Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games [Paperback]

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games [Paperback]

Product Details

Paperback: 104 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (February 13, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 146996824X
ISBN-13: 978-1469968247
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

By : Valerie Estelle Frankel
Price : $6.95

Customer Reviews

What a great book! It certainly covers every name in The Hunger Games, including a few I hadn't thought of. Valerie Frankel finds connections with the symbolism of plants, their uses and appearances, and everything else. And she's read all the classics to explain how the Roman names define everyone in the Capitol. There's lots of pictures, and Frankel has clearly read every interview with Suzanne Collins (and quotes from a lots of them!) It's a quick read but very interesting. Just the thing for huge Hunger Games fans.

Are you a Hunger Games fan ? Holding the edge of your seat as the Hunger Game movie's release dates comes closer and closer with only just over two weeks to go :). I so cannot wait, I think for myself I have to explain my experience with the Hunger Games as I was introduced to them a few years ago with the release of the very first book "The Hunger Games" , I saw it coming and going from work and I thought hmmmm... I'll have to read that, so I picked it up and found that no matter how hard I tried , I could not get into it at all -so that was that , I put it back with no intention on picking it up again. However, that was to be short-lived as I soon discovered that the book was too be made into film as I sat back at the movies and witnessed the trailer and OMG it looked so great , so I decided Ok, I'll give the book another go and guesss what readers ..... I LOVED IT and soon I was hooked just like that on the Hunger Games and from that stemmed me wanting to read everything dystopian that I could get my hands on and then of course like I did with Twilight, read everything related to The Hunger Games trilogy which of course included Valerie's book "Katniss the Cattail" - this book is a non-fiction novel and is great to have as a reference guide to accompany the Hunger Games as Valerie has broken down the book and delved deeper into the meanings of the characters names e.g Katniss is a plant that is sometimes called an arrowhead which was used to explain in the connection to being amazing at archery. Arrow= Archery. It also talked about all the symbols e.g Bread - the bread that Peeta gave Katniss when she was five years old. It was really amazing to discover the amount of detail that Suzanne Collins went to into deciding the characters for the book and after you read Valerie Frankel's Katniss The Cattail ,you will have such a deeper understanding and knowledge of The Hunger Games Trilogy.