Was Katniss right in blaming Gale for Prim's death?

No offence, but I think you're wrong about everything. Katniss is right for blaming Gale, and she did care about the bombs before Prim died. She thought they were terrible. Katniss was appalled that he thought it was okay to kill innocent children. He turned into a monster. It’s Gale’s fault for coming up with the idea in the first place. And she didn’t just blame him, she blamed President Coin as well, which is why Coin got killed. Katniss didn't choose Peeta out of comfort, she chose him because she was in love with him. She was never romantically in love with Gale; the only reason she ever showed any sort of romantic affection towards him was because she was trying to preserve her friendship. To say that she didn't pick Gale because she was scared of the fire and adventures they could have is ridiculous. Collins doesn’t have some secret meaning behind her thoughts, those are Katniss’ thoughts. You’re just twisting it to match your own feelings. And Prim dying didn’t affect her choice to be with Peeta. If you ask me, that’s the only good reason Collins had for keeping Gale alive: she wanted people to know that Katniss chose to be with Peeta, she wasn’t just settling for him. Even if Prim stayed alive, Katniss and Gale would probably have nothing to do with each other. Their relationship completely deteriorated by the third book. You can see them slowly drifting away from each other after she returns from the first games, and after Gale watched district 12 explode, there was no going back to being the kids who met in the woods.

I agree with you. Gale just designed the bombs, he never knew that they'll kill Prim. It was Coin who sent those bombs, so I think she was the one who was responsible for Prim's death.
And anyway, I think it's really annoying that some people blame Gale for this but not Beetee or other people who designed the bombs as well. Gale wasn't the only one that made them, after all, and I don't think there is a single person out there who blames Beetee for Prim's death, so why do they blame Gale?
It was just totally unjustified.

i think that she didn't relize that she loved peeta. i thought she loved him the whole time after the hunger games book. and she kind of felt that she loved gale because she knew him so much longer. it was a sibling love like annanbeth and luke. annanbeth thought she loved him and then relized that she didn't. but i don't think she really blamed gale after the bombs i think she thought it through and relized that he would have no idea where they were placing the trap. but i think she chose peeta for the reasons she said in the book she didn't need gales rage but peetas love. and you know what weird im listening to safe and soud for this movie while writing this. "safe and sound" i love that song

It isn't his fault

He knew Prim would be with that group of children and still let them deploy the bombs. Betee didn't know Prim would be there.He also said we all have to make sacrifices and that was Katniss's sacrifice. He could have stopped Prim's death, but he really didn't care

I don't think it was Gale's fault at all! Yes, he created the bombs but no, he didn't send them. He didn't even know that the bomb would be used on children! You know why? because how the heck would someone battling it out in the capitol know that they were putting the children in the area of the bombs?! Coin is the one who sent them intentionally to kill Prim and the other children! Gale saved Prim over the course of the three books various times! She would have died in District 13 if Gale hadn't risked his life to go back for her when Prim went to get buttercup! Katniss let the best thing that ever happened to her walk out the door and that was the biggest mistake she ever made!

Um...I don´t think it was gales fault, but i am also thinkig that katniss know this, she just need a reason to pick peeta, who she always wanted. She loves him but maybe she feels guilty for gale. He did so much for her and she knows him so much longer than peeta, but she still piickes peeta over gale. So I think she used it as a reason to chosse peeta...Sorry for my bad english i am from germany and i really love Peeta and katniss( Peetnis????)

Yeah you're right if Prim did'nt die she would focase on gale and the bomb!

i agree with you completely. gale has been there for her for years before she even really acknowledged peeta even existed. gale has stood by her side through all of this when peeta just jumped into the picture out of nowhere. i think if it werent for the hunger games gale and katniss wouldve gotten married and maybe had a kid but it would be full of fun and adventure and theyd both be very happy about it. i felt like she needed gale a lot more than peeta but gale wasnt available so she made herself believe she needed him. Peeta is very nice and will love her always but i think gale and her were just right for each other and her and peeta didnt share that chemistry or bond

Yes and no.

As I interpret it, Katniss doesn't blame Gale as extremely as you describe. She asks if the bomb had been his design. He can't deny it - he says he doesn't know and Beetee doesn't know. It wasn't Katniss' decision to cut him off after that. He's the one who chose to move away and live in District 2, and that decision was probably made at least half out of his own sense of guilt. It'd have been horrible for him seeing Katniss and being reminded of Prim every day.

True, he didn't know Coin's plan about letting Prim be there for the bombing. He couldn't have. He wasn't in District 13 when that decision was made. Neither was he in the aircraft actually dropping the bombs he'd designed.

But when he's describing the traps to Katniss, one of the scenarios he mentions is attacking children to draw in their parents. Another is the second explosion to kill medics trying to help the victims of the first explosion. Katniss questions the morality of these and his response is basically saying he'd playing by the same rulebook as their enemies.

Also, the choice between Peeta and Gale had nothing to do with the bombs or Prim's death. Her choice was already made by then and obvious to the readers. She'd only end up with Gale if she lost Peeta. He even comments that she only kisses him when he's hurting. She explains this choice in the last page before the epilogue - it wasn't about the bombing, it was about Gale's fire (his hatred and rage) which wasn't what she needed.

Alright, so here's my opinion. I love Peeta, but I blame him and Gale. Peeta had t mention liking Katniss, which made the star-crossed lovers. This made her do the thing with the berries, and she was put into another year of hunger games. Then, she was taken out of there, and brought to district 13. This started a war. In 13 Gale designed the bombs that ended up in killing Prim, so it is technically both of their faults.

You may have reasons to think that Prims' death wasn't Gale's fault, I think that it was. He made the bombs, he knew Prim was going to be there, And he still gave his ideas to Coin. It's as much as Beetee's fault as it is Gales though.