The Hunger Games Chapter 6 Quotes
The Hunger Games Chapter 6 Quotes
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Quote 1
“What’s an Avox?” I ask stupidly.
“Someone who committed a crime. They cut her tongue so she can’t speak,” says Haymitch. “She’s probably a traitor of some sort. Not likely you’d know her.” (6.23-24)
As we learn here, traitors to the government have their tongues cut out and become servants called Avoxes. Why do you think it’s significant that the government removes the tongue? What is it about being able to speak that’s so important?
Quote 2
I’d set out to tell her I was sorry about dinner. But I know that my apology runs much deeper. That I’m ashamed I never tried to help her in the woods. That I let the Capitol kill the boy and mutilate her without lifting a finger.
Just like I was watching the Games. (6.83-84)
Katniss feels the need to apologize to the Avox girl who she didn’t help in the woods. Notice how Katniss compares watching the girl being taken away to watching the Hunger Games. Under the harsh rule of the government, Katniss’s life has become a daily version of the Games.
Quote 3
"Whose idea was the hand holding?" asks Haymitch.
"Cinna's," says Portia.
"Just the perfect touch of rebellion," says Haymitch. (6.32-34)
The tributes' gesture is read as a symbol of protest. Is it also about getting the attention from the audience?