The third and final essay of our English 102 class requires
us to re-write a scene from Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games from a supporting characters point of view. Since
the information we have about the other characters thoughts and emotions is
limited, we must also create a our own scene which will give a sense and
significance to what the character is going through in the scene from the
novel.
For this assignment I have chosen to re-create the night
where Rue, the little girl from District 11 and Katniss, the main character
become allies. The story (from Rue’s point of view) will be based on Rue
contemplating her trust for Katniss based on a horrible experience she had in
the past. The scene I will be creating will
illustrate Rue working in the orchards along with a very nice boy around
Katniss’s age. Since she is the oldest of 6, Rue sees him, as the older brother
she has always wanted, and begins to trusts him with everything. Sadly, this
boy will betray Rue and make her and her family will suffer the consequences. Hopefully,
this scene will create anticipation in Rue about trusting someone again and this
time over something as great as her life. My greatest challenge other than
creating my own story (maybe including dialogue) will be to capture Rues soft,
sympathetic, gentle, simple, but yet intelligent demeanor in her voice, and to
overall write like a twelve-year-old girl. I really look forward to this
assignment and hope entering it with low expectations (since I have never written
my own story before) leads to an outcome I feel satisfied with.
