Status Updates From The Hunger Games and the Go...

Effie"...calls for a round of applause. But not a single person claps. As Katniss observes, 'I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All this is wrong.' They could not protest, but neither would they agree to celebrate the sending of Katniss to what seemed like near certain death.

They chose a third way."

'Reading this as part of a book study group.....we're doing one chapter a week. Great book so far!