In this scene Rue's death was unexpecting to the audience as they were unaware she could die so fast throughout the movie. The emotion scene shows how Jennifer Lawrence's character reacts in this situation as if we were in that atmosphere. Katniss gathers up flowers to lay around Rues corpes. Lining them up one by one, color by color, size by size her cheeks are drowning in her own tears. This makes Katniss realize that this isn't pretend anymore.