Katniss Everdeen

Katniss Everdeen has had to provide for her family ever since she was a very young girl. She came from a poor family, and when her father died she was left to hunt for her family’s meals. Katniss is extremely good with a bow, using it constantly since she was a little girl. She comes from a world where every year a brutal competition comes across the country. A boy and girl from the age 12-18 are selected to compete in the life threating battle. People come from 12 districts all around and train for a week to become a fierce gladiator and fight in the arena. When the time comes to select two individuals from Katniss’s district, a young man named Peeta and Katniss’s sister are chosen. Katniss does not want her sister to go into the dangerous battle, so she volunteers as tribute.

When her father passed away she was very poor and was nearly starving to death. As she was walking one day she passed by Peeta’s family owned bakery, she was looking through the garbage cans for any bread that may have got thrown away. Peeta’s mother catches Katniss and yells for her to leave, Peeta notices and burns some bread purposely. Peeta’s mother was angry and yelled at him to throw the bread to their pig outside. When Peeta goes outside, he gives the bread to Katniss to take home to her family. After Katniss and Peeta have been selected, they say their goodbyes and leave away on a train. Katniss and Peeta compete in the Games together. Katniss uses her knowledge of hunting and archery to survive, and the two become the winners after getting the rules changed to allow two people to be able to win instead of only letting one person