“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.”-Anton Chekhov. In the novel The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen, a young woman who lives in District 12 of Panem, which is post-apocalyptic North America, struggles to put food on the table for her family. A country where the Capitol oppresses its citizens by keeping them fenced off from the outer world. The Capitol also forces one teenage boy and girl from each district to fight in a blood sport the Capitol views as entertainment known as, The Hunger Games. During the reaping of the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss’s sister, Prim, is chosen as the female contestant for the game, which in turn makes Katniss volunteer herself to take Prim’s place. This sort
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It wasn’t until she arrived at the Capitol that she finally met someone she thought she could trust. At first she was a bit cautious around him since she was incapable of trusting anyone from the Capitol, but Cinna seemed to pick up on it, telling Katniss “How despicable we must seem to you.” (65). Cinna is aware of how people from the Capitol appear to people who come from poverty. Katniss is a bit surprised that he noticed but she doesn’t deny it because she believes he’s correct. She only started to open up to Cinna and began to trust him when he was preparing her for an upcoming interview with Caesar Flickerman. Cinna offered some advice to Katniss on what to do if she happened to get nervous, “’I’ll be sitting on the main platform with the other stylists. You’ll be able to look right at me. When you’re asked a question, find me, and answer it as honestly as possible.’” (122). This interaction showed that even though Katniss could sometimes be stubborn, she could still use the help and comfort from others. Another person who changed the way Katniss viewed others was her mentor, Haymitch, who didn’t leave a good first impression. When she first saw him at the reaping he was already drunk and spouting foolish things. Although the process of trusting Haymitch was slow and difficult, Katniss eventually learned to appreciate all the things he did for her. During the games Katniss got injured while trying to escape balls of fire, which forced her to find shelter in a tree. While trying to strategize a way to get down without alerting her enemies or further injuring herself, a parachute containing medicine from Haymitch lands near Katniss. She says to herself, “He has not abandoned me. Not left me to fend entirely for myself. The cost of this medicine must be astronomical. Probably not one but many sponsors have contributed to buy this one tiny pot. To me, it is priceless.” (188). Katniss knows
It wasn’t until she arrived at the Capitol that she finally met someone she thought she could trust. At first she was a bit cautious around him since she was incapable of trusting anyone from the Capitol, but Cinna seemed to pick up on it, telling Katniss “How despicable we must seem to you.” (65). Cinna is aware of how people from the Capitol appear to people who come from poverty. Katniss is a bit surprised that he noticed but she doesn’t deny it because she believes he’s correct. She only started to open up to Cinna and began to trust him when he was preparing her for an upcoming interview with Caesar Flickerman. Cinna offered some advice to Katniss on what to do if she happened to get nervous, “’I’ll be sitting on the main platform with the other stylists. You’ll be able to look right at me. When you’re asked a question, find me, and answer it as honestly as possible.’” (122). This interaction showed that even though Katniss could sometimes be stubborn, she could still use the help and comfort from others. Another person who changed the way Katniss viewed others was her mentor, Haymitch, who didn’t leave a good first impression. When she first saw him at the reaping he was already drunk and spouting foolish things. Although the process of trusting Haymitch was slow and difficult, Katniss eventually learned to appreciate all the things he did for her. During the games Katniss got injured while trying to escape balls of fire, which forced her to find shelter in a tree. While trying to strategize a way to get down without alerting her enemies or further injuring herself, a parachute containing medicine from Haymitch lands near Katniss. She says to herself, “He has not abandoned me. Not left me to fend entirely for myself. The cost of this medicine must be astronomical. Probably not one but many sponsors have contributed to buy this one tiny pot. To me, it is priceless.” (188). Katniss knows