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Compare And Contrast Hatchet And Katniss Everdeen

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I read the book “Hatchet” and in the book I learned a lot about the main character Brian a brave 14 year old boy who crash landed in the forest wilderness of Canada. In this first LA performance task, I am told to compare Brian to any main character from the stories we have read so far, however we have also been given the option to compare him to ourselves. I will be comparing Brian from “Hatchet” to Katniss Everdeen the brave candidate of district 12 to play in the annual Hunger Games from the book “The Hunger Games”. I think this is going to be a fun essay and I might enjoy doing it. It's also going to be a easy one. ;) In the story “The Hunger Games”, we are introduced to Katniss Everdeen. This story takes place sometime in the future. Katniss …show more content…

Katniss’s father died in a mine explosion; however, before he died he was teaching Katniss how to shoot a bow and a arrow. Katniss is now using this skill to hunt in the woods (which is forbidden and you can be punished by death) to supply for her family. This shows that Katniss is very brave. Katniss loves her sister Prim every much, in fact so much that Prim was chosen to go play in the annual Hunger Games to represent District 12 and Katniss was so brave and bold she volunteered herself because she knew Prim would not survive a second in the Hungers Games. This shows that Katniss is very bold and loves her family very much. Not only does personalities describe Katniss her physical appearances also describe her. Katniss is usually in torn up clothes that are not clean, she puts her hair in a ponytail so that way it does not get in the way of her arrows. Katniss is not extra tall or particularly short, she is the average height for a girl her age. She has tan skin color and most obviously she is female. Katniss is shaped by the people and rules that apply to her. Two characters that are influential to Katniss include: Her father, her best friend Gabe and her beloved sister Prim. Her father was the one that

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Katniss shows hamartia from the start of the movie till the very end. Katniss has a sister Prim, who was picked during the Reaping day, a day in which a male and female are chosen out of random from the age 12-18 to fight in the hunger games. This was the start of Katniss’s tragic hero life and in which her awareness and eager for information led her to her tragic flaw. It could be seen that she showed a display of tragic hero via her volunteering for her sister at the reaping day or how she outsmarted the Capitol. However out smarting the Cruel capitol was her tragic flaw as she thought everything had come to an end

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The theme is first represented by Katniss when she has to take responsibility for her mother and her sister Prim by feeding them and taking as much care as she can of them. In the first chapter Katniss explains that her father had died in the coal mines when she was only ten.

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Katniss does this by stepping-in for her sister and putting her own life on the line when her sister is picked to fight. She also displays a selfless act of love

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Katniss is also characterized as being determinedly confident. She recalls that twenty of the slips that are used to determine a contestant have her name written on them in careful handwriting. This is a demonstration of how Katniss is determined to be confident in her actions because her careful handwriting suggests that she desires her name to be legible so that if her name is the one chosen, there would be no second guesses that she was the one picked. This is to appear as though she is undaunted, so that those who take joy in watching the chosen children suffer would not be satisfied by her fear, but rather irked by her confidence, which is her desired effect. Katniss expresses that she has every intention to stay alive for as long as possible, especially in spite of her dim reality.

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In the first installment of the Hunger Games series we are greeted to the character Katniss Everdeen. Katniss and her family reside in the lowly District 12, the coal mining district, where the felling of death and despair is a guarantee. After the death of her father in a coal mining accident Katniss must do whatever she must in order to ensure the survival of her family and herself. Directed by Gary Ross the film was both a critical and financial success.

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Throughout the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss Everdeen played by Jennifer Lawrence, and Peeta Mellark played by Josh Hutcherson, are the main characters. Focusing more on Katniss, she is the 17 year old protagonist and female tribute of District 12. Having long, black hair, usually in a braid, gray eyes, and fair skin (olive skin in the novel). She is thin and not very tall, but is strong for her size from the hunting she does outside of District 12 to feed her family. She also wears a pin of a mockingjay during the games to represent good luck.

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An unknown person once said, “When we read books, we don’t fall in love with the character’s appearances. We fall in love with their thoughts, their words, and their actions. We fall in love with their souls.” In the dystopian novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, this is exactly what happens, Katniss moves the readers by having such characteristic and skills to be able to survive. Katniss’s characteristics, of being caring, having a determined personality, and her intelligence in survival skills, all help support the theme of Katniss being able to survive.

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Katniss Everdeen: Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist of the novel, and the story is told from her perspective. She is a 16-year-old girl who lives in District 12, the poorest region of a nation called Panem. She has straight black hair, olive skin and gray eyes. This is a common appearance for residents who live in the Seam.

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Katniss and Peeta also seem to have a codependent relationship, and both benefit from each other, represented best when Katniss hunts for food while Peeta collects berries; showing how both use their strengths to help each other survive. Above all, Katniss and Peeta can relate to each other, as they have both been actively thrown into a giant arena and are both fighitng for their lives. From Katniss’ perspective, Peeta is a familar face in a time when her whole

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She 's the one who embodies, articulates and justifies the battle" (Dargis 2). Indeed this statement makes a major point that Katniss humanizes the violence set out to destroy her, and it is her personality and nature that prove her to be an able body to look up to for hope. Another embodiment of hope she holds is her wise instincts. “Who is continually figuring out how to outwit her oppressor and secure her family’s survival” (Skinner 3). Katniss has always held a keen insight into how the minds of the leaders in the Capital work, which has lead her to develop fierce instincts; another trait exemplified in a hero.

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The theme of the dystopian novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is survival. Katniss Everdeen is the epitome of this theme; her disposition luckily possesses all of the attributes needed to survive. Katniss displays the theme of survival because she is resourceful, has integrity, and has perseverance. One trait of Katniss's that helps project the story's theme of survival is her resourcefulness.

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Responsibility is key to survival in The Hunger Games because you must be responsible and careful before making a decision that depends on your life. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” (Winston Churchill) In The Hunger Games, two tributes, one male and one female under the age of eighteen, must leave their district to go and compete in The Hunger Games. While in the games all twenty-four tributes must fight to the death to entertain their Capital city.

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Katniss’s identity prior to the Games was almost solely based on hunting and gathering as a means of survival. If she was to in fact win then it would also result in a change of identity because her entire life was focused on that one goal “how would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by” (65). Katniss’s situation is comparable to if someone won a lottery half way through University, the reason most people go to school is to get a job and make money to support their desired lifestyle. Especially today where people prioritize education so much, for that to no longer be necessary would be extremely alarming and would also result in a change in identity. This is yet another example of how Katniss’s identity is changing due to the games.

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Katniss learns how to be more selfless and not let coming from district 12 define who she is and what she can do. Katniss is a strong, force,and selfless charter who the readers can see a little bit of themselves in her as she develops through the story. The readers also strive to be a little bit more like Katniss everyday because she has the strength and willpower to complete any task that she puts her mind too. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is an amazing book for readers of all

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