This isĀ exactlyĀ the point Iāve been trying to make forĀ years.Ā Okay, so the revolution gets itās kindling with Katniss. She volunteers, well thatās new, she rebels in the display of talents by shooting the apple. This triggers her perfect score, okay. These arenāt really āRevolutionaryā though.Ā
Itās not even revolutionary when Peeta professes his love, because, letās face it, the rules of the game havenāt changed. Theyāre still just two kids who would have to KILL each other to win. Without a doubt, it would bring some interest to the games, so the Capitol makes propaganda about it. The āStar Crossed Loversā in a game of life and death.
But what changes the game is Rue. Right away from her introduction in the books weĀ knowĀ Rue is going to be somewhat of a big deal. She was compared to the most important character to Katniss, Prim, so thatās a huge indicator. Sheās small, young, sheās what Prim would have been.
So Katniss instantly feels a subconscious pull toward her.Ā
When they meet in the trees, Katniss could have killed Rue easily, and Rue probably could have pulled a sneak attack or alerted the Careers of Katnissās presence. Instead, Rue points out the Tracker Jacker nest.
Then it escalates, Rue and Katniss become an odd team, theyāre an alliance, which is never new in the Hunger Games, as forming teams and then betraying them at the end seems to be a common, but thereās is different. Itās close, itās sisterly, protective.
And then Rue getās impaled. Katniss kills her first tribute with ease after that. Comparing it to hunting game. Katniss holds Rue, she cries, and then sheĀ sings.Ā She sings for Rue a song of promised safety and warmth, something completely absent in the arena.Ā
And this is where the metaphorical canon fires. Katniss could have left Rue, the hovercraft would have been along to pick her up, but she canāt. Sheās morally obligated to love this girl as much as possible. And this is where the revolution starts.Ā
She honors the dead. She honors a dead tribute from a district sheād never seen, a person sheād known for only a short period of time. But she throws away Hunger Games norms. She rejects them completely.
In the Hunger Games youāre supposed to kill mercilessly and leave the victims for the plain box theyāre shipped home in.Ā
Katniss gives Rue a funeral in the Games, she decorates the body, she makes it look like Rue is sleeping. Like no harm had come. Katniss just ignited the coals that Rue had placed.
Rueās District sends a parachute. Homemade bread.Ā
Then Thresh kills Clove and distracts Cato by taking his bag.Ā
The fire is going now, and the actions in Catching Fire are even more obvious.
The Speech for Rue. Peetaās painting. Everything eludes back to this one little girl who became Katnissās family.
So the revolution never started with Katniss, she was just the tinder for Rueās ignition.Ā
Rue was the real Mockingjay.
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