Catching Fire

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27

Themes

All Themes Symbols and Interpretations Hidden Resistance vs. Direct Rebellion Surveillance and Manipulation Pain, Pleasure, and Self-Control Women, Femininity, and Sexism

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Characters

All Characters Katniss Everdeen Peeta Mellark Gale Hawthorne President Coriolanus Snow Haymitch Abernathy Plutarch Heavensbee Effie Trinket Finnick Odair Johanna Mason Beetee Katniss’s mother

Symbols

All Symbols Mockingjay

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Catching Fire

Suzanne Collins

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27

Themes

All Themes
Symbols and Interpretations
Hidden Resistance vs. Direct Rebellion
Surveillance and Manipulation
Pain, Pleasure, and Self-Control
Women, Femininity, and Sexism

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Katniss Everdeen
Peeta Mellark
Gale Hawthorne
President Coriolanus Snow
Haymitch Abernathy
Plutarch Heavensbee
Effie Trinket
Finnick Odair
Johanna Mason
Beetee
Katniss’s mother

Symbols

All Symbols
Mockingjay

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Katniss’s mother

Catching Fire Symbols

Mockingjay

The most important symbol in Catching Fire is the mockingjay. (The third volume of The Hunger Games is actually called Mockingjay.) Katniss Everdeen first receives a mockingjay pin from her mother, and… (read full symbol analysis)

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Katniss’s mother

Mockingjay

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