Katniss Everdeen In Philip Kirby's Article 'The Girl On Fire'

In the novel, The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian young adult book that is based in Panem that is divided into twelve districts. Each year the districts have to send a boy and a girl into an arena to fight to the death. The novel’s protagonist is Katniss, who lives in the poorest district. Katniss makes the audience think of the important ideas of bravery, societal class and love.

Because Katniss creates a rebellion, this makes her a hero. However, the uprising brings suffering to many people. Katniss is a hero, although she brings suffering to many, in the end, she starts a rebellion which will ultimately lead to a better

Berlatsky mentions that although Katniss seem to be the more assertive, and more courageous, she is more passive than Bella. Furthermore Berlatsky reasoning for that was “Katniss, on the other hand, spends The Hunger Games unleashing mayhem on behalf of other- the evil government, the maybe-evil readers, the readers”(Berlatsky 2). For me, that quote that Berlatsky describing of Katniss demonstrated that Katniss has the power ability to destroy any shape of way getting front of her. However she does not seem to have a strong personal desire on why she is doing it. She is just unleashing her power and rage just based on the evil government. And the same can be said about Bella except the opposite happens. Berlatsky quotes that “Bella, like any good girl, is in touch with her desires- she want to marry and screw Edward, not necessarily in that order, and she spends the series trying to do just that”(Berlatsky 2). Even though Bella seems a very weak and hapless person based on her characteristics, she does have the desire that Katniss does not have. I think she does this because it just shapes her personality. In Katniss, even though she have the power that Bella does not, she seems reluctant about it because she is fighting based on other purposes. More inter singly is that Berlatsky mentioned that power and desire have to be separated. Yet at the same time, he contradicting by stating later in the story both Katniss and Bella did both find what there looking for in power and desire. Which brings me to this train of thought. I think power and desire does not necessarily have to be separated like what Berlatsky says. In fact having both power and desire can let characters such as Katniss and Bella what their real identity is. If Katniss or Bella only had one of the two, then I think they would be uncertain on who they really

When Katniss is to perform in front of the Gamemakers, they will not pay attention to her. Katniss becomes angry and shoots an arrow in their direction, then walks away. This shows Katniss is angry that they wouldn't look at her, so she feels she needs to do something, and not thinking, she shoots an arrow at the Gamemakers. When the Governor calls Ani “grub”, she keeps on saying, “My name is Ani, not grub!”. This shows how persistently stubborn Ani is, and how she wants to make a point and stand up to the evil governor. These are all examples that they are both strong-willed, and how they are both

In the novel Katniss’ intelligence contributes to her qualities that make her a hero. This is conveyed through her ability to outsmart the other tributes during the course of the games. This is made evident to the reader when she says-“ I position the knife in the groove… the nets bursts open like an egg.”- The use of simile allows the reader to imagine how Katniss’ let the tracker-jacker go. This is further seen during the Games where Katniss is highly aware of her surroundings. - “The bow and arrow is my weapon… Sometimes, if I've wounded an animal with an arrow, it's better to get a knife into it, too, before I approach it.”- This is made evident when Katniss is able to track and hunt down things in a protective and secretive way. The use of an explicit metaphor is used when describing her motives which demonstrate her thought processes. Thus it can be seen that Katniss empowers the qualities of a hero through her intelligence.

Although it turns out to be a ploy to catch thought criminals and he doesn’t succeed in his endeavors, he still possesses qualities of a modern hero. A modern, more easily recognizable modern hero, however, is Katniss Everdeen from Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games Trilogy. Katniss is an ordinary resident of District 12 who volunteers as tribute when her younger sister is reaped. Katniss struggles internally to figure out whether she should lead the rebellion as desired by

This shows her resisting power because she is doing something that hasn’t been done in a long time. She is also altering the outcome by making sure her sister stays home, and that Katniss goes instead. People from her District react strongly to this, by giving her respect and showing that they don't think the Games are right. The last place Katniss shows resistance is when she buries her alliance, Rue, after death in the arena. This shows Katniss’s resistance to power because when she covers her body in flowers, Katniss is trying to protest how Rue had been used just for the Games, and how unjust it all is.

His purity of self.” Pg 142, Ch 10 -Katniss thinks this after Peeta confesses to her on the roof that what he wants most in the games is to not compromise himself. When peeta expresses how much he is to his own identity, it cuts katniss to the quick. She knows deep down that she is a bigger person than the hunter obsessed with winning this victory. Her journey through the novel is to accept her human caring and loving self.

Then, The Hunger Games was written in 2008 and there was a new woman in society. This woman, exemplified by Katniss, was independent and could provide for the family just as a male could. She was willing to work and survive on her own, much like the near sixty percent of all women who were labor force participants in 2010 (“Women in the Labor Force in 2010”). The stories both reflect the time period in which they were written and help the audiences to understand the information more

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

“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.

Throughout the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen trains and fights for life or death, which causes her to learn a lesson about perseverance. Ultimately, this lesson is important to the work as a whole because Katniss Everdeen becomes a character that makes it out alive of the gruesome games. Katniss Everdeen begins to be a determined women at the start of the hunger games, where trains and prepares for her journey. First, when Katniss is preparing for the Hunger Games, no one takes her seriously because she is a female, and

The Hunger Games is an information filled book including one of our sights of survival in the wild. Protagonist: The protagonist, sixteen-year old Katniss Everdeen, who has a family consisting of her mother and younger sister, is a loving and caring young girl who sets the plot into action. When she

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

She realizes her feminine qualities only the arena and recognizes and embraces it. She is able to sympathize with other women, find strength in them and support them as well. This is evident of her relationship with Rue. She befriends Rue in the arena and their friendship is a symbol of women who support each other in oppression. She does it in pure intuition and emotion and it ends up saving her life. Audre Lorde says that, “For women, the need and desire to nurture each other is not pathological but redemptive, and it is within that knowledge that our real power is rediscovered. It is this real connection which is so feared by a patriarchal world”. Katniss is a conscious feminine character who was sensible enough to find out that a spirit of sisterhood is what can truly empower women even in a place like the deadly