What Role Does Katniss Play In A Dystopian Society

Allan Johnson describes this as “an instance in which the expectations or ideas attached to one role conflict with those attached to another”(Johnson 2014). This term behind this definition is called role-conflict and can be seen throughout the Hunger Games. This usually happens when a person has a specific title and they go against it to appease another one of their titles. In the Hunger Games Katniss’s primary role was that of a tribute. The main goal for that tribute is to survive. A key component for their survival is to make sure the other tributes die. That is the only way that they will win end of story. A secondary role that Katniss has is that of a sister. These two roles collided while Katniss and Rue were scheming to destroy the large mound of supplies by the cornucopia. After the mound was destroyed, Katniss when to check up on Rue. This is when Katniss discovered Rue in a trap created by enemy tributes. As soon as she frees Rue from the rope and enemy troop finds them and before Katniss kills him with an arrow he lodges a spear into Rue’s abdomen. Katniss’s emotions and her instincts as a tribute clouded over when she saw Rue in trouble and forget to check her surroundings before aiding her(Hunger Games). This role conflict killed Rue and almost killed Katniss. A role conflict is important in this story and it is also important in real life because it shows that everyone is human and can make mistakes. This one mistake cost Rue her life but it also provided a great example to the

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These are Katniss’ thoughts about the Avox girl who serves her while in the Capitol. The memory of the situation continues to haunt Katniss, providing a challenge to her stoic demeanor. Deep down she knows she only did this to protect herself, yet she feels that she observed an injustice she could have challenged. This reflects her division in her identity between reason and passion. This guilt leads Katniss towards establishing her revolutionary zeal.

Therefore, the wilderness is the ambiance and natural force which build her physicality and mentality. Moreover, a flagrant example of her expertise with the wild is presented when Katniss uses her familiarity with berries to perform one of the most significant gestures of rebellion toward the end of the first novel, thus proving Katniss’s identification with the wilderness as transgressive nature rather than cultivated nature. Such act of defiance counters the Capitol’s envisaged perception of supremacy through a cultivated nature and demonstrates the importance of understanding and respecting the forest and what it contains can, indeed, pave the way to power subversion. After the Gamemakers change their minds and eliminate the new rule which would crown two winners if both became from the same District, Katniss and Peeta agree to swallow the berries. Motivated by different reasons for eating the berries – with Katniss “only thinking of out-smarting the Gamemakers” (Idem: 358) and with Peeta acting out of love for Katniss and desiring not to die as a Capitol’s pawn – both of them consider

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Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy tells the story of a dystopian society in which the Capitol forces citizens, selected from their districts, to participate in annual televised competitions in which they fight for their lives. The book trilogy was conveyed into movie series that created controversy when many Hunger Games fans who had read the book prior to seeing the film were shocked to find African-American actors. Overall the films and books represent the story of a young girl defeating the unjust rules placed by her government as a way to control a formerly revolutionary group of people. The Hunger Games criticizes totalitarian governments and media. Extensively, The Hunger Games criticizes a society that spends time spying into individuals'

When Katniss is stung by the tracker jackers and begins to hallucinate and loses focus, Peeta frantically urges her to run and escape before the Career tributes come after her and kill her. This shows that Peeta wants to help her and that he believes her death should not be so early and used for entertainment. Violence should not be used as entertainment because it is cruel and mercilessness to the victims and their families watching forever distraught by the death of their family member. Having to watch

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The certain way in which she interacts with her younger sister Prim helps symbolize this point. Katniss’s relationship with her sister is pure love. The book, The Hunger Games expresses the theme of love in the relationship between two sisters,(Atkins). Katniss’s actions towards Prim and the way she describes her, you can tell how much the sisters rely on one another and care for each other. Katniss specifically illustrates Coelho's aphorism when she puts her sister's life first and volunteers for the games (Atkins). Her actions are not the only example of how Katniss illustrates Coelho's aphorism, she also demonstrates his aphorism through her words. From the quote, “ Prim’s face is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named,”(Collins 1) you can tell how fond Katniss is of her sister. Both of these examples help to understand how Katniss loves prim and feels the need to protect and become a better person for