Please comment upon this quote from the final lines of The Hunger Games.“‘One more time? For the audience?’ he says. His voice isn’t...

This penultimate paragraph in this excellent novel is
important for a number of reasons, but predominantly it is valuable for the way in which
it shows the differences between Katniss and Peeta, and how participating in the Hunger
Games have transformed them. The reference to the "boy with the bread" reminds us of how
Peeta, long before he was selected for the Hunger Games, deliberately burnt two loaves
of bread so that he could give them to the starving Katniss, thereby showing his love
and compassion. Throughout the novel, he continues to give ample proof of his love and
dedication towards Katniss. Of course, we know that Katniss returns these feelings
overtly to play the audience and gain sympathy for them, thereby ensuring her own
survival. However, by doing this she tricks both the audience and Peeta. When he
realises what she has done, he is left a "hollow" individual, just as his voice
testifies. Katniss, in this quote, laments the way that circumstances and the way that
she was forced to deceive Peeta to ensure their survival have resulted in Peeta's
transformation from that loving, innocent and caring boy into a hardened, hollow man.
Clearly, we are being presented with a difficult relationship that will no doubt be
developed in the second and third novels of the series.