Katniss Everdeen Analysis

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From the Reading 2.2, the poems display main themes of love and desire by which the speaker in each poem either directly refers to deeply loving an individual or, like in the first poem, references are made to a mistress understanding the problems of the speaker and the speaker revealing a love for the mistress because the problem described is a comparison to the love he has for her, since it is deep (pg. 58) While the speakers in the last two poems are desiring the love of the person whom they love, the first poems speakers love is out of appreciation for that understanding between the speaker and his lover. These same themes of love and desire can be found in a large variety of ways in our culture. The romance novels that are produced, the Twilight Series, the books and movies, and the many love movies that are available, all portray that same volume of love and desire that are expressed in the poems. …show more content…
Specifically in the newer movies, The Hunger Games series, Katniss Everdeen does like Gale in the beginning but by the end of the series she is in love with Peeta and the love and desire they both towards one another allows them to endure the vile games they are forced to participate

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