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Katniss describes the routine:
It was slow-going at first, but I was determined to feed us. I stole eggs from nests, caught fish in nets, sometimes managed to shoot a squirrel or rabbit for stew, and gathered the various plants that sprung up beneath my feet. Plants are tricky. Many are edible, but one false mouthful and you're dead. I checked and double-checked the plants I harvested with my father's pictures. I kept us alive. (Collins 51) In contrast to her masculine ways of hunting, she is more restricted when it comes to her emotions for instance her relationship with Peeta when he confesses his love for her during his interview with Caesar, as he says “Well, there is this one girl. I’ve had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I’m pretty sure she didn’t know I was alive until the reaping."(Collins
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Amid Dr. Sara Raley's address, we recorded a large number of the qualities in which Katniss possesses and set them into manly and female categories. Some of the qualities under the ladylike classification were that she is alluring, tranquil, little and delicate, a guardian and that she utilizes a bow and bolt. Altogether, the manly and ladylike qualities were genuinely even and demonstrated that Katniss has a decent adjust of both sex parts. Katniss turns out to be more ladylike as they redo her in the Capitol when they are setting up her for the parade. They shave her legs, pull her eyebrows and make her into the perfect female magnificence figure. After her and Peeta win The Hunger Games the first run through, the Capitol nearly gives her a boob occupation to make her look more ladylike and satisfactory to the general population of Panem. This underlines ladies are sexualized in the media and how despite the fact that Katniss is not the photo of gentility, they attempt to change her to fit into the female

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