The Capitol’s oppression of District 12 escalates throughout this section until finally it resembles the police state Katniss saw in District 11. … He savagely whips Gale in public simply for catching Gale with a turkey he killed, and Katniss learns that Thread attacked Darius when he tried to stop the beating.

Who Whipped Gale in catching fire?

Liam Hemsworth was a big hit while making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Seriously! In one brutal scene, Hemsworth’s character Gale is violently whipped in District 12’s town square by Commander Thread.

How many times was Gale whipped?

Gale is arrested for poaching, forced to plead guilty, and whipped at least forty times.