I was bothered after I was done with the last page of the last book of the The Hunger Games Trilogy, Mockingjay. Gale just disappears in the last pages narrating that he has gone to somewhere helping people while Katniss who said has gone psychologically challenged after the death of her sister Primrose, left alone with her doctor who seems has cared a little less about her. Well, I just cannot contemplate how the novel ends. Unconvincing, frustrating and absurd - I apologize to say but yes, it is.
So Katniss has no choice but to choose Peeta over Gale because Gale just vanishes. Perhaps, he has gotten discouraged by what Katniss turned into after the war - crazy and poorly hygienic girl. Peeta surprisingly has gone better, I mean he looks perfectly well which is absurd because the book says that Peeta cannot be healed utterly. So Peeta has gotten completely recovered from his incurable ailment and married Katniss who has given birth to their children. That ends the novel.
But Mockingjay deserves a better ending. Primrose shouldn't have died. Katniss shouldn't have gone insane considering that she has hated her mother's social withdrawal due to depression after the death of Katniss' father which she, Katniss also has done in the latter part. The fearless and fierce Katniss has suffered from social withdrawal, separated herself from people and even neglected herself. That is acceptable when you think about every miserable things she has gone through but that is frustrating however. I couldn't see a modern heroine gone mentally ill.
Anyways, here is what I like in the novel. The Hanging Tree.
Anyways, here is what I like in the novel. The Hanging Tree.
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man they say murdered three
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where the dead man called out for his love to flee
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where I told you to run so we’d both be free
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree
I sometimes found myself humming the song. Crazy as Katniss.
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