“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?”

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This is really more of an activity than a discussion, but anyways, have fun and share in the comments!

That’s right, peeps! No longer shall you have to suffer the slings and arrows of having a normal name, found in the typical Baby Names books! Nor will your offspring have to suffer in ironic sameness with all the other Mackenzies, Ashleighs, Ariannas, Isabelles, Madisons, Aidans, Jacksons and Jaydens in the Tumble Tots play center. FYA is here to save you!

The rules are simple! Just write down your answer for each of the questions, and then combine them in the end.

Be sure to post your Hunger Games name so that we know how to eulogize you during our Mass Funeral for Tributes!!

1) Write down the second syllable of your middle name.

* If you do not have a middle name – what is wrong with you? How did you know when your parents were mad at you? Anyway, you should use the second syllable of your first name.
* If your middle name is only one syllable, you may use the second syllable of your last name.
* If none of your names have more than one syllable, your parents obviously read the children’s book Tikki-Tikki-Tembo, and you may use any syllable you like from Tikki-Tikki-Tembo-No-Sa-Rembo-Chari-Bari-Ruchi-Pip-Peri-Pembo’s name.

2) Write down the name of a plant.

3) Write down the second syllable of your first name.

* If your first name is only one syllable, you may use the second syllable of your last name.
* If none of your names have more than one syllable, your parents obviously read the children’s book Tikki-Tikki-Tembo, and you may use any syllable you like from Tikki-Tikki-Tembo-No-Sa-Rembo-Chari-Bari-Ruchi-Pip-Peri-Pembo’s name.

4) Write down the first initial of the last name of your favorite English teacher from school.

5) Write down one simple action verb (i.e. “run,” “jump,” etc)

Now, get your results!!

Combine the answer from #1 with the answer from #3. That is your first name.

Your middle initial is the answer to #4.

Your last name is your answer to #5 with your answer to #2 added to the end.

Do you think irony might decide to have fun in Mockingjay and Prim will end up dying after all of Katniss’ efforts to keep her alive?

Discuss the differences between the Games in the first volume and the second – the training sessions, the interviews, the set-up of the Arena, the strategies that Katniss and Peeta use. How is each of them changed by the time they spend in the Arena?