Scene It Sunday #2 - The Avox Girl

Scene It Sunday is an original feature started by me, here at The Book Babe's Reads. Do you remember that silly game that you used to play when you were younger, Scene It? It was a great trivia game. But let's get to the point... sometimes, I see book to movie adaptions that just leave something vital out. So, I've started a feature where I can showcase the differences that I've noticed. Hence, Scene it Sunday was born! I hope to make this a regular feature, so let me know what you think, and if you've seen something similar to this anywhere!

{Everything in this feature is potentially a spoiler. If you haven't read/watched this, and are planning on it, please skip this.}

The Avox Girl, Book Scene:

(Katniss recognizes the avox girl at the first dinner, and remarks upon it. She is chastised by Effie and pretends that she was mistaken. This is her later explaining how she knows the girl to Peeta.)

" We were hunting in the woods one day. Hidden, waiting for game," I whisper.
"You and your father?" he whispers back.
"No, my friend Gale. Suddenly all the birds stopped singing at once. Except one. As if it were giving a warning call. And then we saw her. I'm sure it was the same girl. A boy was with her. Their clothes were tattered. They had dark circles under their eyes from no sleep. They were running as if their lives depended on it," I say.
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"The hovercraft appeared out of nowhere," I continue to Peeta."I mean, one moment the sky was empty and the next it was there. It didn't make a sound, but they saw it. A net dropped down on the girl, and carried her up, fast, so fast like the elevator. They shot some sort of spear through the boy. It was attached to a cable and they hauled him up as well. But I'm certain he was dead. We heard the girl scream once. The boy's name, I think. Then it was gone, the hovercraft. Vanished into thin air. And the birds began to sing again, as if nothing had happened."

 The Avox Girl, Movie Scene:

If you watched the movie, I'm pretty sure that you already know that she wasn't in the movie at all. I always wondered why she was taken out, and looking around I actually found out that she was originally in the movie. When it came out, though, she had been removed. She went to the premiere and everything, expecting to be in the movie! How disappointing.

The reason that I decided to use this scene was because I've always liked the Avox girl. Her story with Katniss was always really interesting to me, and it was part of Peeta & Katniss beginning to trust each other. In the movie, I really don't feel like Peeta and Katniss got enough screen time together, which is why I think that they should have kept this scene, to help with the character development.

So, were you upset that they removed this scene? Vent to your hearts desire about the little changes between books and movies!