R a i n b o w
and
Arrow
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12
In literature, the apple
has been
known to symbolize the heart and soul
In this scene, Collins is
creating the strong
connection
between these two characters.
One could infer that Peeta's heart is
true
and will help guide Katniss.
The bow and arrow is a projectile weapon
that predates recorded
history and is common to most cultures.
In Genesis 9:13, God
tells Noah,
“I set my bow
(קשׁתי; qashti) in the cloud,
and it shall be for the sign of the covenant
between
Me and between the earth.”
The Hebrew term for “bow” (קשת; qeshet)
can refer to either a rainbow or an
archer’s bow
used in
hunting or warfare.
We often learn as children that God
set, or hung,
His bow in the sky as a sign
that He would never again destroy the earth with a flood.
The term is often used of the rainbow in the sky,
but it should also be equally considered as an
instrument of God’s judgment.
Israel’s Scriptures use
terminology often, and this word is no different.
God’s sign of a bow in the clouds could have signified the
end of war
between Himself and humanity
If we interpret God’s “bow” as a weapon rather than a rainbow, then Scripture suggests that God sets aside the divine implements of war that had just ravaged the earth with a flood.
God sets His hunting bow in the sky to show Noah that never again will global diluvian destruction come to humanity from heaven. However, while this bow rests in the clouds at present, it will
make another appearance at the final judgment.
According to Psalm 7,
for instance, God
bends His bow (קשׁתו; qashto)
and makes it ready
He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes
His arrows into fiery shafts” (Ps 7:12-13).
Another description of God as an archer appears in
Moses’ song
about the Lord’s ultimate judgment:
“I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend my arrows against them”
(32:23)
God judged the earth with a flood in the days of Noah, but
hung
up
His bow as a sign
that there would be lasting peace between
heaven and earth.
Yet that implement of judgment will make an
appearance again, in a different time and place.
As the Lord says through Isaiah,
“As I swore that the waters of Noah (מי-נח; mey Noach)
should no more go over the earth, so I
I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,
and will not rebuke you”
(Isa 54:9).
Archery is the art, practice,
or
skill of using the weapon
Katniss Everdeen
learned her archery skills
from her father
and uses a bow to hunt for food
in the woods
outside of District
12
The bow also becomes her weapon of choice
in the arena
during the 74th Hunger Games
and
75th
Hunger Games
Gale Hawthorne is also a skilled archer, who
learned his skills
from Katniss.
Katniss
stored the bow that her
father made for her
in a hollowed-out log
just outside the boundary
of
District 12
Due to the extreme restrictions
on owning weapons,
it would have been too risky to keep in
her house
or anywhere else that unsympathetic
Peacekeepers might have
found it
During her private training session,
Katniss put on an impressive display of
her
archery skills,
but the gamemakers were too focused on their
food and drink
to pay her any attention.
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