In Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen has a relationship between Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne. Gale is her childhood best friend and Peeta is her Hunger Games partner. Throughout the book she demonstrates possible signs of romantic love which creates confused feelings within her. The relationship Katniss has between the two is altruistic love. Their relationships also demonstrate levels of trust. With the assistance of The Meaning of Friendship by Mark Veron, the relationships will be explored. The feelings Katniss has between the two males is altruistic; she is unclear about her feeling for the two but she does unintentionally gravitate toward Peeta. First off Vernon states, “love that is solely other oriented is what we now call altruistic love”(Vernon 141). In other words, one person looks after the other instead of himself or herself. This relationship represents what is going on between Katniss and Gale. After Katniss wins the Games, she tries to help out others, as well as Gale and his family. Katniss says that she
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They give each other assurance, because they both played in the previous Games; and both of them know their cooperation with one another leads to their survival. In The Meaning of Friendship, Vernon says, “trust is about making judgment”(Vernon 151). During the Hunger Games trust is a key factor, but can not always be followed. Trust is needed in order to work together, which is hard to achieve in these Games because the ultimate goal is to be sole survivor. Katniss and Peeta’s bond is strong, and when asked to work along with other players to form allies, Katniss refuses. She does not trust them, and she even says, “I do not trust any of them…”(Collins 222). She has this sense of judgment because the people she is up against are old victors, who have played in the Hunger Games. She is aware that placing trust in them is risky and could lead to
They give each other assurance, because they both played in the previous Games; and both of them know their cooperation with one another leads to their survival. In The Meaning of Friendship, Vernon says, “trust is about making judgment”(Vernon 151). During the Hunger Games trust is a key factor, but can not always be followed. Trust is needed in order to work together, which is hard to achieve in these Games because the ultimate goal is to be sole survivor. Katniss and Peeta’s bond is strong, and when asked to work along with other players to form allies, Katniss refuses. She does not trust them, and she even says, “I do not trust any of them…”(Collins 222). She has this sense of judgment because the people she is up against are old victors, who have played in the Hunger Games. She is aware that placing trust in them is risky and could lead to