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What are the main ideas of Chapter Nine in The Hunger Games?

In Chapter Nine of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, Katniss is still preparing for the competition. Effie trains Katniss to walk in heels and a gown, while Haymitch works on her interview skills and various emotional intonations; no matter how hard these two work, they cannot seem to make Katniss likable for an audience.


Later that night, Katniss throws a fit in her room and smashes some dishes, cutting herself in the process. An Avox...

In Chapter Nine of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, Katniss is still preparing for the competition. Effie trains Katniss to walk in heels and a gown, while Haymitch works on her interview skills and various emotional intonations; no matter how hard these two work, they cannot seem to make Katniss likable for an audience.


Later that night, Katniss throws a fit in her room and smashes some dishes, cutting herself in the process. An Avox (who Katniss remembers as a girl she failed to save while hunting in the forest one day) appears to help clean up the room and put Katniss to bed. Katniss apologies to the girl for letting her be punished.


At her fitting the next day, Cinna (Katniss' stylist) advises Katniss to be herself during the interview. When Caesar Flickerman interviews Katniss on live television that night, she speaks of her loyalty to Prim and the talent of Cinna. It is not until Peeta takes the stage, however, that the real shock happens: Peeta confesses that he has a crush on a girl that won't work out. That girl is revealed to be Katniss.

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