Why Actions Speak Powerful Than Words

After Prim’s name was pulled for the Reaping, Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s place as female tribute for District 12. The text states,“I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me.‘I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!” Katniss’s actions show the caring in her heart when she takes her sister Prim’s place as tribute. That was no small action because as she says later in the story, a tribute in District 12 is the same as a corpse, yet she still takes Prim’s place. Shortly after Rue and Katniss team up, Katniss gives Rue the majority of the food they are eating, and offers to help her set snares. In the text it says,“I’ll bet meat hardly ever comes her way.‘Take the other...Take whatever you want. Now that I’ve got a bow and arrows, I can get more. Plus I’ve got snares. I can show you how to set them.” This shows that Katniss is a caring person because she gives Rue most of her food. Although Katniss doesn’t even know if she can trust Rue, she teams up with her and protects her. To conclude, Katniss cares for those whom she loves and provides for them to keep them alive, and in turn, they keep her alive

An important idea that Katniss makes the audience think of is bravery. Every day since she was sixteen she has been going outside the wall to hunt for her family. When her father died and her mother slipped into deep depression she was the only one who could feed her family as her younger sister Prim was only seven. This bravery is shown

She volunteered as a tribute to the Hunger Games, a national “game” in which contestants from all twelve districts fight to the death, in place of Prim, who had been selected at random for the games. Katniss volunteered knowing that death was nearly inevitable, and she did not hesitate to put her life on the line if it meant Prim’s safety. Along with the similarity of sacrifice, she had disciples in both Gale and Peeta, like Jesus had disciples of the twelve. She brought hope and gave up all she had for the love of others, exactly as Jesus had laid himself down for all those he loved

People around the world say “Actions are more powerful than words” I agree with this statement a hundred percent because I truly believe people can say they have done extraordinary achievements in their life. But no one really has any belief what’s so ever.

Katniss has an edge over many of the other tributes because she often lives not knowing if she is going to make it through the night. For years she has been responsible for the life or death of her family. She was devastated by the death of her father, though she recalls many of his fine talents and qualities. Throughout the training and the Games, she fights against feeling friendship for Peeta Mellark because she knows

The composer Suzanne Collins of ‘The Hunger Games’ demonstrates that Katniss is a good hero through her courageous qualities. This is evident through this quote “how could I leave prim, who is the only person in the world I am certain I love” (chapter 1 page 11). Katniss demonstrates loving and having lots of courage through volunteering pushing her sister and taking her place proving this is seen through these words “who is the only person in the world I am certain I love”. The effect of emotive language and short sentences making us feel the emotion of katniss like we are there and can hear her. We can hear through these effect s that katniss doesn't think about what going to happen next only caring about prims safety. Throughout this book we can see that katniss has a lot of other qualities.

When one loves a person or thing dearly, then they have the tendency to do almost anything they can to protect and save them from whatever harm they come across. Katniss volunteered for the games knowing she was saving her sister from a terrible fate. She made a promise that she would try her best to win the Hunger Games, but her confidence in her own ability to kill another person was minimal. She did not want to get any blood on her hands but knew that in order to win she would be forced to. The author of Genocidal Killer, Crispin Sartwell recognized situations like these when he said, “your goodness, like mine, has little to do with who you are and everything to do with the social conditions you find yourself in” (Sartwell). The circumstance Katniss found herself in was full of violence, pain, and ruthlessness which further contributed to the tainting of her

Actions are more powerful than words because when you act on something you are doing something instead of speaking. Actions are powerful because they can injure or damage someone or something. Speaking many words may not do as much damage as acting upon an object. Actions are making physical contact and words are sayings out of a person’s mouth. Actions can be taken upon somebody and they do more affect than speaking. Actions are more powerful because it’s better to see it than hear it. Everybody would like to see someone do something tremendous right in front of them. It would be better to see it than to hear it or say it. In addition, people would like to see

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.

“Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past” written by Tyron Edwards. Sometimes changing your behavior is the only way to make up for a past, because you learn what are right actions, and what are wrong actions.

“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.

When she was with Peeta in the cave healing him they had kissed and received a parachute with a gift from sponsors. “Haymitch couldn’t be sending me a clearer message. One kiss equals one pot of broth (92). This is where Katniss realizes she must act in love and be used by the capitol to survivive. “If the audience really thinks we're in love...I remember how strongly they responded to his confession. Star-Crossed lovers...they eat that stuff up in the capitol” (p.165). She finds out how the power of love will melt the audience's hearts and desire her. Her survival skills in the beginning of “The Hunger Games” were misinterpreted with rebellion her intentions were to have her and Peeta alive. She states this in “Catching Fire” “All I was doing was trying to keep Peeta and myself alive. Any act of rebellion was purely coincidental” (18). In real life parents try to discipline there children and sometimes the law has restrictions and they end up getting in trouble not because they don't love their children but the intention was for the best. In relation to real life “The Hunger Games” gives great examples of

Therefore she gets angry and shoots an arrow at an apple of a baked pig in the crowds dining area. This strictly showed she has no fear for what happens to her from there on. She basically said at that point that she is fearless and has the potential to do anything. In a true rebellion, you want to show that you are fearless and have the courage to never give up. Another great example that ties into this is the same book but part 3. Focus when Peeta and Katniss are the remaining tributes. So, they decided to fakely-eat poisonous Berries that would end up killing both of them. The rules changed and only one tribute can survive, this is the reason they are doing this. Knowing that they must have a victor right before they eat the berries, they change the rules again and they both live. The true character of courage and abusing the rules of the games shows that they don't care and will do anything to stay alive and show Panem that they have a voice. This represents the true moral that a human has as a living creature on earth, that everyone has a value in them. Katniss stood for what was right, which was to rebel the decisions made and face any consequences

She conveys this description by having her volunteer for her sister in the Hunger Games (a game where teenagers fight to the death). “I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. “I volunteer!” I gasp. “I volunteer as tribute!” ( page 32). As stated before this clearly shows her courageous and fearless nature. In the book The Hunger Games is an annual event that teenagers are thrown into a “globe like” simulation and are forced to fight to the death for others’ entertainment. In this quote Katniss knows that if she volunteers that she will most likely die. This ties to the theme by clearly demonstrating a strong example of sacrifice. Katniss has a choice to stay and protect and take care of her mother and faction, or protect her sister. In another quote by Effie Trinket (Katniss’ advisor in the book) she states that she did sacrificed herself for her sister. “..How Katniss sacrifice herself for her sister” (page 64). This is such a strong quote in the book that relates to the theme because it very visibly states the theme in a sentence. What Katniss did for her sister had almost never been done before, and the sacrifice she made affected

The next scene is a heavy contrast to the first. In this scene we see Katniss hunting for food for her family and in doing so, assuming a role more commonly associated with males. In the lead up to the games she poses as a girl madly in love with the male tribute from her district in order to gain sponsors and attention from the Capital. She demonstrates intelligence in doing so because she knows that she is more likely to be accepted by the capital if she adopts a more feminine persona. It is only after the Games begin that Katniss demonstrates her natural talents, those more typically associated with a male character. She uses her hunting skills to her advantage by catching food and killing people when necessary. She also exhibits a wide range of knowledge which helps her to survive during the Games. Towards the end of the film, it has been made clear to the audience that whilst Katniss assumes a traditional female role when with her family or when it benefits her, her true character closely follows the characteristics typically seen in a traditional male gender