“You must be willing to sacrifice your whole life to survive.” (Kenneth Waters Jr.)
Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games (2008) follows the story of an unselfish girl, Katniss, as she struggles to survive in District 12 coupled with all the advantages that go with it. Throughout the novel Katniss must sacrifice to keep herself and the ones she loves alive. As Waters stated, the sacrifice of your whole life to survive is essential. Sacrifice that leads to survival above all else is the notion explored throughout the novel. Katniss is shaped by the author as the protagonist as she sacrifices to survive.
Surviving throughout District 12 is turbulent. Collin’s has constructed the novel’s protagonist, Katniss, to be able to hunt and provide food as ‘starvation’s not an uncommon fate in District 12’ (33). However with the need to provide, and the passing of her father, she lost the life of a traditional girl to take on roles of a stereotypical male to survive. Furthermore, the life and death scenario of the Annual …show more content…
Loss of identity was evident when Katniss gave to the Capitol. When Katniss entered the Capitol she was forced to surrender her District 12 identity to stylistically become more ‘Capitolistic’. As Katniss’ makeover is concluded she is told by a Capitol citizen ‘you almost look like a human being now’ (76) thus suggesting that she no longer looks like someone from the ‘Districts’. Again, sacrifice is evident at the beginning of the games. When indecision washes over Katniss she must forfeit her chance of retrieving something ‘good’ out of the Cornucopia to dart away from predators. If Katniss had made an earlier decision, she would have achieved a ‘silver sheath of arrows and a bow’ (180). This may have allowed her to win, however, she had to change tactics because her indecision had been to her detriment. Overall the loss of identity and the change of plans were mandatory to
Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games (2008) follows the story of an unselfish girl, Katniss, as she struggles to survive in District 12 coupled with all the advantages that go with it. Throughout the novel Katniss must sacrifice to keep herself and the ones she loves alive. As Waters stated, the sacrifice of your whole life to survive is essential. Sacrifice that leads to survival above all else is the notion explored throughout the novel. Katniss is shaped by the author as the protagonist as she sacrifices to survive.
Surviving throughout District 12 is turbulent. Collin’s has constructed the novel’s protagonist, Katniss, to be able to hunt and provide food as ‘starvation’s not an uncommon fate in District 12’ (33). However with the need to provide, and the passing of her father, she lost the life of a traditional girl to take on roles of a stereotypical male to survive. Furthermore, the life and death scenario of the Annual …show more content…
Loss of identity was evident when Katniss gave to the Capitol. When Katniss entered the Capitol she was forced to surrender her District 12 identity to stylistically become more ‘Capitolistic’. As Katniss’ makeover is concluded she is told by a Capitol citizen ‘you almost look like a human being now’ (76) thus suggesting that she no longer looks like someone from the ‘Districts’. Again, sacrifice is evident at the beginning of the games. When indecision washes over Katniss she must forfeit her chance of retrieving something ‘good’ out of the Cornucopia to dart away from predators. If Katniss had made an earlier decision, she would have achieved a ‘silver sheath of arrows and a bow’ (180). This may have allowed her to win, however, she had to change tactics because her indecision had been to her detriment. Overall the loss of identity and the change of plans were mandatory to