You Before Me, You Before We

In the book,"Catching Fire", by Suzanne Collins, Katniss is trying to keep Peeta alive in the annual Hunger Games instead of worrying for herself. She is devoted to protect him with all her might despite his complaints. Katniss wants Peeta to go on and win the games instead of her coming out victorious. However, Peeta doesn't want to let Katniss go, he doesn't want her to protect him. He wants to protect her. How can he when Katniss believes his life is more "important".

One way Katniss believes Peeta's life I more "important" than hers is that she tries to block as many attacks as she could that are directed towards Peeta. She's using her own life, own body to save him from the dreadful fate of death. She doesn't need to be alive, she'll make uprisings worse. Katniss wants Peeta to be safe and sound.

One way Katniss believes Peeta's life I more "important" than hers is that she has already caused so many uprisings when in reality she was oblivious to the fact when she "defied" the capital. If Katniss was still alive by the end of the games, uprisings would still continue since they follow her. It is she that is the heart of all the uprisings. Once she died all the uprisings would die down, and Peeta would be safe if he won.

It's true, Peeta is letting Katniss protect him with her own life. It's true, he would be safe if he made it out of the games, but hes not going anywhere without his beloved Katniss. An unbreakable couple that support each other as much as they can. If you truly loved someone, you would protect them with all your heart.

The Thirst Games

In the book "Catching Fire," by Suzanne Collins, Katniss is ignoring the fact that Peeta and her will die if they do not find any water to drink and is worrying about Finnick betraying their little group. Katniss tends to over worry herself and focuses on staying alive, watching Peeta's and her back for Finnick. How can she worry about Finnick killing Peeta and her when they themselves are dying from the lack of water to drink.

Katniss should stop worrying about Finnick trying to kill Peeta and her. She thinks that Finnick will kill Peeta and her when in realty, anyone or anything (Including the game makers) can wipe them out. She needs to worry about anything or anyone killing her, and that includes dying of hunger or thirst.

I believe that the author sent a message saying that when trying to protect your self, don't focus on one factor, focus on every single one you can think of. For example, lets say I was being chased at night time, if I stopped, the person chasing me would get me. However, if I wasn't watching where I was going and ran into the street without looking at what color the light is, I could get hit by a car. Open your eyes! When in danger, the possibilites keeping you from safety is endless.