  If it would break her heart to lose either of them, then a different consideration is needed, and that second option…

Who the woman was calling to remains a mystery, because after searching the apartment, we find she was alone. Perhaps her cry was meant for a nearby neighbor, or was simply an expression of fear. At any rate, there’s no one else to hear her. This apartment would be a classy place to hole up…

At some point, they realized that they had been tricked. And President Snow can’t tolerate being made to look like a fool. Yes he can. Snow has done nothing but shoot himself in the foot since he showed up.  Someone who continually screws himself like Snow has only two options: learn to do better or…