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Why did Prim name her kitten Buttercup?
Buttercup is a “hideous-looking cat” that belonged to Primrose Everdeen. Prim named him Buttercup because she insisted that his muddy yellow coat matched the bright flower. He hates Katniss due to her attempt to drown him in a bucket, and Katniss hates him, though they sometimes act somewhat friendly to each other.
Why did Buttercup The cat not like Katniss?
Buttercup, Prim’s cat who is loyal to her, hates Katniss because she once tried to kill him by drowning. Katniss also thinks the cat is just an extra mouth to feed. Prim names the cat Buttercup because of the cat’s color; she believes the cat resembles the flower.
What does Buttercup symbolize in Mockingjay?
Katniss describes Buttercup as “the world’s ugliest cat” with a “mashed-in nose, half of one ear missing, eyes the color of rotting squash.” By the end of Mockinjay, Katniss is also much worse for the wear. I believe that this is a representation of Katniss’s uneasy relationship with herself.
What is Prim’s gift to Katniss?
In the film Katniss gives Prim the mockingjay pin she got from Madge, the mayor’s daughter, but when Katniss volunteers for the Games Prim gives it back to her for good luck.
How did Buttercup get back to District 12?
The cat, Buttercup, belonged to Prim. In Mockingjay Part 1, Katniss finds the cat in the kitchen of her family’s house in the Victors’ Village and then smuggles the cat into District 13 because her sister loves it so much. Now, the cat has somehow made it from District 13 back to District 12 on foot.
What is Prim’s cat’s name?
Primrose Everdeen Primrose (“Prim”) Everdeen is Katniss’s younger sister. She has an ugly cat named Buttercup.
How did Katniss get the money to pay for Prim’s gift?
Because she doesn’t want to get other people in trouble by connecting them with her illegal hunting, she says she got the money for the goat by selling her mother’s old silver locket, but in reality she and Gale killed a large buck and sold it at the Hob.
What is the status of Peeta’s leg?
What is the status of Peeta’s leg wound? It was cut to the bone, is infected, and is beginning blood poisoning. How can a goat change your life in district 12?
Why is hunting illegal in The Hunger Games?
In the story hunting is considered Illegal, anything happening outside the fence is against the law. Its considered poaching the Capitals Deer.
Who is the Avox girl and why does Katniss recognize her?
Lavinia was an Avox girl who worked as a Capitol servant for Katniss throughout the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. Throughout The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, she is known simply as the “Avox girl”. Her name was revealed in Mockingjay, when Peeta recounted his experience in Capitol imprisonment.