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What did the Capitol do to Peeta Mellark?

What did the Capitol do to Peeta Mellark?

Throughout both installments of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, it was revealed that Peeta was physically and mentally tortured by the Capitol. They used tracker jacker venom to distort his memories to turn him against Katniss.

Why did the capitol let them rescue Peeta?

8. The reason for attempting to rescue Peeta has changed After the attack on District 13, Katniss realizes that President Snow is using Peeta to get to her. The movie offers a different reason: preventing President Snow from using Peeta as a pawn to keep the rebels at bay.

What did the Capitol do to Johanna?

Johanna is held captive and tortured by the Capitol. She was soaked in water and then tortured with electroshocks while imprisoned.

Who did Peeta kill in catching fire in the water?

Brutus
Both male volunteers from District 2 in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games were killed by volunteers from District 12. Cato was killed by Katniss, and Brutus was killed by Peeta.

Why did Peeta go crazy?

Why did Peeta go crazy? Beetee explains that Peeta was put through fear conditioning using tracker jacker venom. In other words, the Capitol messed him up. They stripped his identity down by beating him, shocking him and doing whatever it took to put him in a dissociative state.

Why was haymitch killed?

It is mentioned in Mockingjay that two weeks after being crowned victor, his girlfriend, mother, and younger brother were all killed by the Capitol due to the stunt he pulled with the force field in the 50th Hunger Games. He made the Capitol look stupid, being the only one to know the advantage of the force field.

Why did Annie Cresta go crazy?

Annie suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to her traumatic experiences in the Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen described her as ‘strange’ but stated that she was not mad, as most others believed, simply unstable and seemed to like Annie since they kept in touch after the war was over.

Who does Peeta accidentally kill?

When Peeta rejoins the Careers, they ask him if the girl is dead, to which he responds, “She is now,” and a cannon goes off. Later, as an ally to Katniss, he accidentally kills Foxface when she eats some of the nightlock berries he had been collecting, thinking they were edible.

How many tributes did Katniss kill?

Gloss. After killing three tributes in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss only took the life of one fellow competitor in the Third Quarter Quell featured in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.