The Hunger Games Trilogy By Suzanne Collins

In the Hunger Games Katniss and Gale have a bit of a love triangle while

A shrilling alarm sounds, to evacuate the upper levels into the bunkers. As Katniss is viewed as the symbol of the uprising by the people, she composes herself and is one of the first to reach the bunkers, coming to ensure that her mother and Prim should still be relocating the hospital patients. As she waits, disturbed by the flecks of blood on the bunker sign, she grabs three packs of the instructions.

Katniss’s resourcefulness allows her survive in the wild and is the main factor that makes her win the Hunger Games. The morning after Katniss and Rue destroy the Careers’ supplies, Katniss goes out to hunt. In the text it says,“...I discover a flock of grooslings perched in the trees and take out three before they know what hit them.” This quote shows that Katniss

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 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.

To survive, Katniss practices stoicism where she manipulates her emotions to create the identity she needs. She has become accustom to this way of living, camouflaging her actions and concealing her true emotions to protect not only herself but also the ones she loves (Prim in this instance). She is

Through the events of the book , Katniss steps up to fulfill the role of the Mockingjay , the ultimate symbol of rebellion . Following Gale's whipping , Katniss rationalizes that both of them have always been rebellious .' Poaching, trading on the black market, mocking the Capitol in the woods"(130) are but few examples of Katniss rebellious actions even before setting foot in the arena . This rebelliousness continues to be a character trait , publicly exhibited in the arena as she threatens to commit suicide along with Peeta to deprive the Capitol from its victors . Katniss' brief romance with Gale is also a sign of her defiance and of her refusal to be Snow's pawn , Katniss deduces that she has chosen Gale instead of Peeta because " and a

I didn’t realize that she hunted and cared for her family because her mother has stopped caring for the family since her husband who died when Katniss was 11. Katniss provides everything for her mom and sister. Some people would have left and stopped caring for them but she loved them enough to stay.

“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.

Katniss has the ability to realize that it's not the boy from district she's mad at it's the capitol.

Katniss is coming off of her first Hunger Games victory. She is starting to become very moody and “Fake”.Katniss is also forced to marry her husband to be Peeta, who she doesn’t like. The love of her life Gale is being tortured by the Capitol. Gale being tortured sets off the mood twists in this book. The only time she likes Peeta over Gale is when Peeta saves gales life.

Katniss finally arrives to the Capitol. Here is where things start to change and life as she knows it is completely different. The first thing on the agenda is to cleanse Katniss. She is waxed from head to toe and is washed down for Cinna (her stylist) to create the new Katniss Everdeen “Girl on Fire”. After being completely transformed, Katniss and Peeta (the boy tribute from

Katniss realizes that she can survive longer similarly to Tris when they both lose all hope. Katniss was just given a loaf of bread from Peeta and realizes that she can still protect her family. She goes home to keep fighting. Katniss explains, “I had just turned away from Peeta Mellark's bruised face when I saw the dandelion and I knew hope wasn't lost... we feasted on fish and katniss roots until we were all, for the first time in months, full.”

The first mentor present in Katniss’ life is her sister, Primrose. When Primrose gets reaped, Katniss steps in and makes a sacrifice to save her sister. From that point on, Primrose becomes the driving force behind Katniss’ will to survive. When Katniss says goodbye to her family, Prim asks Katniss to try to win, and Katniss promises to try. Primrose has hope for Katniss’ return. Primrose’s faith in Katniss is the main reason Katniss decides to fight for her life and, eventually, win.

Katniss was always very close to her little sister Prim. Prim meant the world to her and she always did her best to protect her. Katniss loved Prim so much that she even put her own life before hers when she “stepped up to take Prim’s place”(24) as tribute. Katniss’ father was a very influential on her. He taught her how the woods could provide for her but also that they could be dangerous. Even after he had died he was still important to her. After her dad past, Katniss’ mother became drastically depressed and was unable to provide for her children. Katniss never truly forgave her for abandoning them in their time of need. With her mother in a comatose state Katniss decided she would have to protect and provide for Prim. All the hunting, gathering and buying of tesserae was for Prim’s sake. To keep them out of the community home