By the time the arena is shattered from the outside—by a rebel rescue mission Katniss didn’t know existed—she is no longer just a girl on fire. She is the Mockingjay. The realization is not triumphant; it is horrifying. She looks at the wreckage and whispers, "I’m not their leader. I’m the one who got them killed."
Unlike the overt action of the first book, the rebellion in Catching Fire is subtextual. It is born in the districts’ silent salutes, in the graffiti of a mockingjay on a wall, and in the forbidden singing of "The Hanging Tree." Catching Fire