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Katniss Everdeen a girl in the future after a war. In Panem, the city that The Hunger Games takes place in, people are either rich or poor. Katniss is chosen for the the hunger games, she tries to defeat other tribute and also tries to prove the gamemakers and government wrong. The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel, the dystopian genre has many books and those books have something in common, the theme, the coming of age theme is the theme that most if not all dystopian books have in common. In the hunger games there are many parts where Katniss matures a little more here are three; when it is found that Katniss’s father is dead and what happened after that, when Katniss sacrifices herself, and when she kills and is lonely.

The Hunger Games is a dystopian book in the future after a war where the game makers and government are the social and political leaders, Katniss does prove the gamemakers and government in the end in a way that surprises everybody.In the Hunger games by Suzanne Collins it states that Katniss's father is dead. Then goes on with the help of blog.spu.edu that he died four years before and in mine while he was working. After that Katniss's mother went into a deep depression forcing Katniss to mature majorly like her having to hunt and provide for her, prim, Katniss's sister, and her mother by herself with a
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Some things that can be learned from Katniss's experiences are that you should not take people or things for granted, when helping others with anything you might have to sacrifice one thing or many things, and trying doing new things might change you or your perspective. Although Katniss was very mature in the beginning she matured a great deal throughout the book this is like when there is an already mature person and you put them through something good or bad, heart touching or heartbreaking this can change a person's perspective, personality and the way they do

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