Katniss Mother

She takes over her household when her father dies in a mine explosion, assuming the role of a bread earner and provides for her family, which was her father’s job, before he died. This makes her independent and masculine in terms of being a protector for her mother and Prim who are weak and require a savior; so Katniss takes the role of the redeemer that was the need of the time. At the start of the novel, Katniss is shown as a character, which has many masculine traits, such as she is independent, skilled, confident and fearless. At the same time, she is concerned for Prim and is critical of her mother’s weakness that is evident when she says that “…all I knew was that I had lost not only a father, but a mother as well.”(Collins, 2008, p. 39). The reference to Katniss’s mother in the first quote can be taken as an example of the weakness that the protagonist resents in every sense of the word. The narrator emphasizes that her mother looks ‘beaten-down’ (line 7) because of all she has endured. Although according to the narrator, in her sleep, she looks ‘worn’ (line 8) but she seems a little at ease; otherwise she looks crushed and overwhelmed. The word ‘beaten-down’ implies being defeated, demoralized and overpowered. In Katniss’ mother’s case, she is facing trouble, hardships and difficulties because of the Capitol. Life at District 12

people are made to think in a specific way and hence they view the world from an ideology that is basically fed to them and in other words, is false. But, the power of ideologies cannot be denied even then, because they make people view the world from a particular perspective. One of these specific situations is the situation of social inequality, specifically in terms of power. Ones who are powerful are the ones making and shaping the discourses and this in itself gives them the authority to manipulate people’s