How Does Katniss Everdeen Change Throughout The Play

Katniss is the protagonist of the novel. She is a tough, self-sufficient, extremely loyal girl whose childhood was cut short by responsibility. After her father died, her mother sank into a deep depression, so it was up to Katniss to feed the family. One evening, she was going through others' trash in desperation when Peeta Mellark purposefully burned bread from his family's bakery and gave it to her. She feels like she owes him for that action, because after that she realizes the forest will be how to feed her family. She and her friend Gale regularly hunt wild game and gather food, selling some and keeping some for their families. Katniss dearly loves her younger sister Prim, so much so that she volunteers to go to the Hunger Games in Prim's place. Though Katniss could very easily feel bitter towards her more sheltered sister, instead she is fiercely protective of her. During the Games, this protectiveness transfers to another young tribute named Rue who Katniss grows very close too and mentors as she were an older sister to Rue.

As the novel progresses so does Katniss Everdeen.From the beginning to the end Katniss becomes compassionate,develops feelings for Peeta,and starts to believe in herself.Firstly in the beginning of the novel Katniss is only shown compassion for those she's close with only letting her wall down for a few people.All this changes when she is put into The Games where blood where blood is shed,a game with only one living victor.At the end of the novel Cato

Throughout the novel you can see her other acts of care, such as when she takes 12 year old Rue under her wing in the middle of the games, and also how she refuses to leave Peeta when he is injured. “I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she’s a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim” (pg 201). In this quote the author Suzanne Collins is showing that Katniss is teaming up with Rue, rather than killing her, which is what would get her farther in the Games but she doesn’t because she reminds her of Prim, and wants to protect her.

In the Book The hunger games Katniss Everdeen faces overwhelming adversity when she finds herself found in the clutches of the capital stuck in the hunger games. Katniss is able to overcome this adversity by having strong characteristics like her intelligence, resourcefulness and being courageous, these characteristics will be discussed throughout the essay outlining exactly why these characteristics help katniss in the games.

Much of the Hunger Games is centered around portraying a certain image, or identity if you will. The capital manipulates the weaknesses in their society and in their people to create an identity of unity and nationalism through the way they present the games to the districts of Panem. This idea of appearing to be one thing but really being another is ingrained in the society of Panem. District 12, in particular, maintains this image of complacency for the sake of survival, and Katniss is no exception to this.

In the novel “The Hunger Games” Suzanne Collins conveys the qualities of a hero through the main character Katniss Everdeen. The novel is based around a dystopian nation, in which is placed in Panem. Through which a boy and a girl from each district must take part in ‘The Hunger Games’ where they have to fight to the death, until there is one survivor. Katniss subsequently evolves as a significant hero portraying the heroic qualities such as selflessness, identity change and intelligence. Selflessness is shown as she puts others before herself, her identity changes as she has to put up a brave face, and intelligence is displayed as her strategies progress in the games.

“We had to save you because you're the Mockingjay, Katniss, says Plutarch. While you live, the revolution lives” (Collins). Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games is a complex character who epitomizes the archetype of a hero, however, she also shatters the mold by rebelling against the capital and endangering her whole family. She starts out as a hero to her family, especially her sister, and then becomes the symbol of strength to everyone. Katniss sacrifices herself by volunteering to join the Hunger Games in place of her sister, it is a game of survival where a boy and a girl from each district are forced to fight the other members of other districts to the death. By going out of her ordinary world and preparing to join a game where her life could be taken, she fits right into the archetype of a hero. Her bow and arrow, the weapon that only she can wield, will be the only things to help her survive. Despite these heroic qualities, Katniss makes an erroneous decision and blunder mistakes that shows the reader the flip side of Katniss.

While competing in the Hunger Games, Katniss is unsure if Peeta is on her side or not because he betrays her and joins the Careers; plotting to team up and kill the weak. This make Katniss extremely confused, causing her to be uncertain of whether or not she will be able to kill Peeta since he is her supposed star-crossed lover. She also debates with herself because she cannot decide if she is in love with Gale or Peeta. During the Hunger Games, Katniss becomes friends with Rue through the mocking jay pin. Rue is killed, but Katniss remembers her by using the wisdom that she learned from Rue.

Katniss is amazed by rues talent and unique characteristics at sort of adopts her as her partner in crime. But when Rue dies from trying to destroy the power house tributes food supply, Katniss needs to find a new friend a new team mate. But when the other tributes confront her with Peeta they accidentally get hit with tracker jacker venom. Which to Katniss does not do much but Peeta tries to fight back and that causes problems for him. He gets badly injured and is unable to survive on his own. But when Katniss is looking for water she stumbles against her love her true love. Peeta. That leads them together to project the image that they are star crossed lovers. And during this they start to slowly fall in love. She risks her life to save him and in the end she never regrets it. After the make it out alive the spend most of their time together as the star crossed lovers that they were pictured

Katniss finally arrives to the Capitol. Here is where things start to change and life as she knows it is completely different. The first thing on the agenda is to cleanse Katniss. She is waxed from head to toe and is washed down for Cinna (her stylist) to create the new Katniss Everdeen “Girl on Fire”. After being completely transformed, Katniss and Peeta (the boy tribute from

Katniss’s injuries by chewing up leaves and appling it on her wound, while Katniss shared some of her food from her bag. They worked together and developed a strong relationship due to the conflict of the game and that they shared the same adversary against the Careers. Their plan was to sabotage the Careers food source so Katniss decided to destroy the Career’s food source by baiting them into the forest set by Rue. After the Careers went after the smoke caused by the campfire, Katniss realized that the path is full of landmines. Smartly, she was able to shoot open the bag when an apple fell and activated the landmine, destroying all the food supply. Eventually, Rue was killed by the Careers as she successfully baited them into the campfire. (pg 221) Moreover, this friendship that Katniss developed with Rue had actually saved Katniss’s life from Clove later into the story.

The first mentor present in Katniss’ life is her sister, Primrose. When Primrose gets reaped, Katniss steps in and makes a sacrifice to save her sister. From that point on, Primrose becomes the driving force behind Katniss’ will to survive. When Katniss says goodbye to her family, Prim asks Katniss to try to win, and Katniss promises to try. Primrose has hope for Katniss’ return. Primrose’s faith in Katniss is the main reason Katniss decides to fight for her life and, eventually, win.

By being self-sacrificing, Katniss will do anything for those she loves. For example, as Katniss volunteers as tribute

The next scene is a heavy contrast to the first. In this scene we see Katniss hunting for food for her family and in doing so, assuming a role more commonly associated with males. In the lead up to the games she poses as a girl madly in love with the male tribute from her district in order to gain sponsors and attention from the Capital. She demonstrates intelligence in doing so because she knows that she is more likely to be accepted by the capital if she adopts a more feminine persona. It is only after the Games begin that Katniss demonstrates her natural talents, those more typically associated with a male character. She uses her hunting skills to her advantage by catching food and killing people when necessary. She also exhibits a wide range of knowledge which helps her to survive during the Games. Towards the end of the film, it has been made clear to the audience that whilst Katniss assumes a traditional female role when with her family or when it benefits her, her true character closely follows the characteristics typically seen in a traditional male gender

Katniss Everdeen is an adolescent girl who has been through a lot, emotionally and physically. She is not only a girl from District 12 but she is a girl who takes on challenges that she is not