Two Loaves Of Bread Literary Analysis

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My first theme is, It won't hurt you to help someone, even if it is a one-time small act of kindness. I chose this theme because Katniss’s mother, Mrs.Everdeen, and Katniss’s little sister were at home, starving to death, waiting on Katniss to come home with something to eat, something to keep them alive. But Katniss had nothing, she had nothing to trade and no money to buy, and even the trash cans were empty giving her nothing. She was so poor she wasn’t even able to walk into the bakery for a look. Peeta saw her and had sympathy for her. Katniss realized that Peeta had “accidentally” dropped two loaves of bread into the fire so they were partly burnt. It was all in his plan to help save Katniss, to bring the bread she needed to survive. “It

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