An inductive leap too far

Katniss, a young sixteen-year-old girl, has been chosen to participate in the Hunger Games alongside with Peeta Mallark; a young boy who is also from distract 12. Throughout the book, Katniss and Peeta become fairly close as they spend their final days together before the games - training, learning new strategies and just getting to know each other and their pasts. During the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta get split up. To Katniss's surprise she finds out that  Peeta has teamed up with distract 1, 2, 4 also known as the careers. The careers were usually always the victors of the Hunger Games, and after seeing Katniss's high review in the training score she was a definite target. Katniss takes an inductive leap by assuming that Peeta is out to kill her because he has teamed up with the careers even thought they were suppose to be in love to the audience.

If they just keep moving, they will pass me and be gone in a minute. But the Careers stop in the clearing about ten yards from my tree. They have flashlights, torches. I can see an arm here, a boot there, through the breaks in the branches. I turn to stone, not even daring to breathe. Have they spotted me? No, not yet. I can tell from their words their minds are elsewhere. “Shouldn’t we have heard a cannon by now?” “I’d say yes. Nothing to prevent them from going in immediately.”“Unless she isn’t dead.” “She’s dead. I stuck her myself.” “Then where’s the cannon?” “Someone should go back. Make sure the job’s done.” “Yeah, we don’t want to have to track her down twice.” “I said she’s dead!” An argument breaks out until one tribute silences the others. “We’re wasting time! I’ll go finish her and let’s move on!” I almost fall out of the tree. The voice belongs to Peeta. (199)

Without the help of Peeta, Katniss would have been caught by the Careers which would have got her killed as they were armed with rifles. In the end, both Peeta and Katniss survive, winning the hunger games because she belived in Peeta, and listened to her instincts. Peeta risked his life to save Katniss because he truly did love her.