Differences And Similarities Between The Hunger Games And Katniss

The books The Hunger Games and Divergent have a lot of similarities and differences, from the characters to the events that occurred during the story. Both books have similar storylines that the protagonists, Tris from Divergent, and Katniss from The Hunger Games, has to go through. However, Tris and Katniss both have qualities that are similar and some that are totally different, which separates these two novels and make them more interesting. Nonetheless, Tris is a more developed, more believable, and more realistic character than Katniss.

Tris and Katniss have many traits that are similar to each other, one of them being their personalities. Both characters are introverts, meaning that they do not open up to others around them often. In …show more content…
However, from the beginning, we see that Tris has many sides of herself: brave, smart, and selfless, making her divergent. In contrast to Katniss who only has one side of herself, which is where she is constantly hunting with Gale to take care of her family. In the Capitol, she could not reveal that side of herself without revealing the only thing she cares about, making Katniss have no personality at all. Since people would be more likely to have more than one side of themselves during their lives, Tris would be a more realistic character. Another comparison between the two protagonists would be their experiences. In Divergent, Tris had to learn how to fit into Dauntless by trying as hard as she could to learn how to fight, handle a gun, and face her fears. Although she is an Abnegation transfer, she still strives to improve in order for her to remain in Dauntless and not fail initiation. During that, she had to use the process of trial and error when trying to achieve a new skill while constantly being observed by Dauntless leaders. Even though she lost to Peter in the beginning, Tris eventually won against Molly in the end. “We find in her someone like us, someone who is flawed, yet growing, who is weak but getting stronger, who is lost but finding herself. Someone complicated. Smart. Kind. And brave." Katniss, on the other hand, already knew how to use a bow and …show more content…
The protagonists’ similarities shows that they have some sides of themselves that are the same or similar but the differences also shows that they each are a unique individual. However, Tris’s differences shows us that she is a more realistic character than Katniss. She had to try to fit in with a whole different group of people that came from different backgrounds than her own but also try to learn new skills and strives to improve at the same time. Katniss however, had the skills needed just for what she was going to have to do which is really unlikely to happen in real life. Although both protagonists have their advantages in their own ways, Tris is a more believable and realistic character than