Catching Fire Themes

Suzanne Collins employs several literary devices to further clarify the themes in Catching Fire. Collins depends on motifs such as food , media and surveillance ,secrets and traps as well as symbolism, foreshadowing and allegory to further link the events together . In a literary work, a motif is" an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme" ("Motif"). Suzanne Collins uses several motifs to assist in the development of the themes, such as food , media and surveillance ,secrets , and traps. Those motifs combine together to highlight all themes in general and oppression and rebellion in particular. Throughout the Hunger Games Trilogy ,Suzanne Collins represents as the Capitol's greatest bargaining chip . Through controlling food rations , the Capitol basically controls the districts , the Capitol also offers food as a reward for …show more content…
reality . For instance, the plan to break the victors from the arena has been kept a secret from Peeta and Katniss to protect them from the Capitol as"[they]'d be the first ones they'd try to capture"(386).Also, the truth about characters such as Finnik , Joanna and Plutarch Heavensbee have been kept a secret from Katniss and from the readers till the very end of the books when they are revealed to be rebels . When Katniss first meets Finnik , he tells her that he is paid "with secrets"(210) , those secrets prove to be helpful to District 13 while invading the Capitol . Secrets have been essential for the uprisings to succeed due to the Capitol's constant surveillance, as the Capitol has eyes and ears everywhere even in the forest which Katniss considers her safe place but President Snow dispels this notion when he tells Katniss that he "knows about the kiss" that has taken place between her and Gale in the