In the Hunger Games, the main character and narrator is 16 year old Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is strong, resourceful, and very mature. Katniss is the backbone of her family which consists of, her mother, and her younger sister, Prim. Katniss is extremely protective of her younger sister, and she volunteers as tribute to…
“The girl on fire” Prim is Katniss's sister and she was chosen to be the girl from district 12 in the games but Katniss decides to volunteer as tribute. Katniss is 16 years old and has long brown hair. She is skinny and knows how to survive. She is a great hunter and is skilled with a bow and arrow…
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins takes place in a post apocalyptic society where the only way to keep the “districts” in check is by hosting an annual program, known as a celebration, called The Hunger Games. During The Hunger Games one male and one female between the ages of 12-17 are chosen from each district. They are forced to fight to the death until only one remains as the victor. This year Katniss Everdeen, a poor girl from district 12, volunteers to take her sister’s place in the games. Katniss uses her wit and survival skills to conquer the games along with her new love interest, Peeta.…
Heros In the book, The Odyssey by Homer, there are several reasons why Odysseus is heroic which is because he is brave, smart, and powerful. For example, Odysseus is heroic because he is brave. The author states, “Noman has attacked me, the Cyclops shouted back…” (Homer 27).…
Katniss in the book and film series is a resilient character showing the bad things that have happened to her, but she still picks herself up and fights for what she believes in. Which is a powerful message for fans of the books and the films showing even the weakest can become the strongest. She was never meant to be a hero but became one as soon as she volunteered for her younger sister to save her from the horrors of the Hunger Games. She became a symbol of leadership and courage for fans of the…
Since fire is associated with beauty it shows how the people only like Katniss due to her being associated with something beautiful. The people did not adore Katniss because of her characteristics but only for vain reasons. The fire caused her to become more feminine by generating her to an more alluring appearance. The Capitol associated Katniss with fire in an attempt to make her become more feminine. This impractical belief is unfair by saying that people will not admire a person unless they have the expectations of women by looking beautiful.…
Katniss fights to change the parameters of her society, and The Hunger Games, by constantly defying the rules and boundaries set by The Capitol.…
Katniss is brave because she does something to help her family even though it is very dangerous for her to do it. People in the districts are not allowed to leave the fenced in areas and venture off into the woods. Katniss goes into the woods almost every day to gather berries and meat for her family. Katniss is kind because most of the other competitors in The Hunger Games would have killed Rue because she would be an easy kill but Katniss does not. In The Hunger Games, it is easier to survive if there are less people because you have less people trying to find you.…
The Hunger Games are supposed to serve as a reminder of the revolution and ensure peace. However, in reality the Hunger Games is a violent bloodbath designed to promote fear. The protagonist, Katniss, volunteers as tribute for the twelfth district to protect her sister. As she progresses through the game she provides hope because she challenges the traditional roles of the tributes when she outperforms the wealthier districts and helps another tribute. President Snow sees Katniss as a threat on the Tyrannical system and believes it could lead to another revolt.…
The inspiration for Suzanne Collin’s novel, The Hunger Games, came from channel surfing between reality shows where young kids were competing against each other to young kids fighting each other in a real war. The shows began to blur together in Collin’s mind and soon the story of Katniss began to develop (Interview). Katniss is a sixteen-year-old girl living in district 12, a coal-mining district, who winds up fighting in the Hunger Games after volunteering to take her twelve year old sister’s place. The novel takes place in a futuristic world after an apocalypse has flooded most of the landmass leaving behind a newly reshaped American continent now named Panem.…
The capital feels humiliated by Katniss’ rebelliousness on live television. Katniss says, “… The Hunger Games are their [the capital’s] weapon and you are not supposed to be able to defeat it” (Collins 358). But Katniss did and she is now the hope and the face of rebellion for the districts. Athletic, clever, compassionate, modest, and rebellious are all words that explain what makes Katniss Panem’s heroine. The all around qualities is what makes her such a unique and powerful character.…
Thus, Katniss is a hero rarely seen in mainstream literature because of her ability to access any situation and respond” (Tichler). Katniss shows many characteristics that a hero needs in order to achieve greatness, where as, Tessie is just a normal person, living a normal life, hoping for life to go on as it usually does. Both these ladies lives are interrupted when all of a sudden they are both faced with fighting for their life, but Tessie doesn’t come out as good as Katniss. Though Katniss had better preparation for The Hunger Game then Tessie had for The Lottery, Tessie really was never given an opportunity to survive, where as Katniss got the chance to fight for her life. In the fight for their lives, both Katniss and Tessie display similar characteristics, that they use in order to survive.…
Katniss Everdeen, the iconic protagonist of The Hunger Games, is a 16 year old girl who lives with her 12 year old sister Primrose and her mother in dirty and poor District Twelve. Since her loving father died in a mining explosion when she was just 12, and her mother became depressed and distant, Katniss was forced to fill her father’s shoes and feed and support her family in this cruel country. Despite the rules and the risks, Katniss hunts by bow and arrow in the forest of District Twelve to keep herself and her family alive. When her sister is reaped for the Hunger Games, Katniss sacrifices herself to take her place. Katniss isn’t a terribly sentimental character which sets her apart from other girl heroines in literature today.…
Most people in the districts know that if a young girl, like Katniss, was to volunteer and go into the Hunger Games that she would most likely die and not be able to stand her ground. Throughout the whole movie and games, Katniss struggles to prove that she is strong and worthy of this. For example, at one part of the movie, she perfectly aims her arrow right next to all the government officials who refused to pay any attention to her skills. This can be related to the modern day struggle that women still have in this country when competing for army or navy seal positions. Men and even some woman, every day, say how men are physically stronger which means they are much more capable.…
Zipp does a great job at introducing Katniss to the reader, describing her as “the least introspective teenage girl in history” and “inconsiderate to the feelings of others, but still very protective of her sister Prim and her mother.” Zipp also distinguishes some themes that she found in the story that have some historical parallelism from the Irish Potato Famine to World War II and Stalinist Russia. Also, she evaluated ideas that can spark up a conversation such as the injustice of social classes. In her article she stated that the book is best suited for readers twelve and up due to some of the descriptions of gory deaths that could possibly be emotionally disturbing. Throughout her review, Zipp constantly talks good about the book and her tone is never negative.…