Sagitaria Sagittifolia is a flowering wetland perennial that has arrow shaped leaves. Sagitaria grows tall and sprouts tall leaves, however it blooms into a beautiful flower during parts of the year. This plant grows throughout Europe and Asia but you can also find it in the pages of Susan Collins book “The Hunger Games”, where it is more commonly referred to as Katniss. This strange plant is the basis of the main characters name, Katniss Everdeen, who has a taste for the bow and arrow. These two have more in common than just the arrow however. Both grow up slowly and then bloom all at once after growing for such a long time. Katniss grows up in district 12 of Panem. She has a happy life up until the point where Katniss’ father dies in a mine explosion. After that Katniss has to grow up fast for the sake of her little sister, Prim, because their mom clocks out and goes into a deep depression. If it wasn’t
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In “The Hunger Games”, Katniss morphs from an untrusting and independent girl into a compassionate and caring women; she modifies her courage from impulsive to rationalistic; and she evolves from a girl of little political attitude or desire into a girl ready to take a stand. At the start of the book, Katniss is very self-reliant and cynical. She goes about district 12 hunting for her own food and staying to herself besides when she is with Gale. Katniss creates a bubble that keeps out unwanted memories, such as the one with Peeta Mellark, out of sight and out of mind. Peeta gave Katniss bread when she was starving to death, he went out of his way and even was beat by his mother to give her the bread and Katniss hates him for it. She goes on to say “I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people” (Collins 32). Katniss also goes on to say “Oh well, I think. There will be twenty-four of
In “The Hunger Games”, Katniss morphs from an untrusting and independent girl into a compassionate and caring women; she modifies her courage from impulsive to rationalistic; and she evolves from a girl of little political attitude or desire into a girl ready to take a stand. At the start of the book, Katniss is very self-reliant and cynical. She goes about district 12 hunting for her own food and staying to herself besides when she is with Gale. Katniss creates a bubble that keeps out unwanted memories, such as the one with Peeta Mellark, out of sight and out of mind. Peeta gave Katniss bread when she was starving to death, he went out of his way and even was beat by his mother to give her the bread and Katniss hates him for it. She goes on to say “I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people” (Collins 32). Katniss also goes on to say “Oh well, I think. There will be twenty-four of