I had not thought about it in the terms of Coin trying to break Katniss the same way that Snow did. Read in this way, it makes a lot more sense, and heartbreaking sense to boot. After all, Katniss did represent a serious threat to Coin's power, especially as the Mockingjay. What was Coin to do? Katniss wasn't killed in the battle (which would have been exceedingly convenient), and she couldn't be publicly brought down without a tremendous amount of manipulation and plotting, which would have taken forever. Coin and Snow, then, went for the easiest way: her friends and family, her weakness all along. AGH. It makes total sense now! D:
As for her killing the woman, I firmly believe that was an illustration of how thoroughly Katniss' soldier training had taken over. To do something like that is to be thinking of the military group first and foremost, even though it seems alien to us who've never been in a combat situation. She did feel remorse about it later, and that's a very important plot point for me.
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I had not thought about it in the terms of Coin trying to break Katniss the same way that Snow did. Read in this way, it makes a lot more sense, and heartbreaking sense to boot. After all, Katniss did represent a serious threat to Coin's power, especially as the Mockingjay. What was Coin to do? Katniss wasn't killed in the battle (which would have been exceedingly convenient), and she couldn't be publicly brought down without a tremendous amount of manipulation and plotting, which would have taken forever. Coin and Snow, then, went for the easiest way: her friends and family, her weakness all along. AGH. It makes total sense now! D:
As for her killing the woman, I firmly believe that was an illustration of how thoroughly Katniss' soldier training had taken over. To do something like that is to be thinking of the military group first and foremost, even though it seems alien to us who've never been in a combat situation. She did feel remorse about it later, and that's a very important plot point for me.