The Hunger Games By Katniss Everdeen

In the movie and/or book The Hunger Games, the main character is Katniss Everdeen. In the movie, she is hunting in the woods right outside of district 12, the place where she was born and raised. When Effie Trinket comes to select a tribute for district 12, her little sister is chosen but she has the courage to volunteer for her instead. When it is time for them to go into the arena, she has to show physical strength because she has to be quick and run as fast as she can to get to the weapons and get away from the middle of the arena. She shows a-lot more physical strength when she kills people so they will not kill her. Then she shows some mental strength when she kills people or sees people get killed because it is hard to un-see things

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.

Katniss and Peeta were able to kill Cato. Katniss and Peeta encountered Cato on the Cornucopia as they escaped from the muttations. “Cato has made a beeline for the Cornucopia, and without question I follow him. If he thinks it’s the safest place, who am I to argue? ” (Collins 327). Katniss shot an arrow in which Peeta was able to push Cato off of the Cornucopia even though Peeta was bleeding from his leg, which resulted in Cato being attacked by Muttations. Katniss and Peeta are not able to kill each other. The death of Cato leads Katniss and Peeta to kill each other, however because they can not do so, they choose a double suicide in which they end up as the victors of the Hunger Games. “We both know they have to have a victor. Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers’ faces. They’d have failed the Capitol. Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country. If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were…” (Collins 339). As they were both about to die they heard “the frantic voice of Claudius Templesmith shouts above them. “Stop! Stop! Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark! I give you — the tributes of District Twelve!” (Collins 340). Collins showed that Katniss and Peeta were willing to kill themselves as opposed to killing each

“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.

In this novel, Katniss who possesses the ability to hunt with great ease and knowledge, is called to save her sister Prim's life, when she is announced as a tribute. When two people chosen from each district are to participate as ‘tributes’ in the Hunger Games, Katniss does something completely unheard of for

Katniss Everdeen is not a normal girl, she is a teenager who had to grow up fast within District Twelve. After losing her father to a mine accident, Katniss had to become an adult and be the sole provider for her family. Her mother detached herself from her role as a parent, which meant Katniss not only had to become the provider but also the nurturer of the family. This gives her the role of being the mother and father to her sister

16 year old Katniss Everdeen was born in District 12. Her father died in a coal mining accident when she was 11. He taught her how to hunt, and more importantly how to survive. After her father’s death, she assumed role of head in their home, and provided for her mother and sister. Her little sister Primrose is twelve. Katniss would do anything for her sister, and is more than willing to die for her. These traits are put front and center after Prim is chosen for the games. Katniss volunteers for her sister in the games. This shows just how deep love runs through her veins.

Katniss Everdeen fought for her family's survival to the point where she was facing imminent death daily. Fara Ahmedi lived in harsh conditions with her mom. Alex wanted to save himself and 13 others. The situations couldn’t be more different, nevertheless, all three are determined to survive and live a better life.

Katniss is a sixteen year old girl who wasn’t chosen to be in the hunger games but she volunteered herself for her sister. She thought her sister was too young to go so she decided to go in her place. Katniss had to kill people in the hunger games in order for her to stay alive and make it through without dying, she didn’t really care about winning the game she just wanted to stay alive so that she could be able to see her family again and in order for her to stay alive she would have

In the hunger games Katniss Everdeen, the main characters, sister Primrose Everdeen is chosen to participate in the seventy fourth annual Hunger Games. For those who have not read the hunger games. The hunger games are a fight to the death between the children of each of the twelve districts ages twelve to eighteen. One female and one male is chosen to participate in the games. To get back to the point after Primrose Everdeen is chosen Katniss volunteers to take Primroses spot in the game.

People sometimes do something for someone out of culpability. Katniss pretends to be in love with Peeta, another person participating in the Hunger Games, so they can both stay alive, based on the law that there can be two victors if they are from the same district. She doesn't want him to stay in the arena, because she knows she would feel guilty for the rest of her life if she left him to die. “ ‘ You’re not going to die’ I tell him firmly.”(Suzanne Collins page 253). Katniss takes care of Peeta when he is sick and feels guilty that she can’t do more for him. She goes and gets him medicine risking herself of exposure to all the people in the arena who are trying to kill her. She also knows she owes him for when he took a beating for her so

Every year the capital holds the hunger games, where two people from each of the 12 districts (two per district) compete against each other for lifes. Katniss’ sister Primrose is picked to compete, heroically, Katniss steps in and competes in her place. Katniss and her partner, Peeta, win the Hunger Games by going against the government. The government becomes very upset with this and is now out to get Katniss and her family.

Katniss Everdeen main character from the Hunger Games is a girl who lives in the seam, District 12 and, illegally hunts in the forest to feed her family after the death of his father in a mine explosion. She sacrificed her life for her beloved younger sister by volunteering in the reaping to save her sister.

Katniss Everdeen is an adolescent girl who has been through a lot, emotionally and physically. She is not only a girl from District 12 but she is a girl who takes on challenges that she is not

Sometimes rules are meant to be broken if you want change, society does not define your happiness, your life, your anything. This rebellious act against the rules is expressively shown in the second film from most of the districts teaming up with Haymitch and Plutarch Heveansbee, the current game maker for the 75th Hunger Games. This moral is also represented within the first film near the end when Peeta and Katniss force the game maker to either let them both win or no one wins. Compared to the actual state of our world, it is very similar with its equality, authority, violence and suffering which are a part of every story told including love and a section of our