Peeta var den som målade Rue, strax före Katniss kallades för hennes bedömning. Hela scenen är väldigt annorlunda i boken och är väsentligen glansad och lämnar det till publiken för att räkna ut det.
I filmen ser vi bara målningen, och ingen hänvisning till den före eller efter bedömningen. Bara Katniss reaktion på det. Det påminde henne om Rue död, och blev i huvudsak halm som bröt kamelerna tillbaka. Detta orsakade att hon ville hota och pissa av spelmakarna genom att hänga på Seneca Crane Effigy, för att påminna spelmakarna att de kan dö lika enkelt.
I böckerna har kapitel 16 Katniss och Peeta diskuterat processen att välja allierade och planerar för sina bedömningar. De säger att de inte vet hur de kommer att döda "dessa människor", deras medhjälpare, har fått lära känna dem bättre. Detta påminner dem om Rue.
"I don't want them as allies. Why did Haymitch want us to get to know them?" I say. "It'll make it so much harder than last time. Except for Rue maybe. But I guess I never really could've killed her, anyway. She was just too much like Prim."
Peeta looks up at me, his brow creased in thought. "Her death was the most despicable, wasn't it?"
Då blir Peeta kallad för sin bedömning. Katniss måste vänta nästan en timme innan det är hennes tur. Hon vet att något är annorlunda, men det finns ingen målning.
When I go in, I smell the sharp odor of cleaner and notice that one of the mats has been dragged to the center of the room. The mood is very different from last year's, when the Gamemakers were half drunk and distractedly picking at tidbits from the banquet table. They whisper among themselves, looking somewhat annoyed. What did Peeta do? Something to upset them?
Eftersom Katniss tror att Peeta gjorde någonting dumt och sätter sig i fara igen, reagerar hon och försöker att deflectera faran på sig igen.
I feel a pang of worry. That isn't good. I don't want Peeta singling himself out as a target for the Gamemakers' anger. That's part of my job. To draw fire away from Peeta. But how did he upset them? Because I'd love to do just that and more. To break through the smug veneer of those who use their brains to find amusing ways to kill us. To make them realize that while we're vulnerable to the Capitol's cruelties, they are as well.
Cue Seneca Crane. Eller en härlig hyllning till honom. Naturligt.
Kapitel 17 följer upp med Katniss och Peeta som låter varandra och Haymitch och Effie vet vad som hände under bedömningarna.
As we all gather for dinner, I notice Peeta's hands are faintly stained with a variety of colors, even though his hair is still damp from bathing. He must have done some form of camouflage after all.
[...]
Peeta seems to be struck with the same reluctance I'm experiencing. "Well, I - I did the camouflage thing, like you suggested, Katniss." He hesitates. "Not exactly camouflage. I mean, I used the dyes."
[...]
I think of how ruffled the Gamemakers were when I entered the gym for my session. The smell of cleaners. The mat pulled over that spot in the center of the gym. Was it to conceal something they were unable to wash away? "You painted something, didn't you? A picture." "Did you see it?" Peeta asks.
"No. But they'd made a real point of covering it up," I say.
"Well, that would be standard. They can't let one tribute know what another did," says Effie, unconcerned.
[...]
"Actually, I painted a picture of Rue," Peeta says. "How she looked after Katniss had covered her in flowers."
There's a long pause at the table while everyone absorbs this. "And what exactly were you trying to accomplish?" Haymitch asks in a very measured voice.
"I'm not sure. I just wanted to hold them accountable, if only for a moment," says Peeta. "For killing that little girl."
"This is dreadful." Effie sounds like she's about to cry. "That sort of thinking ... it's forbidden, Peeta. Absolutely. You'll only bring down more trouble on yourself and Katniss."
"I have to agree with Effie on this one," says Haymitch. Portia and Cinna remain silent, but their faces are very serious. Of course, they're right. But even though it worries me, I think what he did was amazing.
"I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane's name on it," I say. This has the desired effect. After a moment of disbelief, all the disapproval in the room hits me like a ton of bricks.
Allt detta klipp eller aldrig med i filmen. Punktet var att Peeta var lika villig att hålla den till Gamemakers eller Capitolet som Katniss var ibland. Liksom när han kom hemligheten, älskar de föregående Hunger Games eller graviditet följande scen.
Och det var ett bindande ögonblick för Katniss och Peeta vi ser inte heller:
"You'd have thought we planned it," says Peeta, giving me just the hint of a smile.
"Didn't you?" asks Portia. Her fingers press her eyelids closed as if she's warding off a very bright light.
"No," I say, looking at Peeta with a new sense of appreciation. "Neither of us even knew what we were going to do before we went in."
Resultatet av detta, som inte ses i den här filmen, är att både Katniss och Peeta får en poäng på 12, den högsta. Haymitch säger att detta är så Katniss och Peeta blir riktade av de andra. I den första filmen resulterade Katniss antagonistiska William Tell-skytte av äpple-ögonblicket i hennes 74: e bedömning till ett liknande högt betyg.
