![]() Now, faced with the obligatory Victory Tour and the need to once more impersonate a perfect couple, Katniss longs for the obscurity and freedom of her previous life. ![]() Months have passed since Katniss and Peeta cheated the odds and scored a surprise and subversive victory in the 74 th Hunger Games. I will have to travel from district to district to stand before the cheering crowds who secretly loathe me, to look down into the faces of the families whose children I have killed…” ![]() And this year, I am one of the stars of the show. Not only are we in the districts forced to remember the iron grip of the Capitol’s power each year, we are forced to celebrate it. Strategically placed almost midway between the annual Games, it is the Capitol’s way of keeping the horror fresh and immediate. But the Victory Tour makes that impossible. Pretend they were nothing but a bad dream. ![]() “If it were up to me, I would try to forget the Hunger Games entirely. ![]()
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