The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Monologues

Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.

Katniss, I don't... I don't know kind of deals you made with Haymitch, but he made me promises too.

If you die, and I live, I'd have nothing. Nobody else that I care about.

It's different for you. Your family needs you.

You have to live. For them.

Nobody needs me.

See, Katniss, the way the whole "friend" thing works is you have to tell each other the deep stuff.

You don't have to apologize to anybody, including me. I know it's not fair of me to hold you to things that you said in the games - you saved us, I know that - but I can't go on acting for the cameras and then just ignoring each other in real life; so, if you can stop looking at me like I'm wounded, then I can quit acting like it, and then MAYBE we have a shot at being friends.

For starters, it does help when you know the person. I hardly know anything about you except that you're stubborn and good with a bow.

Though they fought and lived with honor and dignity until the end, both Thresh and Rue were so young. But our lives aren't just measured in years. They're measured in the lives of people we touch around us. For myself, for Katniss, we know that without Rue, and without Thresh, we wouldn't be standing here today.

Remember, Katniss, today's about making allies.

The Careers are still out there. If we stick with these guys till midnight and... and if we hear a cannon, we go.