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Katniss Hidden Traits

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Hidden Traits Throughout the novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, there are is a wide variety of different themes presented, but some are more prominent than others. One of the controlling ideas in the book was: when people are faced with the threat of death and tragedy it causes their strongest to traits to surface, and their true character immerges. Mrs. Collins does a great job of projecting these morals through the protagonist of the story, Katniss Everdeen. Katniss gradually reveals her hidden strength and defiance as the story progresses. The Hunger Games is an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle …show more content…

He uses these devices to force tributes together and increase the likelihood of entertaining viewers with bloody battles. In chapter 20, he devises a feast to bring all the tributes together so that more can be slaughtered. There will be a backpack for each contestant at the feast which will contain something that they desperately need. Katniss has slowly caught feeling for her companion, Peeta, since they formed an alliance. Peeta has become extremely ill because of an infection on his leg, and has a likely chance of dying without medicine to treat him("The Hunger Games: Plot Summary."). Katniss wants to go alone to the feast and retrieve both her and Peeta’s backpacks, but Peeta refuses to allow her to risk her life for him and swears to follow her if she goes. Katniss knows her companion is too weak and ill to make the trip, but also understands that he is stubborn and will come unless he is stopped. While washing herself up stream, Katniss is greeted with a new gift from Haymich. It’s sleep syrup, a common medication used in the districts, and Katniss sees an opportunity to knock Peeta out long enough for her to go to the feast. This action by Katniss is a prominent example of Katniss’s hidden strength and bravery because she was willing to risk her life for the one person she truly trusted and cared for in the games. Her whole life, Katniss has put others before herself, and this character trait is put on display because of the threat of Peeta dying("Critical Reception of The Hunger

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Knowing he could not walk she help carrying him back to safety. In a game like this a tribute has to be aware of their surroundings and to be focused on what is going on. Carrying him shows a lack of security for herself. Katniss was determined to get Peeta feeling better. Instead of leaving him in the cave where he could die and she could continue the game, she went off to get him medicine so he could walk again.

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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.

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Katniss suddenly has the idea of eating the berries. She reaches into the pouch on her belt but is stopped by Peeta as he says, “No, I won’t let you.” “Trust me,” Katniss replies. At this point Katniss appeals to the idea that lovers would rather die than live without the person they love. He then holds her gaze and suspense is built.

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