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Paz and Alano have finally met, but under horrible circumstances. Paz tried to kill himself when he was stopped by Alano. "Alano has gone from telling me not to jump to my death,". This situation was ironic because Paz hates Alano's dad for not calling him for his End Day, making him hate also Alano because of their relation, but all Alano is doing is saving Paz. I predict that later Paz will save Alano is some way.

The books follows, Alano, the heir to the Death-Cast Company, and Paz, a suicidal man who wants Death-Cast to call him. Paz waits up every night for the call that he is going to die, "Death-Cast better call to tell me I'm going to die today". I predict that Paz will call up Alano to beg him to give him his End Day call, meaning he will die that day.

The Hunger Games are just beginning and Lucy Gray is seen as too weak to win. "'Tell her,' the Grandma'am added, 'that we are all so sorry she has to die.'"(187). I believe she will survive longer than they all think by getting allies and sponsors help, but not win the entire thing. She will play into being the underdog so get far. I think there will be a pause or stop in the games before someone can win.

Coriolanus Snow is learning about his tribute he will be mentoring in the Hunger Games. At first the tribute, Lucy Gray, seems too whimsy to be any good, but then she does something bold that capture everyone's attention. "Whoever she was, she had been dressed for a performance all along...singing transformed her." She sings a daring song in front of all of Panem, making her a more promising tribute; She will go far.

The pigs have become tyrants over the other animals, attacking some of their beloved leaders because of different views. Napoleon is ruling over everything. "nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for snowball...they were puppies whom napoleon has taken away from their mothers."

The unhappy farm animals have rebelled against their owner causing him to leave. The animals now live a free and happy life without him. "the Rebellion had been successfully carried through; Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs,"(16). I predict that an oligarchical government will developpe with the pigs in charge as the book progresses. Right now the pigs are leading but all animals are seen as equal.

"some 20 books lying at his wife's feet...'Millie!' he said, 'Listen. Give me a second, will you? We can't do anything. We can't burn these. I want to look at them, at least look at them once.'" Montag hoarded a bunch of the banned books, he wants to learn and understand them. He starts to read them more, tell a few people about them. I think he will get caught with them, but not care because he learned something.

Montag struggles with inner thoughts and worry. At times it seems he is going insane over his own strange thoughts and his wife. "The visit from the two zinc-oxide-faced men with...the Electronic Eyed Snake winding down into the layer of night and stone and stagnant spring water, and we wanted to call out to her, how many have you taken tonight!, the capsules!"(41). Their marriage will and is failing from distance.