Application of close reading techniques

While we were doing the close readings in class I started to get more and more interested in it, because it gave the words of the novel new meanings. So, while I was re-reading my favorite book, The Hunger Games, By Suzanne Collins I wanted to apply it. This is the passage I decided to try analyzing:
"As soon as I’m in the trees, I retrieve a bow and sheath
of arrows from a hollow log. Electrified or not, the fence
has been successful at keeping the flesh-eaters out of District
12. Inside the woods they roam freely, and there are added
concerns like venomous snakes, rabid animals, and no real
paths to follow. But there’s also food if you know how to
find it. My father knew and he taught me some before he
was blown to bits in a mine explosion. There was nothing
even to bury. I was eleven then. Five years later, I still wake
up screaming for him to run."
The first thing about this passage that I noticed was that she refers to the animals as "flesh-eaters." I thought this might be important because she speaks of them as though they are in-human or zombies. The  animals are supposed to be thought of as dangerous and evil so the people of District Twelve don't want to hunt in the woods illegally. Also I thought it was interesting that when talking about her father's death, she says that he was "blown to bits in a mine explosion." The way she says it has a tone that is disconnected. It's as if she doesn't care, when in reality her mood is trying greatly to accept her father's death. She is trying to get over his death by pretending she doesn't care. I can tell she wants to accept his death because she follows her last statement by saying, "Five years later, I still wake up screaming for him to run." The close reading techniques we learned in class really can be applied in other novels and now I can't stop close reading in every reading i do, even on my own time. Thank you Literature class!