The ability Of Ritual Within the ‘Hunger Games’ Trilogy

Want to need to do something, right here, right now … to show them that Rue was greater than a piece of their Games. And so am I. A number of steps into the woods grows a bank of wildflowers … I gather up an armful and come back to Rue’s side. Slowly, one stem at a time, I decorate her body within the flowers. Covering the ugly wound. Wreathing her face. Weaving her hair with bright colors…