tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317984619630531778.post2477894763746035142..comments2012-04-21T11:10:23.679-07:00Comments on Nikki Freeman: Mhm...Yes....And how does that make you feel???Nikki Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15319553148709956592noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317984619630531778.post-18923513780569880672012-03-16T00:05:35.229-07:002012-03-16T00:05:35.229-07:00When it comes to survival, are feelings a luxury, ...When it comes to survival, are feelings a luxury, or a liability? Like Jill said, her mom's feelings almost killed all three of them after her father died. For Katniss, strong emotions HAVE lead to pain. She cared for her father, he died, then her mother's grieving forced Katniss to be the parent. Prim, Rue, Finnick, Madge, a lot of the people she cared for died. Her feelings have only ever lead to trouble. Let alone her waterworks mother.PJ Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763714286211271241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317984619630531778.post-72082967187697522042012-03-10T15:01:47.177-08:002012-03-10T15:01:47.177-08:00Are feelings a luxury when it comes to survival?Are feelings a luxury when it comes to survival?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546808391292960371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317984619630531778.post-18314973213788839442012-03-08T14:20:37.469-08:002012-03-08T14:20:37.469-08:00I think it is partially connected to the fact that...I think it is partially connected to the fact that like we were talking about in class today Katniss hasn’t had room in her life for anything except survival. All of her energy has been put into keeping herself and her family alive. We were talking about in relation to the fact that she doesn’t know how to be anything but genuine, but I think it applies to this as well. She doesn’t truly understand how she feels because she has never allowed herself to feel much of anything. Also the fact that her father died when she was so young and her mother suffered from such severe depression that she didn’t receive the examples of expressing feelings that a child would normally get from their parent. Her mother felt too much to the point that she wasn’t able to take care of her children and she is very resentful of that. She finally seems to be able to get past some of that, but there are still residual effects of that emotion in their relationship. However she seems to not want to feel much because every time she tries to feel something positive, it is taken away from her or damaged in some way. She loved her father and mother as a child and her father died and her mother became unreachable emotionally due to her severe depression. She didn’t get the chance to figure out her real feelings for Peeta or Gale because she was forced to pretend to be in love with Peeta in order to survive. I think that her lack of understanding her own feelings is partly because of her experiences and partly because she doesn’t want to feel emotions because all strong emotions have lead to pain in her life.Jill Frielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02788951203054781094noreply@blogger.com