Catching Fire Lesson Plan

How did Bonnie and Twill learn their survival skills? Why is this important?

Though they have no knowledge of how to survive on the run, the two runaways from District 8 try to keep themselves alive by making pine needle tea, which they say they learned from watching someone do it on the Hunger Games broadcasts. Though this is a small detail, it is interesting: it means the Capitol is inadvertently helping its subjects be more self-sufficient. Bonnie and Twill use the Capitol's tool of oppression to save themselves — they watch the Games because they have no choice, but in doing so they learn skills that make them more likely to survive. Of course, Katniss's shared...