Discussion Wednesday: Does Madge Undersee Have a Secret?
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July 28, 2010 by Kimmy in
Discussion Wednesday
“Madge walks straight to me. She is not weepy or evasive, instead there is an urgency to her tone that suprises me. “They let you wear one thing from your district in the arena. One thing to remind you of home. Will you wear this?” She holds out the circular gold pin that was on her dress earlier. I hadn’t paid much attention to it before, but now I see it’s a small bird in flight. “Your pin?” I say. Wearing a token from my district is the last thing on my mind. “Here I’ll put it on your dress all right?” Madge doesn’t wait for an answer she just leans in and fixes th ebird to my dress. “Promise you’ll wear it into the arena, Katniss?” she asks. “Promise?”
- Page 38 (The Hunger Games) -
I think Madge is in on the rebellion. Or maybe her mom is not who she says she is. I think her mom traded places with her twin sister when she was chosen. I also think Madge found out about the rebellion by accident.
Madge was no doubt related to the rebellion, or else she wouldn’t have been in the books at all. I think she may have had orders to give it to Katniss to signal other districts.
Whatever her reason it was clearly very important, because of her extreme urgency. Its too bad we never find out in the book.. maybe there will be something in the movie.