Katniss Responsibility In Catching Fire

During this film, Katniss has agreed to become the mockingjay, “…a mutation that has become a symbol of hope…” (Tan, 5). Being the mockingjay, Katniss’ main purpose is to give hope to the districts in Panem. The popular line, “I have a message, for President Snow: You can torture us, and bomb us, and burn us to the ground- but do you see that?

1. Katniss’s change during the course of the novel has been influenced by the Capitol and the arena during the Hunger Games. In the beginning she volunteered for her love for Prim and did not think she would win, but during the games she actually believes she has a chance. And throughout the games she found herself hating the Capitol more and more, for example when she said “I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can’t own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games.

Life is tough. We all have decisions to make and consequences to consider. Will we survive? Or will it all come crashing down? Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins are two books in the Hunger Games trilogy showing readers the life of Katniss Everdeen. This is shown in different ways through each story. In Catching Fire, the author shows the lesson through Katniss’s interaction with characters. She has returned home from the 74th Hunger Games and now has to decide between Gale and Peeta. She has feelings for both, but in District 12, it is a struggle to survive and her life will depend on who she chooses to be with. In Mockingjay, betrayal is a common part of survival is shown through Katniss’s idea to join the rebellion and betray

In the film, The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross shows the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen as a strong well-skilled District 12’s female tribute who carries hope along to survive in the arena among other tributes to rebel against an oppressive government control. Throughout the film we can see how Katniss gets motivated by her loved ones back at home as well as her District 12’s members. For instance, Katniss’s younger sister, Prim gives strength when she gives the mocking jay pin

This is further depicted when Katniss rebels against the capitol to ensure her family survives. - “District twelve where you can starve to death in safety”-, shows the reader how she really feels. It is shown through irony. Irony is used to highlight the main emotion the characters are portraying against each other, and their desire to save each other. Therefore it can be made evident that Katniss’ identity throughout her journey changes to protect those she loves, this shows the qualities of a hero.

During the Games Katniss does not change her convictions. As a natural survivor she remains tough and keeps to herself. Her skills and qualities for example her ability to hunt help her through the

Katniss Everdeen is a female tribute from District 12 and she is the main character from my chosen novel. Katniss volunteered on behalf of her sister Primrose Everdeen's and took her place in the 74th Hunger Games after Prim's name was called during the selection of tributes from District 12(Collins 21). Originally, Katniss had no intention of going into the games, but she did not think that she is going to participate as female tribute in the games. In order to understand Katniss, we must understand her relationships with Gale, her sister Prim, her mother and Peeta. Katniss father died when she was 11 years old, following the death of her father, her mother went into a deep depression which left Katniss solely responsible for taking care of herself and her sister Prim.

“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.

Then, of course the rebels fed the Capitol endless lies, and the joke was on it” (Collins 42). Katniss is destined to become the Mockingjay and the new symbol of rebellion whether she likes it or not. The people of Panem could see that Katniss was not an act devised by the Gamemakers for entertainment. She was unapologetic in her humanity and she was not going to sacrifice her beliefs for the games. Katniss was going to win the games for Prim, she loved Rue, and she genuinely cared about Peeta.

The scenes that show Katniss finally understanding the victors rage and the one where she learns about the riots in the districts from her prep team reinforce the theme Collins is trying to convey to the readers. The theme that ruling in fear leads to a surge of insurgents is quite important for the readers to understand because it can help them make better decisions in the future by not leading with fear. To conclude, after reading this, readers should finally know what the Hunger Games Catching Fire is actually

The ultimate outcome and how one gets there can be effected and based off of both motivations and personalities. Situations and how one deals with it varies from person to person. Like a lamb not being able to fit in a crowd of lions, a shy person teacher would have difficulty controlling a rambunctious class and therefore the goal of learning would not be attained. Katniss’s ability to self preserved while still making decision for the people are what help her to beat president snow while still reaching her goal of a quiet life. In the end Katniss lays the responsibility of the final decision of who will run the country on the people themselves.

To begin the first characteristic that helped Katniss overcome adversity in the games was her intelligence. Katniss shows her intelligence multiple times throughout the book but one example of this would be when reads between the lines of Haymitch’s gifts thinking “Haymitch couldn't be sending me a clearer message one kiss equals one pot of broth”(collins 261). The significance of this is that she sees how willing people are to sponsor when her and Peeta are clearly in love so all she has to do for what she needs is to not give up on the games or on Peeta. The next point of how Katniss’s intelligence helped her in the book would be How she was able to locate Peeta after hearing the announcement of two tributes of the same district can survive. Remembering back to earlier in the games she thought “he couldn't have survived without water. I know that from the first few days here. He must be hidden somewhere near a source”(collins 250). This shows how in this stressful and vast environment she is able to take a breath and calmly analyze the situation and decipher that he couldn't have gone far from the career camp and he would have to stay close to water. The last way Katniss proves that her intelligence helped her in the games is how she takes out the careers supplies. After careful planning with rue Katniss makes her way up towards the career camp and takes up her bow and shoots “Then the apples spill to the ground and I’m blown backward into the air”(collins 221). This quote shows how with some planning and careful thinking she singlehandedly changed the course of the entire game. For these reasons her intelligence clearly helped her overcome the tall task of 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

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.

Katniss Everdeen is the smart, passionate and very young protagonist of the Hunger Games series who lives in District 12, the poorest in the entire nation of Panem. Panem itself is formed of 12 districts, each assigned with the task of providing specific materials that range from- coal, Lumber, diamonds to electronic gadgets, electricity and high end transport. The reader gets to understand from the very first chapter of the book about the struggles of the protagonist her difficult life of trying to support her non-working mother and little sister, Primrose. Post the death of their father from a mining accident and this difficult loss of a father figure so early in her life, Katniss is forced to take on the role of the breadwinner in her family. Her mother stops working as an apothecary as she suffers a mental breakdown due to her husband’s death. She narrates at length her hunting expeditions and trades at the Hob (District 12’s “black market”) with her childhood friend and co-hunter Gale Hawthorne, whose father died in the same mining accident as Katniss’