Before the interview, after Katniss is dressed in a beautiful gown and is again "the girl on fire," Cinna tells her that she should try to be herself and pretend that she's answering questions asked directly by him, a friend.
What does Cinna tell Katniss to try during the interviews?
Answer and Explanation: Cinna simply advises Katniss to be herself in her interview with Caesar, since everyone loves her strong spirit. Cinna is Katniss' costume designer in The Hunger Games, and the two develop a friendly relationship.
Why does Cinna dress Katniss the way he does for the post Games interview?
Cinna selects a dress that will make her look innocent, naïve, and youthful. Again, appearance is being used to mask the truth, which is that Katniss outsmarted the Capitol and used their Hunger Games against them.
In the session with Haymitch, Katniss is coached on her interview skills with little to no luck. Katniss is hostile, angry, and has trouble talking about herself or her family. Haymitch says she has about as much charm "as a dead slug" (9.27). Haymitch coaches her to act humble.
What strategy does Katniss eventually use during the interview does it work for her?
When she does take the stage, she follows Cinna's advice. She tries to pretend she's only talking to him, the one person Katniss has considered a friend since coming to the Capitol. This chapter illustrates Katniss' growing bond with Cinna, but it also shows that Katniss can put on a show when she tries to.
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What does Cinna style Katniss in for the televised interviews?
Katniss's dress for her interview with Caesar Flickerman. For Katniss's interview with Caesar Flickerman, Cinna designed a dress completely covered with jewels. The inside of the dress was "silken" (presumably for comfort), and red, yellow, white, and blue gems decorated the outside in a flame design.
What does Katniss learn about Peeta during the interview?
Katniss goes along with Caesar's suggestion but tries to keep the focus on Peeta. She finds out, too, that Peeta lost his leg and gets her first look at his prosthetic. Caesar, as expected, asks Katniss about the berries, and she struggles to get the right words out, but, afterward, Haymitch says she was perfect.
In the 74th Hunger Games, Clove was the only Career tribute who came close to killing Katniss twice — at the Bloodbath and at the Feast, and certainly seemed to have a deep hatred for her, perhaps because Katniss received a higher score than her.
Katniss has just learned that Peeta has romantic feelings for her, and initially she feels she is being used. She becomes angry with Peeta as a result, going so far as to shove him over an urn of flowers.
In the end, Katniss and Gale grew apart, as many childhood friends and young loves do. She needed something different in her life, and with Gale's link to Primrose's death, Katniss found a reason to cut ties. If Katniss ever wanted to find comfort again, she knew she had to return to Peeta for the long term.
Their relationship was all friends. They trusted each other, but that doesn't mean they had romantic feelings for each other. Plus, Cinna's too old for Katniss.
In order to protect Katniss, Cinna helps her appear as unthreatening as possible. It's all a big show. It's all about how you're perceived. Haymitch explains to Katniss that she needs to stop worrying about truth or genuineness when it comes to how she presents herself pre-Games.
Cinna directs them to hold hands, and they enter the procession to wild cheers. They win the crowd over, and Katniss relishes the love and affection from the crowd. She smiles and waves and even blows kisses, all the while gripping Peeta's hand.
What advice does Cinna give Katniss for her interview and what does Peeta announce during his interview?
Cinna tells Katniss to be honest and to be herself. What shocking secret does Peeta reveal during his interview? During Peeta's interview he reveals that he had a crush on Katniss this whole time.
Cinna says, “How despicable we must seem to you Katniss.” What do you think he means? He means they are so disgusting, she must hate them. They spend money on operations to change their physical appearance and on clothing and “bling” when Katniss comes from a district that is starving because they have no money.
Katniss here's this and understands that even though she may not love Peeta (then) that it's one less person who has to die. (At least that's what I have always thought.) Katniss realizes that if she pretends to be in love with Peeta people will want the capitol to let them survive.
What was the shocking news that Peeta revealed in his interview?
Peeta tells Caesar that he and Katniss are already married. According to Peeta, the two married in secret and Katniss is now pregnant. The audience, who doesn't know Peeta is lying, can't bear the cruelty of their doomed fate as tributes in the Quell.
He has betrayed her and is betraying all of District 12 by buddying up with the Careers, whom she calls the "Capitol's lapdogs." She decides that if the Careers don't kill him, she'd be more than happy to. Then, she wonders why Peeta hasn't told them about her bow and arrow skills yet.
Before the Capitol battle, Gale had explained to Katniss his series of bombs designed to feed off human compassion: a small bomb would go off, and then when medical aid rushed in, a second bomb would go off, killing those people as well. Incidentally, it's this exact type of bomb that took Prim's life.
Cato and Clove were district partners and allies. During the feast, Cato showed concern for Clove and distress at her death. As Cato ran toward a mortally wounded Clove, calling her name, Katniss noted that his voice sounded pained, and despite its futility, he begged Clove to stay with him as she died.
Glimmer's death occurs by chance. Katniss drops a tracker jacker nest on the Career Tributes' camp while they are sleeping, and Glimmer is stung to death before she can get away. Marvel is the first person that Katniss intentionally kills. After Marvel kills Rue, Katniss' friend, Katniss shoots Marvel in retribution.
Katniss thinks about how she and Peeta are supposed to be in love as she kisses him, and she also points out that she realizes Peeta's feelings have actually been to her benefit. Their relationship has attracted a great deal of attention, which in turn means more sponsors.
He is "broad-shouldered and strong." Part of Peeta's left leg was amputated following the 74th Hunger Games, forcing him to walk with the aid of a prosthetic leg for the rest of his life. In the 2012 film adaptation, his leg is never amputated.
Haymitch also finds a way of communicating with Katniss during the Games through the gifts he sends her, essentially coaching her on how she should behave to get more sponsors. Albeit in a very limited way, he also acts as somewhat of a father figure to Katniss, who lost her father years earlier.
