After Katniss takes her sister's place the tributes are taken into custody where they are given private fancy rooms where they are aloud to say their goodbyes to friends and family. Katniss is visited by her Mother and sister Prim and she explains to them how to care for themselves when she is gone. The Mayor's daughter visits Katniss and gives her a circle pin with a Mockingjay to wear as a token for Distict 12. She is also visited by the baker, Peeta Mellark's father, who offers her a package of cookies and promises to keep an eye on her sister Prim. Her last visitor is Gale her hunting partner, he encourages Katniss to get her hands on a bow as quickly as possible in the games. The Peacekeepers come and force Gale to leave, but as he leaves you are left in suspense when he says, "Katniss, remember I..." and the thought is never finished in the story. Katniss explains the bird on her pin is a cross between a jabberjay and a mockingbird. The jabberjay were engineered during the rebellion by the capitol. They were trained to spy on people and memorize entire conversations. The people figured this out and fed lies to the birds, so in the end the plan back fired. The Mockingjay was created when these birds started mating with female mockingbirds. The mockingjays can memorize entire songs, and Katniss father used to sing to the birds, so the pin makes her think of her father and it brings her comfort. They are fed a rich dinner among all the tributes. Effie Trinket comments on their manners, comparing them with past tributes from their district, this inferiates Katniss, so she eats the rest of the meal withher fingers to spite her. At dinner they watch the broadcast of the reaping.
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Mon: 30 min Tues: 30min Fri: 30 min
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