![]() ![]() Later on during the tribute training sessions Katniss sees Rue again and makes a metaphor between Rue and a bird that’s about to take flight. When Katniss first sees Rue during the younger girl’s Reaping, she is reminded of Primrose because Rue has the same small stature. This, paired with their high-pitched voices and quick movements, leads Katniss to liken them to a flock of “oddly colored birds” that are pecking around her. ![]() ![]() Named Venia, Octavia, and Flavius, they are brightly, ornately, and ostentatiously clothed and made up. Venia, Octavia, and Flavius (Metaphor)īefore Katniss meets Cinna, her personal stylist for the Games, she is plucked and manicured by a 3-person prep team composed of Capitol citizens. In this simple yet loving comparison, we get a small sense of the tight bond between Katniss and her sister. She compares Primrose to the actual primrose flower and says that her sister is as fresh and lovely as the flower. Rather than tell us explicitly, Katniss relates her feelings by using a metaphor to describe her sister. From the first page of the novel we learn about Katniss’s love for her little sister. ![]()
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