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Warning : This article contains SPOILERS for Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins .
The Hunger Gamesintroduces Katniss Everdeen to many victors inCatching Fire , andSunrise on the Reapingreturns several of these charactersto the limelight . Among the prequel novel ’s most noteworthy cameo are Wiress , Beetee , and Mags , three of the victors called to be tributes inCatching Fire ’s 75th Hunger Games . All of them become Katniss ' allies in theoriginalHunger Gamesbooks , and they ’re all in on the plan to break her out of the arena . Sunrise on the Reapingshows this is n’t the first sentence such a scheme is place in motion either .
At Beetee ’s and Plutarch ’s urging , Haymitch attempts to demote the arena , 25 years before the rebellion successfully extracts Katniss from it . And outsmarting the background where the Hunger Games take office is an musical theme that come partly from Wiress . WhileCatching Fireonly offers a abbreviated overview of the other victors ' backstories , Sunrise on the Reapinggives reviewer more sixth sense into their individual experience in the Games . Wiress ' time in the sports stadium sounds like the stuff of incubus , and it find just one year before Haymitch is throw into the tournament .
Wiress Won The 49th Hunger Games Tournament
She Was District 3’s Tribute The Year Before Haymitch’s Quarter Quell
Wiress step in as a mentor for Haymitch and the other District 12 testimonial inSunrise on the Reaping , and it ’s her first time filling this persona . After all , Wiress wins the 49th Hunger Games tourney , meaning she ’s District 3 ’s testimonial just one year before Haymitch ’s Games . Despite being so young to the mentor role — and still very untried — she offer firm advice to her District 12 charge . Not only does she differentiate them to expect out for hint about the arena during education , but she offers a helpful song to remind them of their priorities :
" First avoid the slaughter ,
Get weapon , look for water .
line up food and where to sleep .
Fire and friends can keep . "
Wiress ' song is applicable for any testimonial hoping to survive , but the note about the arena is especially meet occur from her . first light on the Reapingreveals that the 49th Hunger Games read place in a mirror scene of action — one Haymitch notes was " full of shiny surfaces . " With everything being ruminative , it was meant to be disorienting , and many of the tributes lost their minds or died because they could n’t tell up from down . Wiress ' win can be chalked up to a compounding of portion and ingenuity , and the latter is also how she figure out the clock setup inCatching Fire .
Wiress Won The 49th Hunger Games By Outsmarting The Mirror Arena
She Uses Its Reflective Surfaces To Hide, Then Win
It ’s no surprise given the book covers the bloodiest Hunger Games in Panem ’s chronicle , but Sunrise on the Reaping have many devastating death .
Wiress discover herself when it ’s just her and a tribute from District 6 left , and she flim-flam him into lunging for a reflection of her instead of the real thing . The male child slams his read/write head into the field ’s mirror , then drowns , fork up Wiress the winner of the Games . Although intentional , it feels a destiny like Haymitch ’s winnings inSunrise on the Reaping . Wiress proves that brains matter just as much as muscularity inThe Hunger Games — sometimes more , depending on the arena .
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