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Judy Duong
Jackson Bliss
Writing 39B
2 November 2014
Dependency
In a competition where people have to compete against each other, is it possible for a person to win without any help from others? Or people would have to depend on others to survive? In the book “The Hunger Games”, by Suzanne Collins, the main character Katniss was chosen from district 12 to compete against 23 other contestants to death, the last person to survive will be the winner and will be crowded as “The Hunger Games” winner and they will be rewarded with foods. This is not the first time Katniss puts herself at risk, in her daily life Katniss has to go hunting illegally in order to keep her family from hunger. In this book the author finds that intelligent
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Rue was one of the contestants in the game with Katniss but since they have a good relationship ever since they’ve met, Rue saved Katniss from the other contestants when Katniss was trapped in a tree above the enemies who had weapons; “If she’d wanted me dead, all she would have had to do was disappear from that tree without pointing out the tracker jacker nest” (208). This shows that without the help from Rue, Katniss would have already been dead; Katniss needed the dependence from Rue and this was showed when how Rue pointed out to Katniss that something went unseen to her. On the other hand, Katniss showed that individual cannot survive without help from others but they can also be the person that is being depended on. The good relationship between Katniss and Rue is benefiting both sides of how Rue and Katniss decided to share the foods that they had gained, “Before I leave I make sure Rue’s well stocked with food and matches” (213). The kindness from the two individuals is helping both of them to survive in the game. Another way that illustrates how Katniss is depending on others for survival is Katniss’s relationship with Peeta. Peeta is one of the competitors in the games but he secretly loves Katniss and without him Katniss may have not been able to make
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After Prim’s name was pulled for the Reaping, Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s place as female tribute for District 12. The text states,“I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me.‘I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!” Katniss’s actions show the caring in her heart when she takes her sister Prim’s place as tribute. That was no small action because as she says later in the story, a tribute in District 12 is the same as a corpse, yet she still takes Prim’s place. Shortly after Rue and Katniss team up, Katniss gives Rue the majority of the food they are eating, and offers to help her set snares. In the text it says,“I’ll bet meat hardly ever comes her way.‘Take the other...Take whatever you want. Now that I’ve got a bow and arrows, I can get more. Plus I’ve got snares. I can show you how to set them.” This shows that Katniss is a caring person because she gives Rue most of her food. Although Katniss doesn’t even know if she can trust Rue, she teams up with her and protects her. To conclude, Katniss cares for those whom she loves and provides for them to keep them alive, and in turn, they keep her alive
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