Katniss Everdeen In 'The Hunger Games'

Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games has become a worldwide phenomenon due to its intense dramatic scenes that occur in a dystopian society. From the time it was published, the novel has continuously gained popularity mainly because it shows how cruel, evil and barbaric the upper class citizens of a society can be. It also allures to many readers because of the way suffering is used as a form of entertainment and publically televised. Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist of Collins’s widely popular novel has become a cultural icon. Not only is Katniss greatly admired for her qualities, but she is also looked at as a role model to both women and men. Her ability to be resilient yet vulnerable makes her easy to relate to, thus appealing to many

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.

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

Suzanne Collins demonstrates that the heroine Katniss is a good hero in “The Hunger Games” through bravery, inner strength and compassion. This is expressed through emotive language, repetition and descriptive language.

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.

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.

I would like to take a few minutes and tell you that Katniss Everdeen, the winner of the Hunger Games, is the true definition of a hero. She is courageous, brave, and will do anything for her and her family's survival. When Katniss was 11 years old, her father died in a coal mine explosion. After that, her mom and sister, Primrose, were severely depressed. For the past five years, she had been taking care of her mom and sister, with the help of her friend Gale. The Capital, or the Country of Panem, has a system where the divide the country into 12 districts based on the people's wealth.

Hunting people is “The Most Dangerous Game”. The Hunger Games is the most difficult game to win. Rainsford was shown to be a witty, resourceful, and patient person. He even outfoxed General Zaroff in his own crazy game. Katniss was shown to be a quick thinker and had a determination to get back to her family. The creators of these characters developed the protagonists through the use of man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. fate conflict. Katniss is an excellent hunter with a little sister and a mother. Rainsford was an intelligent sailor who fell off his boat accidentally.

In the surreal dystopian novel, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins the main theme that is focused on the most is survival of the fittest. Katniss displays this theme with her two characteristics and one of many skills. The first one being an athletic mindset, the second being intelligence, and her skill being archery. Katniss is very athletic. Near the end of the story Katniss was able to escape genetically modified canines with an extraordinarily amount of speed.

This is an excellent book. Rick Yancey, author of the Printz-Honor winning Monstrumologist series and The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, has delivered a remarkable tale that manages to revitalize the idea of an alien invasion, in which the aliens are brutally efficient without ever apparently leaving their space ship in orbit around the Earth. Thanks to the constant paranoia, the knowledge that no one can be trusted, this book is terrifying on a level that few other novels aimed at teenagers are able to be. Although, admittedly, this book does not have any truly original ideas, all the elements it takes from other novels are pieced together in a way that makes them uniquely its own, and the characters are so strong that you do not care about any

The development and adaptation of characters throughout a story changes who the character is and how he/she acts in the story. As a story progresses so does the characters in the story as they become stronger, smarter, and faster as the story requires them to adapt to the situations they are in leading them to change from begging of the story to the end, same could be said about real life from the beginning to the end you are looking at two different characters. Looking at books and movies we can see this development of characters as the story develops in books like Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games and Catching Fire we can see the development of the main character Katniss Everdeen as she struggles to survive the annual Hunger games and how

The person I would like to be like is Katniss from the Hunger Games. Her character has so many qualities that are admirable. Herself as a person has very deep and incredible ideas and morals that are extremely inspiring.

When I first read “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, I only focused on the love story between Katniss and Peeta, totally oblivious to anything else. Since rereading it, I noticed that the plot and specifically the character’s personalities all depend on the environment or setting in which they grew up in. The biggest take away was the role the Capitol plays.

I learned the true power that lies between the covers of a book when I started reading about Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games trilogy. Her story opened the doors to reading and invited me into fantastic worlds I had never before experienced. Now I will forever love reading and literature and it has positively impacted my vocabulary, the way I view life and my life in general. Katniss Everdeen has proven herself to be a true hero time and time again. She constantly sacrificed for her family, specifically Prim. Even before the Hunger Games series started, from the age of 11, she hunted in the forest for her and her younger sister’s sake. She volunteered for her at the Reaping. She even ended up having children because Peeta desperately wanted