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 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.…
After choosing to be the face of the mockingjay, Katniss along with her group:Peeta, Gale, Finnick, Effie, Haymitch, and the camera crew, faces mortal traps and treacherous enemies. At the finale she notice that she trusted someone who is just as cruel as Snow, President…
Katniss Everdeen’s Hunting skills vs Hunger Games Opponents Katniss Everdeen who lives in a dystopia volunteers to enter a game of death for her younger sister and prepares herself for what to expect, however not everything can be prepared for. Katniss used her hunting skills to kill enemies, find food but still wasn't prepared to kill humans that had not affected her before. Secondly, Katniss was in the Hunger Games arena for along time and she needs food to survive so she used her hunting skills to find where the food is and how to kill the animal if it is living. On page 198 Katniss kills a rabbit for food using and bow, she perfectly hits it in the eye as she does want the meat to not get spoiled (last it for more important times).…
So eventually as time went by the Hunger Games began it was Katniss and a boy named Peeta they fought to the end. The main conflict in the story is Katniss struggling in the hunger games. Her and Peetas family were sad and were helpless. Many other kids from other districts did not survive unlikeher and Peeta. Katniss was not happy about killing them but she did it for her family.…
Katniss Everdeen’s Hero Journey The morning of the reaping, Katniss assumed it was going to be like all the others. She never expected that just one piece of paper would cause her to go on a crazy adventure. From that morning on, Katniss would become a whole new person. She would become more confident and powerful, rather than a poor beggar.…
The book The Hunger Games: Mockingjay is the third instalment in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. This book is told through the eyes of the main character Katniss Everdeen, which is first person point of view. In the first book in the trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen had volunteered as tribute to be put into what the Capitol called The Hunger Games. Katniss and her partner Peeta had won The Hunger Games, but the Capitol decided they weren't done with them. So in the second book there was a quarter quell, where the Capitol picked other people that had also won the games to compete.…
Katniss Everdeen the symbol of the theme “Rebellion” is just an average girl that ends up going to the yearly hunger games. She volunteers for her sister to fight until death and she is scared for her life. During the games she tries takes care of a young girl named Rue which makes the people of district 11 adore her. As the games are about to end Katniss disobeys the rules by attempting to kill herself with her “lover” so that they can both win the games when only one victor is allowed. The gamekeeper stops them and allows both of them to win the games.…
Katniss fights to change the parameters of her society, and The Hunger Games, by constantly defying the rules and boundaries set by The Capitol.…
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.…
Katniss: A leader worth following Leadership has a myriad of meanings, defined by a diversity of values, cultures and morals. . Yet despite the variations in these definitions, all leaders must possess certain skills in order to lead effectively. An effective leader is one who recognizes and develops effective followers (Basefsky 34). A compelling leader is also one who gains the support, the respect and the appreciation of their followers. They must be willing to do what is necessary to earn the continuous support of their followers which sometimes includes having to make sacrifices .…
“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible. ”-Anton Chekhov. In the novel The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen, a young woman who lives in District 12 of Panem, which is post-apocalyptic North America, struggles to put food on the table for her family. A country where the Capitol oppresses its citizens by keeping them fenced off from the outer world. The Capitol also forces one teenage boy and girl from each district to fight in a blood sport the Capitol views as entertainment known as, The Hunger Games.…
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.…
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.…
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.…