Saturday, November 29, 2014

Catching Fire

Earlier this month, I re-watched Catching Fire, since I've been re-reading all of the Hunger Games books.  I noticed that when the tributes parade through the Capitol, there are white roses decorating the chariots:


For anyone else, this just looks like decoration, but to Katniss, it's a visual reminder of when President Snow told her to convince him of her love for Peeta, after which he gave her a white rose:


While they're disguised as a mere decoration, the white roses are actually Snow's continued threatening of Katniss and those she loves.