Why is catching fire the title

So, as the second book in the trilogy, Catching Fire has to link the beginning and end, keep readers' interest, and further the story while also getting us fired up to read the third installment.

You know, like Tolkien's The Two Towers : not the exciting beginning stuff, and not the gripping conclusion to an epic saga. That describes Catching Fire perfectly. The Hunger Games helped prepare the people of Panem for the possibility of change, and Catching Fire is about igniting that change pun intended.

The people of Panem are like a pile of nicely stacked kindling waiting to be lit. They just need a "spark" to incite them into flames. As President Snow says, Katniss could be that spark:. More about membership! Reviews Media Reviews Reader Reviews. Reader Reviews Write your own review siera. Author Information Biography Books by this Author. Suzanne Collins Author Biography. Other books by Suzanne Collins at BookBrowse.

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Dec 01, AM. Because everyone's so freaking hot. Dec 01, PM. I always thought it was because for much of the begining of the book she was trying to stop the rebellion because president snow was threatening her family if she didn't succeed so she was trying to "catch" the fire that she incited and then realizes that that is impossible.

Dec 05, AM. Because Katniss was like trying to put out the fire that the rebels are igniting. Dec 06, PM. I think it's because when she was at her Interview, her wedding dress caught on fire and turned into a mockingjay dress.

Jordan wrote: "Because fire is catching and if we burn you burn with us! That's what it's from. Dec 08, AM. Charlie wrote: "Because everyone's so freaking hot" Haha! Dec 08, PM. Larfmann wrote: "Because Katniss' dress caught fire and turned her into mockingjay" Yes! Finally someone that agrees with me! Dec 10, AM. Dec 10, PM. Dec 11, AM. I think they said it in the book somewhere.

If you put the words 'the rebellion is' before the title it makes so much sense! The rebellion is 'Catching Fire'. Dec 21, PM. Dec 27, PM. She says it in the book is catching on fire. Dec 28, PM. Dec 02, PM. What i Think the title Catching fire is when there is fire there is most likely be mayhem but in the story when Katniss has to talk to all the distract that made more rebel and more mayhem and the fire rise more and more and Katniss making it rise mad a fire explode that it went to a high level with more mayhem.