Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Mockingjay :O2"It isn't enough, what I've done in the past, defying the Capitol in the Games, providing a rallying point. I must now become the actual leader, the face, the voice, the embodiment of the revolution. The person who the districts—most of which are now openly at war with the Capitol – can count on to blaze the path to victory."(.Collins).
Even though Katniss is being asked to step forward as "the actual leader," her power will still be limited. She'll be like a glorified figurehead, a "rallying point" around which other people will come together. She'll appear to have tremendous power and to become the "embodiment of the revolution" itself, but she won't actually be the one making decisions, President Coin would be.
Even with everyone’s determination to take down the officials that run Panem, everyone is still restricted. Katniss has all this power but yet she still feels powerless. She broke free from President Snow’s strings and then she thought that she would be a rebel. But in a time she, along with everyone else, is rebelling, it is ironic to see that she is once again back on strings; this time not President Snow’s but President Coin’s. It is quite obvious that Katniss is the only one that can lead everyone in Panem to victory and most importantly freedom. But why is everyone still restricting her? No one thinks that she can do it; they think that she is untamed and that she does not know how to control her powers.
I think that they are wrong. Katniss may be young and not know what she is capable of but she is the only one that has the experience. She lived through hell when she was put into the Games twice. And she lived through hell when she saw everyone around her get hurt and fight for every breath. No one but Katniss understands. She rebels because she knows that that is the only way. No one would listen to her otherwise. In order to save her people and her world, she has to follow her own heart. The strings are pulling her back and restraining her; it’s no good for anyone. By pulling her back, Coin and everyone else are destroying themselves and the new lives they gave everyone else.
Sometimes being human means to break out of our comfort zones and go against what the government wants from us.
Labels: DJ2, GOVERNMENT, MOCKINGJ, P2
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