How did Thresh know that Katniss befriended Rue in Hunger Games?
In The Hunger Games, Katniss is attacked by Clove, but saved at the last moment when Thresh kills Clove. Thresh is then in a position to kill Katniss, too, but says (quoting from memory):
Just this once, Twelve. For Rue.
Then runs back into the woods.
How did Thresh know that Katniss had befriended Rue?
Best Answer
If I recall, as Clove has Katniss pinned and is about to kill her, the two women share some dialog about Rue. Thresh hears this and kills Clove.
So, to reword it, Clove gloated about the death of Rue and Thresh overheard and killed her in his anger, but also saved Katniss for his gratitude towards her for taking care of her since he and Rue are both from District 11.
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Does Thresh care about Rue?
I believe he cared, because she was from his district and She was probably like a lil sister. And it's hard not to care about someone as adorable as Rue. Yes, she was probably like a little sister to him. I think they had a plan, but got split up at the bloodbath, but used mockingjays to say they were okay.Did Thresh like Rue?
Rue. Thresh takes a shining to his district partner, Rue. Her death sends him into a fit of anger and grief, and causes him to enact vengeance on Clove. In the film, during training, Thresh notices that Rue has stolen Cato's knife; this causes him to grin and shake his head in admiration.Why didnt Thresh kill Katniss?
Answers 2. Thresh lets Katniss go because of what she'd done for Rue. He learns that Katniss was not only Rue's ally, but that she had killed the person who attacked Rue as well. It was a matter of restitution.What did Thresh do to Katniss?
Just before Clove slices into Katniss' face, Thresh lifts her off of Katniss, throws her to the ground, and beats her to death with a rock. He asks Katniss what she meant about Rue, and Katniss explains how she and Rue were allies, how she'd sung to Rue before she died.Catching Fire - Victory Tour in District 11
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Answer 2
In addition to overhearing the conversation between Katniss and Clove in the arena, Thresh may have also noticed that Rue had been "shadowing" Katniss during the training sessions. This may lend some credibility to Katniss' story.
Also, if I remember both correctly, I think there was slightly more dialogue in the book between Thresh and Katniss during the scene in the arena. He asks her if what he overheard was true, who killed Rue, if Katniss killed the other tribute, etc.
Answer 3
From the transcript:
Clove: Now, it's too bad you couldn't help your little friend. That little girl... what was her name again?
Clove: Rue?
Clove: Yeah. Well we killed her. And now... We're gonna kill you...
[Thresh pulls Clove off Katniss, pins her by the neck against the Cornucopia]
Thresh: You kill her?
Clove: No!
Thresh: I HEARD YOU!
Clove: Cato!
Thresh: Shout her name!
Clove: Cato!
Thresh: Say her name! [Slams Clove against wall until she dies]
Thresh [To Katniss]: Just this time twelve. For Rue!
The entire dialog portion happens within 20 seconds. Thresh grabbed Clove within 4 seconds after she says we killed her. The dialog where Thresh asks Clove if she killed him [rhetorically], is muffled by Clove screaming for Cato, so on first listen you may miss it, but it's clearly there. See the clip below.
So between Clove's words, and the concept of Alliances that the Tributes are trained to form, Thresh clearly knew what had happen.
In the book, the scene plays slightly different. He questions Katniss on what Clove was saying first before deciding to give her a one time pass:
“Forget it, District Twelve. We’re going to kill you. Just like we did your pathetic little ally . . . what was her name? The one who hopped around in the trees? Rue? Well, first Rue, then you, and then I think we’ll just let nature take care of Lover Boy. How does that sound?” Clove asks. “Now, where to start?”
[Clove plays with her prey, Thresh pulls her up]
When he shouts, I jump, never having heard him speak above a mutter. “What’d you do to that little girl? You kill her?” Clove is scrambling backward on all fours, like a frantic insect, too shocked to even call for Cato. “No! No, it wasn’t me!” “You said her name. I heard you. You kill her?” Another thought brings a fresh wave of rage to his features. “You cut her up like you were going to cut up this girl here?”
[Thresh Kills Clove]
When Thresh whirls around on me, the rock raised, I know it’s no good to run. And my bow is empty, the last loaded arrow having gone in Clove’s direction. I’m trapped in the glare of his strange golden brown eyes. “What’d she mean? About Rue being your ally?” “I — I — we teamed up. Blew up the supplies. I tried to save her, I did. But he got there first. District One,” I say. Maybe if he knows I helped Rue, he won’t choose some slow, sadistic end for me. “And you killed him?” he demands. “Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers,” I say. “And I sang her to sleep.” Tears spring in my eyes. The tension, the fight goes out of me at the memory. And I’m overwhelmed by Rue, and the pain in my head, and my fear of Thresh, and the moaning of the dying girl a few feet away. “To sleep?” Thresh says gruffly. “To death. I sang until she died,” I say. “Your district. . . they sent me bread.” My hand reaches up but not for an arrow that I know I’ll never reach. Just to wipe my nose. “Do it fast, okay, Thresh?” Conflicting emotions cross Thresh’s face. He lowers the rock and points at me, almost accusingly. “Just this one time, I let you go. For the little girl. You and me, we’re even then. No more owed. You understand?”
Answer 4
Clove: Yeah. Well we killed her. And now... We're gonna kill you... [Thresh pulls Clove off Katniss, pins her by the neck against the Cornucopia]
Thresh: You kill her?
Clove: No!
Thresh: I HEARD YOU!
Clove: Cato!
Thresh: Shout her name!
Clove: Cato!
Thresh: Say her name! [Slams Clove against wall until she dies]
Thresh [To Katniss]: Just this time twelve. For Rue!
This is a small thing, but I always hear what Thresh says to Clove differently. I have always thought that Thresh says, "You said her name!" while Clove screams for Cato. Making their dialogue:
Thresh: You kill her?
Clove: No!
Thresh: I HEARD YOU!
Clove: Cato!
Thresh: You said her name!
Clove: Cato!
Thresh: You said her name!
Have I been wrong all this time?
Regardless, in the books (IIRC) Katniss talks a bit about "owing" and that dynamic is referenced specifically regarding Thresh's decision to spare Katniss:
Conflicting emotions cross Thresh’s face. He lowers the rock and points at me, almost accusingly. “Just this one time, I let you go. For the little girl. You and me, we’re even then. No more owed. You understand?” I nod because I do understand. About owing. About hating it. I understand that if Thresh wins, he’ll have to go back and face a district that has already broken all the rules to thank me, and he is breaking the rules to thank me, too. And I understand that, for the moment, Thresh is not going to smash in my skull.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1) (p. 288). Scholastic Inc.. Kindle Edition.
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