"You know what my mother said to me when she came to say good-bye, as if to cheer me up, she says maybe District Twelve will finally have a winner. Then I realized, she didn't mean me, she meant you!" Peeta, Chapter 7, The Hunger Games
"Jethro Callow. Hung himself yesterday when his boy returned. Couldnt bear the shame" Chapter 26, Sunrise on the Reaping
Two parents, openly betting or rooting against their own child in the games. Two parents, showing how ashamed they are of their own child's odds. When all they needed to show was love and support and sorrow at their child going to the games, they instead showed how little they actually cared.












