I'm reading Catching Fire now, and continue to ruminate on Suzanne Collins' choices. How is this dystopia like and dislike from our society. The fence around nature. I guess I'm in America that has a lot of public parks, but I feel like you can't put a fence around all of nature, and I guess that's the point. Katniss (named after a tuber you can eat) is a reserved woman who is a shrewd hunter. She is guarded, protective, caring for others. She marshalls her resources, is strategic. She imagines that a romance story will save the life of Peeta and draw the most support in the game of life and death where patronage can be the difference between life and death. So now she is trapped in this lie, and needs to perpetuate it. This is how teens feel, to play the game of life. Really all humans. Does society need this blood sport, the blood letting, to curb the rebellious spirit? You'll have to answer that question yourself. North America is split up into districts. ...