No wound is worse than counterfeited love.
SOPHOCLES, Antigone
Ah, young love. It is the central topic of all the most popular tween books and blockbuster movies. For the most part it is the hub a plot revolves around but not necessarily in The Hunger Games. In this story it is used as a means to an end. Love is a tool that is capitalized on and shamelessly exploited for entertainment purposes and personal survival.
Through the course of the story you start to understand that Peeta and Haymitch choose the united front strategy to gain public support. In regards to the game, being "team players" were entirely new and certainty gained public attention and greatly aided Katniss and Peeta.
But Love becomes this immense double edged sword when we realize Peeta agreed to the strategy because he did greatly care for Katniss. But our young heroine totally doesn't get it at all. She has small moments where she believes Peeta's actions and words are sincere and honestly becomes greatly conflicted and confused. Katniss then slowly starts to drive me crazy with her thoughts before deciding it is all a front for the game and continues to play into it.
Heck, before the whole mess started when Gale was talking about having a family and running away she didn't get it. Hello Katniss! You have two men who care about you and obviously want you to bare their children. What a lucky biotch!
I understand that as a reader, the author is setting up the love triangle for the future books. I just really wish that Katniss was more in tune with the emotions around her. She seems so naive in that aspect but flaws are often what characters in popular stories are missing. So despite my utter annoyance with her behavior I am glad she has faults as great as mine.
You know, I actually found it very interesting to watch her struggle with her emotions. We see her in this survival mode through the whole thing, with love mostly only for her sister. A lot of the time, she seems to be tolerant of her mother. Outside that, she just seems emotionally retarded, so I liked watching her struggle internally on Peeta and Gale.
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