RJ 5

Quotation
Book: Catching Fire

           The quote that stood out the most to me was" I will have to be forever in love with Peeta" (44) this quote has its importance with the novel because she will have no choice in who she can live her future with. Although gale is in the back of her mind, she knows that in the end she has to be with Peeta for her loved ones to not be dead. The universal meaning of this is that it kind of connects to arranged marriages. In order to make your parents happy, in the olden days, you would have to marry the person they choose for you. And because you are their children you have no say whatsoever, or else they are going to disown you. All in all, the meaning of this is that in life you have to make choices whether you like it or not because its the best thing for the people surrounding you. Sometimes you have to be selfless to save others even if you hurt some people, as long as they are not in as much hurt as they would be in if you were selfish and chose your own way. This quote really reminds me of the novel Joy Luck Club because of how the girl in the novel had to marry a rich boy for her family's sake but because she was smart enough to derive a plan that wouldn't hurt the people she loved, she was able to escape. Knowing that the girl in the novel was able to escape, I have hope that Katniss will be able to live her life and explore without being threatened by the Capitol. An example in my life of this quote is having to go your separate ways with your loved one to make their life less miserable because you love them that much.sometimes the person you love won't love you back and he feels for somebody else, thats when you become selfless and let that person go to be happy. This quote reminds me to just be selfless sometimes because other people deserve more happiness than you do. But i do believe that there is good karma, and once you become selfless happiness will come to you. So, I hope that by the end of this novel Katniss will be able to figure things out peacefully and happily.