In chapter 4, Peeta and Katniss talk and they decide to just be friends again. Peeta wants to get to know her more so he asks what her favorite color is. Katniss’s is green and Peeta’s is sunset orange. Then he shows her his paintings. He painted scenes from the Games that he sees in his nightmares. She knows exactly what he is talking about because she has had nightmares of the Games every night. They arrive at District 11 and find its rules are more harshly enforced. The mayor presents them and they give a little speech. Then at the end, Katniss gives her thanks to the tributes of District 11, Rue and Thresh, and also for sending her bread during the Games. Then, from somewhere in the crowd, someone whistles Rue’s four-note mockingjay tune. She sees that it is a wizened old man. Then, every person in the crowd presses the three middle fingers of their left hand against their lips and extends them to Katniss. It’s the sign from District 12, the last good-bye she gave Rue in the arena. Then, Peeta and Katniss are lead off into the Justice Building. Katniss remembers that she forgot her flowers and goes back to get them. Since they stopped, they got to see the whole thing that happened next. A pair of Peacekeepers dragged the old man who whistled to the top of the steps, forced him to his knees before the crowd, and put a bullet through his head.
In chapter 5, Katniss and Peeta are pushing into the Justice Building. There, they tell Haymitch, Effie, Portia, and Cinna what happened. They hear two more shots. Haymitch quickly takes them upstairs into the dome of the Justice Building. There, Katniss explains everything to Peeta – about President Snow, the unrest in the districts, and how the whole country is in jeopardy because of her trick with the berries. He is upset that they have been keeping secrets from him. They promise to make sure Peeta is fully informed from now on. They then go on to visit the other districts and finally make it to the Capitol. In their interview with Caesar Flickerman, Peeta proposes to Katniss. She, of course, accepts, and the Capitol audience is hysterical. President Snow makes a surprise visit to congratulate them. When she catches his eye to ask if she pulled it off, he gives an almost imperceptible shake of his head.
In chapter 6, she sees the end of hope and the beginning of the destruction of everything she holds dear in the world. But instead of feeling utter despair, she feels a sense of relief. She is relieved that she can give up this game, that the question of whether she can succeed in this venture has been answered – even if that answer is no – and that if desperate times call for desperate measures, then she is free to act as desperately as she wishes. She gets the idea of running away into the wild with her family, Gale and his family, Peeta, and Haymitch. They then have a huge feast at the Capitol. Katniss gets introduced to Plutarch Heavensbee, the new Head Gamemaker. They then go back to District 12 for a dinner at Mayor Undersee’s house and a victory rally the next day. Katniss goes to Mayor Undersee’s house to see his daughter Madge, who is now friends with Katniss. She sticks her head into the mayor’s study to say hello, but he is not there. The television is on though, showing her and Peeta at the Capitol party. Just as she is leaving the room, she hears a beeping noise and turn to see “UPDATE ON DISTRICT 8” flashing on the TV. She knows this is not for her eyes, but is something intended only for the mayor. She then witnesses a mob scene: the square’s packed with screaming people, their faces hidden with rags and homemade masks, throwing bricks, buildings burning, and Peacekeepers shooting into the crowd killing at random. She’s never seen anything like it, but she can only be witnessing one thing. This is what President Snow calls an uprising.
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