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Katniss Everdeen In The Novel 'The Hunger Games'

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Abdullah Ansari Dr.Walden ENG 2, 4th 11/25/2017 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Schoolastic Press 2008, Dystopian Adventure, #374 Katniss Everdeen The main character and protagonist of The Hunger Games is Katniss Everdeen. She is exceptionally strong, capable and much more mature than you would initially expect. Katniss also happens to be extremely resourceful because she is the head of her household and provides her family with food by hunting and foraging, skills she learned from her father, who died in a mine explosion a few years ago. Katniss has tremendous love for her 4-year-old sister, Prim, in fact she volunteered to take her place in the annual Hunger Games. Peeta Mellark Peeta Mellark is the male tribute from district twelve, who also happens to be in love with Katniss Everdeen and eventually becomes her focal ally and love interest. Peeta is best described by his immeasurable love for Katniss and his willingness to give up his life for her. Katniss portrays him as kind hearted and generous because of what he did for her a few years before the games. A while back, Katniss and her family were starving behind Peeta’s family bakery, so her intentionally burned some bread so it was unusable and threw it to Katniss, he received a beating from his mother but he already knew that was going to happen. He just cared more for Katniss than he did for himself, telling us that he was also selfless. He also puts his life in jeopardy multiple times, for example, during The

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