What does the love triangle contribute to the story? Why did Katniss really risk her life to get medicine for Peeta? Why does Thresh spare Katniss when he has the chance to kill her? We discuss all of this and more in chapters 21 and 22 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

Let us know your speculations about the prequel, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, out May 19 in the US. And let us know if you were Team Peeta or Team Gale when you first read this!

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Sources:

https://www.cabinlife.com/articles/article/the-red-fox-survival-strategies-revealed

https://www.hungergameslessons.com/2011/06/whats-so-important-about-the-green.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/social_inequality.htm

The Panem Companion by V. Arrow

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