Summary:
Part III is titled "The Victor". Part III begins with Katniss calling out Peeta's name as she immediately goes off into the woods to start looking for him. Now that she and Peeta can both win the Games, she makes herself promise that she will do whatever she can to keep him alive. She eventually finds Peeta camouflaged into the ground. He has many severe wounds which Katniss tends to immediately. Katniss notices that she has a lot of work to do; Peeta's leg has a really bad cut from when Cato(district 1 tribute) stabbed him, he is very dehydrated, and very sick. Peeta also reminds Katniss that they are madly in love and that they should probably be doing things to convince the audience...so Katniss and Peeta share many kisses.
Katniss and Peeta make camp in a secluded area in the forest and just stay there for a few days, allowing Peeta to heal. One day, the announcer announces that there will be a feast at the Cornucopia where each district has a backpack with one thing that they need desperately waiting for them. Peeta tells Katniss not to go, but Katniss knows she has to because the thing they desperately need is medicine for Peeta's leg. So, she gives Peeta a sleeping tonic so he wouldn't know she left. Once she reaches the Cornucopia, she gets attacked by Clove, a district 1 tribute. Thresh, the male tribute from district 11, saves Katniss as a thanks for how she treated Rue. Katniss managed to get her backpack while Thresh was finishing off Clove.
The next few days in the games are slow, until Thresh dies. Now only Peeta, Katniss, Foxface, and Cato remain. As they are leaving their old campsite, they go hunting and gathering. They almost kill themselves by eating these poisonous berries that Peeta found, until they see Foxface lying dead on the ground near the berries. They decide to hold onto the berries in case they can get Cato to eat them.
The final battle occurs at the cornucopia. Peeta manages to injure his leg once again. Cato is finally killed by a pack of muttation dogs that are part dog and part dead tribute. (it's kinda complicated to explain). After Cato gets killed, Peeta and Katniss are ecstatic because they won the Hunger Games...WRONG! The announcer comes on and announces that the 2 winner rule has been uplifted and that once again there can only be one winner. Katniss and Peeta argue about who will die until Katniss remembers those poisonous berries. She and Peeta each take a few berries and plan to eat them at the same time...the announcer then comes back on and tells them to stop. Katniss and Peeta are now both the winners of the Hunger Games!
The book ends with Peeta telling Katniss that he wasn't just acting, he really does love her. She doesn't know how to respond, and Peeta gets really upset because he thinks she is really in Love with Gale, her best friend, and was just acting.
End of Book One
Response:
Wow....this book was so good! I am definitely adding this to my list of favorite books. Every part in this book was was so full of suspense and drama and action, it was great :) Now you have to understand that I am a total romantic, so no matter how much I loovveedd the action and suspense in the book; I couldn't help but ignore the little love triangle that has developed between Peeta, Gale, and Katniss. Personally, I really want Katniss to stay with Peeta because there was some fire developed between them during the games. I know that Gale is Katniss's best friend and all, but I just don't like him. He annoys me : / Oh well, I guess I will just have to wait and see what happens in book 2!
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