ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Prims, Gift Economy
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Katniss doesn"t register her actions as resistance, book invites reader to think beyond that which katniss understands. Volunteers are all but extinct"; what i did was the radical thing". Plot shows children as more capable than adults. Katniss child for reaping, but not innocent victim in games. Katniss = 16y/o adolescence is the sight of learning for the political implied child reader. They look like adults, but they aren"t actually . Katniss" thoughts i feel like i owe him something, and i hate owing people. Maybe if i thanked him at some point, i"d be feeling less conflicted now": social confliction from this incident, bread = gift. Love triangle with gale: power of publishing author had to change gale from cousin to love interest to emulate the replication of twilight love triangle. Makes katniss desirable only b/c someone loves her in the context of hunger.
