Comments on: team gale or team peeta? a discussion of catching fire

By: Radar

Radar — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:11:06 +0000

I saw this and had to make an account just so i can post here and flash my true colors. Gale, not open for discussion. How would you feel if you had loved some one but didnt want to tell them for fear it would wreck your perfect friendship, but before your ever work up the nerve, this unknown kid waltzes in and steals the love of your life by being an open book? Not very giddy, i would imagine. Also, while we do get to know Gale, Suzanne doesnt tells us as much about him as she does peeta because that is his personality. With his ‘velvet tread’ and as hard to hold as smoke, Gale is supposed to come across as vague and mysterious, though still present for a good laugh. I feel Peeta is somewhat translucent, his only emotion being romance, which makes it somewhat boring for me. On the other hand, every time i turn the page, I scan the page for Gale’s name, forcing myself to backtrack when i find it for fear of missing something important.

By: Jennifer Wagner

Jennifer Wagner — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:51:34 +0000

Thanks for stopping by blog (the classic books for teens post). I doesn’t sound like you read the 3rd book of the Hunger Games series, Mockingjay, yet. You’ll see much more of Gale then. I loved the series. I’m team Peeta also. Can’t wait for the movie next year. You probably missed the recent post I wrote on my blog, Hunger Games for Beginners: 25 Things to Know http://www.connectwithyourteens.net/2011/04/hunger-games-for-beginners-25-things-to.html
(no spoilers)

By: hungergamesfan

hungergamesfan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:24:00 +0000

team peeta<333 i love him. he will do anything for katniss! plus he sounds hot i wish he was real. i dont hate gale though

By: AmberLee

AmberLee — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:52:54 +0000

ahhh! I have a copy of this on my counter right now and am about to start. now I can’t wait.

btw, one of my biggest quandaries in life right now is finding time to blog and read and mother. now that i’ve found your blog i’m sure i’m going to find the inspiration i need to get it all figured out.

By: Mia

Mia — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:56:55 +0000

Oh lord… I don’t even know how there’s a competition, in Katniss’ mind. Peeta is just so-freaking-incredible. I love him so much :C

I laughed when I read the post- I have actually been rereading Peeta’s parts in both books just now and I just can’t get enough of this guy!

Peeta wins. Hands down. I might just throw the book at the wall if Katniss ends up with Gale.

I’ll certainly be screaming, at least.

Team Peeta.

By: EC BB 30

EC BB 30 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:01:04 +0000

I’m definately on Team Peeta!! He is so sweet and would give up his life for Katniss! Just some of the things he says gives me goosebumps, like how he told Katniss she was his whole world, how he couldnt live without her, and that he needs her!!! I think deep down Katniss realy does love Peeta she just wont admit it to herself and dang Gale keeps geeting in the way! In Catching Fire when Katniss and Peeta are on the roof in the capitol, they are having a picnic and are just enjoying eachothers company!! Then Peeta tells Katniss he just wants to spend every moment of the rest of his life with her and she thinks to herself, at one point, that she just wants to freeze this moment and stay in it forever =) Then when they are back in the Games, and Katniss kisses Peeta towards the very end, she says she got a warm sensation inside her and she liked kissing Peeta!!!! I mean i like Gale and I’m sure he is a sweet, good-looking boy, but he just isnt Peeta! He doesnt have the romantic sweet side that Peeta does and he didnt spend hours with Katniss on the verg of death everyday like Peeta did! And Katniss took care of Peeta when he was sick in the hunger games and she nursed him back to health because she wanted him to stay alive! That is when I think she first started developing feelings for sweet Peeta. In Catching Fire Peeta says he doesnt have anyone that really needs him and Katniss says she does and my heart just melted into one giant puddle!!!! Im all aboard on the Team Peeta train!!!!!!!

By: erin

erin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:06:44 +0000

team peeta i realy hope katniss picks him in the end

By: RobinSue

RobinSue — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:05:36 +0000

Hi,
I want to thank you for highlighting this book series. I bought the first 2 for my son and read them first. He is 13 and reading them and has enjoyed them as much as I. We have really had a good time talking about the characters. I really hope she does a deeper character building on Gale. We love Peeta but would like to see more about what Gale is like on a daily basis.

Robin Sue

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:14:10 +0000

I am on Team Peeta. Gale is kind of a bad boy, Peeta is a better person. My 14 year old agrees with me. We’ll see wont we.
Also, I had to read the last chapter again as well.

By: Cecily

Cecily — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:59:20 +0000

Great discussion of the merits of both boys, and I agree with much that has been said. I guess that means I’m on team wait-and-see. Peeta is more sensitive and verbal. Gale’s relationship has largely been hidden from the reader. Peeta’s loyalty is to Katniss first; Gale’s is to his comrades in arms.

You remember that Peeta’s father wanted to marry Katniss’s mother. I wonder if Collins is setting up another situation where the woman will have to choose between two men who represent so much more than their emotions.

I anticipate Gale will get more coverage in the next book.