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On the eighteenth day, after Cato's death, Claudius announced that the earlier revision to the rules had been revoked, so only one winner would be allowed. Rather than turning against each other, Katniss Everdeen and her district partner Peeta Mellark threatened suicide by nightlock berries.
Peeta tells her to shoot, but she can't. Then, realizing the Gamemakers won't allow both of them to die, she has an idea. She takes the poisonous berries from her pouch. As Katniss and Peeta pop the berries into their mouths, Claudius Templesmith shouts for them to stop and announces that they are the winners of the Seventy-Fourth Hunger Games.
So she and Peeta both take a handful of the poisonous berries and prepare to eat them in a dual suicide. The gambit works, and Claudius Templesmith is suddenly yelling through the sky that they ought to stop, and he announces them both as the victors of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games. ANALYSIS
Katniss is ready to take action against the Capitol and the Careers, and she wants to avenge Rue's death. Her promise to Rue gives her the drive to win, even more so than her promise to Prim. It is also Rue's death that makes Katniss want to shame the Capitol.
The Gamemakers continue to manipulate the tributes, first by driving them to the Cornucopia and then by sending in their former opponents in the form of muttations. Not only did the Gamemakers possess the tributes as humans, but now they're using them as pieces in the Games even after their death.
Dec 20, 2010 · Also, they were put in a bad place of having to make a very quick decision over something and it probably came down to Claudius Templesmith not wanting them to die versus President Snow or anybody else of major importance.
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Claudius Templesmith is the announcer for the nationally televised event, the annual Hunger Games. He has a loud and booming voice that resonates throughout the arena and through television screens. Claudius Templesmith is responsible for making all the announcements related to the Hunger Games.
