In Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle, Brian would be the character most likely to survive the Hunger Games based on his willingness to fight, his logical reasoning, and his emotional detachment. Brian is willing to get into a fight, and he is willing to take on people that are much larger than him in both stature and number. When Rose Mary, their mother, is ready to have her fourth child, the Walls family moves to Blythe in order to be near a hospital. Because all of the children have had an odd upbringing, they do not fit in at their new school. Jeanette struggles especially, and is beat up one afternoon in alleyway on her way home from school by four Mexican girls. Once Brian hears about Jeanette being beat up, he immediately jumps into action,
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Brian tries to act tough in front of the Mexican girls, to try and ward them off, but he also is willing to get physical. When the girls all surrounded him, he did not run away, or try to talk himself out the situation. Instead, he took them all on, and did a fairly good job for fighting four-to-one. This trait would be extremely advantageous in the Hunger Games because fighting is what the games are all about. Therefore, since Brian is obviously well equipped with the attitude and ability to fight, he would thrive in the games. A different trait that Brian possesses that would make him excel and survive the Hunger Games would be his logical reasoning. Brian is a very bright child, and very little goes over his head. When Brian is out with his father on his birthday, Rex buys Brian a Sad Sack comic book as a birthday present, and they go and have dinner with Ginger, a woman who lives at the Green Lantern in Battle Mountain. After they finish their dinner, Rex takes both Brian and Ginger back to a hotel room, where Ginger and Rex disappeared into the bedroom for awhile. While most children around Brian’s age would not have thought anything too unusual about this circumstance, Brian knew exactly what was going on. Later when Brian is telling Jeanette about his outing with Rex, he tells her all about Ginger, and how Rex also made Brina give his comic book to Ginger. Brian is very upset by the fact that Ginger now has his comic book, and remarks, “Brian had taken such a powerful dislike to Ginger…. I wondered if he had figured out something about Ginger….”(79-80). Brian was able to logically reason through what was going on between Rex and Ginger, and he was able to put the missing pieces of the puzzle together. This ability to logically reason through such a complex and mature situation would help Brian to survive the Hunger Games because he would be able to work through and logically
Brian tries to act tough in front of the Mexican girls, to try and ward them off, but he also is willing to get physical. When the girls all surrounded him, he did not run away, or try to talk himself out the situation. Instead, he took them all on, and did a fairly good job for fighting four-to-one. This trait would be extremely advantageous in the Hunger Games because fighting is what the games are all about. Therefore, since Brian is obviously well equipped with the attitude and ability to fight, he would thrive in the games. A different trait that Brian possesses that would make him excel and survive the Hunger Games would be his logical reasoning. Brian is a very bright child, and very little goes over his head. When Brian is out with his father on his birthday, Rex buys Brian a Sad Sack comic book as a birthday present, and they go and have dinner with Ginger, a woman who lives at the Green Lantern in Battle Mountain. After they finish their dinner, Rex takes both Brian and Ginger back to a hotel room, where Ginger and Rex disappeared into the bedroom for awhile. While most children around Brian’s age would not have thought anything too unusual about this circumstance, Brian knew exactly what was going on. Later when Brian is telling Jeanette about his outing with Rex, he tells her all about Ginger, and how Rex also made Brina give his comic book to Ginger. Brian is very upset by the fact that Ginger now has his comic book, and remarks, “Brian had taken such a powerful dislike to Ginger…. I wondered if he had figured out something about Ginger….”(79-80). Brian was able to logically reason through what was going on between Rex and Ginger, and he was able to put the missing pieces of the puzzle together. This ability to logically reason through such a complex and mature situation would help Brian to survive the Hunger Games because he would be able to work through and logically