Katniss Chapter 1 Summary

An important idea that Katniss makes the audience think of is bravery. Every day since she was sixteen she has been going outside the wall to hunt for her family. When her father died and her mother slipped into deep depression she was the only one who could feed her family as her younger sister Prim was only seven. This bravery is shown

Katniss Everdeen, otherwise known as the mockingjay or a symbol of rebellion, has started a revolution. She disobeyed and degraded her country's government, the Capitol, on national television by defying its legislations.When Katniss was chosen for the third Quarter Quell, a battle to the death held for the Capitol’s entertainment, she decided that she was through with the Capitol’s ridiculous regulations and so were the citizens of the thirteen districts of Panem. It was common knowledge that the Capitol does not rule their country fairly and they treat the citizens of the districts inequally to the citizens of the capitol. It was clear that the people wanted a change. The Quarter Quell is held in an arena where the contestants are held captive

Katniss is thinking. " Where is she?What are they doing to her? Prim I cry out ." Prim!"only another agonizing scream answers me . How did she get here?Why is she part of the games? "

Katniss must also be brave. She must be brave so that Prim, her mother, Gale,

She also shocks the Gamemakers at her individual skill evaluation. The Gamemakers publicly televise the scores the tributes get to help them gain sponsors. Katniss knows she has to really wow them with her skilled bow and arrow shooting. The Gamemakers start to not pay attention to her so she decides she need to act.

After her father died in a mine explosion, Katniss realized she would have to take control of her family in order to survive and make sure there was enough to eat each night. Not only did she hunt, but on occasion she would trade her game with others for necessities like medicine, cloth, vegetables and even bread. No doubt her responsibilities became a burden at times, but nothing will compare to what she'll have to go through once she enters the

Katniss is an orphan poor girl lives in with her mom who is she suffering from Mental illness because of her husband dead ,so Katniss’s main preoccupation is to keep her family well-fed.

As Rue is doing this Katniss speaks to Rue, “I’d have thought, in District Eleven, you’d have a bit more to eat than us. You know, since you grow the food” (Collins 202). Katniss has always struggled to provide food and thinks since district eleven is agriculture they get more food. Rue replies “Oh, no, we’re not allowed to eat the crops.” She continues “They whip you and make everyone else watch" (Collins 202).

Katniss a sixteen-year-old girl who takes her younger sister's place in an arena where twenty-four tributes will battle each other until there is one left standing, Susanne Collins wrote a book about this called The Hunger Games. Katniss is great with a bow and arrow during training sessions and the Games this skill was a way of protecting, and killing. During this time in the book, the bow and arrow became a great way to kill animals for food or money to trade in at the hob, the hob a place located in District Twelve where they trade food, cloth, and yarn. Everyone has emotions, however, not everyone is willing to share what they are. Whereas Katniss’s emotions, from not willing to be shown, letting herself get into the interview, and making

In the novel The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen has to dig deep down to find strength and courage. Katniss is not your average girl. She has a great shot with a bow and arrow, but also has a very audacious mind. Ever since Katniss’s father died in a mine explosion she has been the provider for her family, which consist of her mother and her younger sister Prim. Katniss has to be trained by Haymitch, who is a victor of the Hunger Games. The challenge with Haymitch is that he is always drunk and does not have his mind straight.

Katniss was always very close to her little sister Prim. Prim meant the world to her and she always did her best to protect her. Katniss loved Prim so much that she even put her own life before hers when she “stepped up to take Prim’s place”(24) as tribute. Katniss’ father was a very influential on her. He taught her how the woods could provide for her but also that they could be dangerous. Even after he had died he was still important to her. After her dad past, Katniss’ mother became drastically depressed and was unable to provide for her children. Katniss never truly forgave her for abandoning them in their time of need. With her mother in a comatose state Katniss decided she would have to protect and provide for Prim. All the hunting, gathering and buying of tesserae was for Prim’s sake. To keep them out of the community home

(Collins, 65). Here, Katniss is having a deep realization that she is not valued as a human being to the Bourgeoisie. Due to the lack of resources district, twelve has, Katniss must illegally hunt and sell her finding in a Black Market to keep herself and family alive. The bourgeoisie does not see the struggle that Katniss and others like her go through. Members of the bourgeoisie like Effie Trinket, see the lower income district tributes as children to pity before their death in the Hunger Games.

In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the main character and protagonist is 16 year old Katniss Everdeen, a strong and selfless young woman who is far more mature than her age suggests. As the main provider for her family after her father died, Katniss had to become responsible and resourceful at a young age, which forced her to participate in rebellious behavior in order to keep her family alive. She is an unselfish and protective character, putting herself in danger in order to keep the ones she loves safe, especially for her little sister Primrose. Even after the pain and hardships she has had to go through not only in the games, but in her life, Katniss maintains her

The reaping begins and Prim’s name is drawn. Katniss freaks out and volunteers to take her place, making her District 12’s girl tribute. The boy tribute’s name is drawn and it’s Peeta Mellark, who is the baker’s son and the same age at Katniss. Katniss remembers, when they were children, Peeta saw her starving outside in the rain and gave her a burnt piece of bread that his mother had told him to feed to their pigs. Katniss wonders how is she supposed to kill him in the Games after he was so

Katniss has an edge over many of the other tributes because she often lives not knowing if she is going to make it through the night. For years she has been responsible for the life or death of her family. She was devastated by the death of her father, though she recalls many of his fine talents and qualities. Throughout the training and the Games, she fights against feeling friendship for Peeta Mellark because she knows