Most stories revolve around the main character’s growth. The protagonist experiences hardship or conflict, realizes something about the himself or about the world, and changes, often for the better. In Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, Katniss is trusted into a hostile environment, and is forced to confront everything she thought she knew. She comes to realize that her preconceived impressions of others are not always accurate. When Katniss recognizes the positive attributes in Peeta, Haymitch, and the Avox, she has genuinely evolved into a thoughtful adult. Katniss learned something about Haymitch. At the beginning of the novel, Katniss did not like Haymitch and even hated him. When Katniss first time met Haymitch, she thought