What does the girl on fire mean in The Hunger Games?

After Katniss's surprisingly high training score is announced, Haymitch explains that they must have liked her “heat.” Cinna calls her “the girl who was on fire” again, this time using “fire” to refer to Katniss's spirit and temperament.
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How is Katniss still the girl on fire in the yellow dress?

The dress is yellow and makes her glow as if she's candlelight. Still, Katniss knows this look has been chosen specifically for her, how it makes her look innocent and very much like a young girl.
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How is Katniss still the girl on fire?

Katniss getting burned is very ironic because she is known as "the girl who was on fire" during the opening ceremonies and her interview. Both outfits worn during these events had fake flames that dazzled the crowd. Now these real flames in the arena have caught Katniss.
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What happens to the girl who lights a fire in The Hunger Games?

Someone is making a fire, something that will surely lure other tributes to their camp. Katniss is angry with the fire starter for being so ignorant and for endangering both of their lives. Soon enough, a pack of the Career Tributes who have formed an alliance finds the girl camped out near Katniss and kills her.
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What is the message of Hunger Games Catching Fire?

The main themes of Catching Fire include survival, sacrifice, and the conflict between interdependence and independence. As reviewer Margo Dill noted, "In [Catching Fire], Katniss and Peeta are definitely interdependent. They are both helping each other to survive.
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Why did Katniss kiss Gale in Catching Fire?

She is ashamed of herself for wanting to run away and leave everyone behind when she has power to make an impact. She realizes she has been a coward, and that it is time to face the Capitol in order to truly save Panem. Consumed by the rush of emotion, she leans in to kiss Gale.
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Why did Peeta draw Rue in Catching Fire?

Peeta used the dyes to paint a picture of Rue after Katniss covered her with flowers when she died. He says he wants to hold them accountable for killing Rue, and Effie tells him that that kind of thinking is forbidden. Katniss then tells the team she hung a dummy of Seneca Crane.
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Why did that girl save Peeta in Catching Fire?

The Morphling Saves Peeta To Help The Rebellion

In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, it's mentioned that several of the victors were aware of the rebellion that was in progress--and the Morphling was one of them.
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Who is kissing in Hunger Games Catching Fire?

The Hunger Games Catching Fire: Gale Kisses Katniss (Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence) - YouTube. Gale (Liam Hemsworth) surprises Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) when they return from hunting.
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Why does Katniss dress catch fire?

Katniss's dramatic white wedding dress had a function: to spin and light up. Summerville turned to Jakarta designer Tex Saverio, whose gowns have been worn by Lady Gaga, to create a white dress that bursts into flames as she spins and reveals the dark blue mockingjay dress underneath.
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Why didn t Katniss marry Gale?

Katniss's focus on survival and her family's safety prevented her from fully considering romance, but her feelings for Peeta and Gale diverged in the end. Katniss ultimately chose Peeta because he understood her trauma and she didn't want to lose him, proving her love for him.
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Who almost killed Katniss?

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.
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Why did Katniss not like Gale at the end?

Katniss realizes she couldn't be a cold calculating person who would do anything to achieve her goals and that's who Gale was. He would do anything to take the Capital down. The final driving wedge is when Katniss realized that it was most likely Gale's bombs that killed Prim and Gale couldn't deny it.
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Is Cinna In Love With Katniss?

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.
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Why does Johanna hate Katniss?

In the case of Johanna, they each hated each other because that was what the Capitol had taught them to do. They were from competing Districts, and the idea of the Games was to keep the lesser citizens of Panem distrustful of one another and unwilling to form alliances (or raise arms in war).
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Why is Haymitch a drunk?

Due to the horror of his Games, his grief over his family's and girlfriend's deaths, and the overwhelming guilt he felt from being obligated to participate in the Games he hated while each and every one of his mentored tributes died in them, Haymitch turned to alcoholism to cope with his issues and feelings.
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Why did Max kiss Finnick?

Chia Mags kisses Finnick on the mouth to briefly let him know that this is the last time she will see him. It's her way of saying "Goodbye" but in a more affectionate way.
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Who did Gale marry Hunger Games?

Gale does not marry anyone in The Hunger Games.

He and Katniss talk about running away together and starting a new life in the wilderness, but they never officially marry.
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Why can't Mags talk?

While the Hunger Games film never talked about it, the Catching Fire novel explained why she could only communicate through hand gestures. Katniss briefly mentioned that a previous stroke could have caused Mags' garbled speech. However, post-traumatic stress disorder could have also caused her speech incapacity.
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Why didn t Katniss trust Finnick?

Katniss doesn't trust him at first, mostly because Finnick is very flirtatious and seems to be working an angle. But as they work hard to survive in their second competition, Finnick becomes an ally who joins the revolution.
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What caused Peeta to stop breathing?

As Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and her allies trudge through the rainforest, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) accidentally hits the electro-magnetic forcefield and dies. Finnick (Sam Claflin) immediately performs CPR and saves Peeta's life. #HungerGames #TheHungerGames #CatchingFire Watch the Full Movie Now!
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Why did the camo girl sacrifice herself?

District 6 female sacrifices her life to protect Peeta.
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What did Katniss do to Rue when she died?

Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) bears witness to Rue's (Amandla Stenberg) death and makes the Three Finger Salute after singing her a lullaby.
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Why did Peeta say Katniss was pregnant?

Biography. During the interviews for the 75th Hunger Games, Peeta lied about Katniss being pregnant to try to protect her from the Games, and Katniss later stated that she miscarried due to an electric shock in the arena to avoid further questioning.
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Why did Katniss love Rue?

In The Hunger Games, the first tribute Katniss allied with was the twelve-year-old Rue from District 11. Katniss was drawn to Rue as she reminded her of her little sister Prim and sought to protect her in the Games. It was to end in tragedy, however.
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