The foreshadowing in the novel Catching Fire was amazing. I always knew that there was something more to the plot, but I could never have guessed what was going to happen at the end. For example, Katniss continuously questions why the other tributes in the arena are being so nice to her and risking their lives for hers. I figured that they did this because they all formed an alliance to pretend to be friends with Katniss, and then to kill her when she is most vulnerable. I was wrong; there was much more to this subplot, because some tributes dies to save Katniss and Peeta, which seems to defeat the purpose of the plan I assumed. Also, It seems confusing at first that the alliance Katniss was a part of constantly received bread from only District Three. I passed this off, just assuming that bread was the only thing that District Three could offer to stay in the alliance. The bread also had a deeper meaning than I thought.
The end of the book wrapped everything up and explained all of the foreshadowing. For example, the meaning behind the bread is explained by Katniss on page 385. She says, "The bread we received in the arena was code for the time of the rescue. The district where the bread originated indicated the day. Three. The number of rolls the hour. Twenty-four." This explains the mystery of the bread by relating it to the plan to start a rebellion against the Capitol. Also, the explanation for why the other tributes are willing to die to save Katniss and Peeta is that Katniss and Peeta will be the head of the rebellion because they're such strong influence; thus, the tributes risked their lives to save the rebellion, not just Katniss and Peeta. There are many other examples of foreshadowing in the book, but all of them are neatly wrapped up in the ending. However, I think that the issues are resolved almost too neatly. It's as if the author debriefs her readers on the hidden meanings in her book in the last few pages to hastily end the book. Haymitch explains the whole plan to Katniss and then the book basically ends there. It would have been better if Katniss had slowly uncovered these things on her own, rather than the ending being told like a documentary.
