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Hunger Games podcast 2 (chapter 2 and 3) Haymitch
Just finish listening to Episode 2 of the Hunger game podcast and I really love it, you guys are doing a great job. When you were talking about the character Haymitch and why he is drunk all the time, and something clicked in my mind, not only did he have to either kill or watch all those he fought against die but he has been a mentor to all the kids that have gone before Katniss. He has gone with the kids to the city and year after year he has come back alone. I can imagine him blaming himself and feeling like the families blame him also, getting drunk is away to forget. Also if the people of the district are seeing him as a drunk, then at least they are not seeing him as the man who let their children die.
Anyway you guys are doing a really good job, can't wait for the next episode
KIm L
West Virginia
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Permalink Reply by Cliff Ravenscraft @GSPN on -
Wow.. That's great additional insight that I had not thought of. It makes me feel compassion for Haymitch's character even more.
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Permalink Reply by Tucker C on -
Kim, are you sure that District 12 looks upon him as a drunk. I mean naturally Haymitch is presented to the readers as that way, but to the town I'm not so sure they look at him as just a drunk. I mean he is the one mentoring and trying to keep their children alive!
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Permalink Reply by Kim E. Landwehr on -
I am not sure how the town saw Haymitch, but in his own mind I think he believed that he had failed the children and the town and maybe he was hoping that they would see him as a drunk. For him that would be better then to be seen as the one who failed their children. I could of course be completely wrong of course, the thought came into my head as Cliff and Stephanie were talking about it on the second episode of the podcast
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Permalink Reply by Cliff Ravenscraft @GSPN on
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Tucker, you are probably right in that the District despises that he's not been able to do for their children what he was able to do for himself, bring victory. But I get what Kim is saying... Either way, the big thing is that Haymitch is not only dealing with the fact that He's killed other humans between the ages of 12-18, but he also carries the guilt of not being able to save the children that he has mentored all these years.
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Permalink Reply by Tucker C on
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Oh no, what I meant was I don't think the districts despises Haymitch at all, my point was that maybe that they look him as a tragic, yet a hero cause he at least tries to keep the Children alive. Obviously, their hatred lies with the Capitol.
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Permalink Reply by Cliff Ravenscraft @GSPN on
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hmm.. Interesting. Though, I imagine they do hate him for not keeping sober enough to give the kids from the district his best effort.
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Permalink Reply by Kim E. Landwehr on
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I agree, I think this is mostly self-loathing on Haymitch part, and he is far better at beating himself up then anyone else could be. The district hate is definitely pointed toward the capital
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