Tim Good’s Reviews > The Hunger Games and the Gospel > Status Update

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."