In the book, The Hunger Games, one of the main events is when Katniss volunteers for her sister, Prim, to participate in the annual Hunger Games. After reading this event, I was very surprised. I noticed that Katniss surprised herself by saying she would volunteer, but then quickly recovered once she remembered that the reaping would be shown on television. “…this is upsetting me and I don’t want to cry. When they televise the replay of the reapings tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and I’ll be marked as an easy target.
Before even beginning to write this essay, The Hunger Games and the character Katniss were the first things to pop into my mind while discussing The Hero’s
“Hero’s are made by the path they choose, not the power they are graced with.” - Brodi Ashton. Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist of this novel, who has to obey society’s unfair rules. Katniss chooses volunteers for her sister Primrose at the district 12 reaping to participate in a yearly event called The Hunger Games. She is forced to fight against the other tributes chosen from the other districts.
This puts Katniss in a devastated state in which she has hard times trying to remember what had happened on the day that had put her in shock and had Peeta captured by president snow, Katniss puts all the blame on herself which only worsens her condition. To help with herself she constantly says “My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am 17 years old. My home is district 12. I was in the hunger games.
In the movie “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is a 2013 dystopian science fiction film directed by Francis Lawrence and based on the second novel in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy. The movie follows the story of Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 who became the symbol of the rebellion against the Capitol after winning the 74th Hunger Games. The major characters in the film are Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawerence0, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth), President Snow (Donald Sutherland), and Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson). In the sequel, Katniss and Peeta are forced to compete in the 75th Hunger Games, known as the Quarter Quell, where they must face off against other past victors. As they fight
The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen is a dynamic 16 year old girl character in the novel The Hunger Games, out of 13 districts she lives in panem in district 12 with her mother and little sister. What makes katniss a dynamic character is her loving,caring, and brave characteristics throughout the book. katniss is a loving character who loves her family and others and did whatever it took to keep them well.katniss knew she was strong and would do better than everyone else from district 12.“I could be shot on the daily basis for hunting, but the appetites of those in charge protect me” (p.17)For the love Katniss have, she sacrifices her life for the ones she love.katniss doesn't forget the good things that happened in her life.:”kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there”. (p.49)katniss take in good things and it stays inside her, like the time when peeta gave her some bread when she was hungry, she remembered that moment for years.
Ever wanted to go against authority? Challenging authority is always a brave thing to do considering that they are supposed to be the top dog. Those who stand up to authority for the right reason are brave and I greatly admire them. For example, Katniss off the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins; shows great bravery when herself and Peeta decide that they do not want to give the Peacekeeper; nor the government what they want. What the government does as a form of entertainment, to the people, is wrong and inhumane.
Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist of Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games book and film series. In the dystopian landscape in which the book is set, children between the ages of twelve and eighteen must register themselves for a random selection for a fight to the death. Even from the beginning, Katniss was breaking societal expectations; one example of which being when she volunteered when her younger sister Primrose was selected. Being from such a poor district, Katniss was not expected to do well in training for the games, but she pulled a very high score when she shot an arrow towards the game-makers. No one expected Katniss to be so strong and resilient, but her own agenda was just getting home to her family.
In the novel The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins conveys the qualities of a hero through the character Katniss Everdeen. The novel is set in the dystopian nation of Panem, where one boy and girl from 12 different Districts must take part in The Hunger Games, a televised annual event in which the tributes of each District, are required to fight to the death until there is only one survivor. The protagonist Katniss everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister Prim’s place and subsequently evolves into a significant hero in the novel. The qualities that emerge as a result of Katniss’s journey that make her a hero include courage and evolving identity. Thus, it will be ascertained that through the character Katniss Everdeen, Collins conveys the qualities of a true hero.
Suzanne Colin’s, intense Hunger Games story teaches and shows many life lessons. In this story, Katniss volunteers for her sister, Prim’s spot in the Hunger games. A game where the last person alive wins. One woman and one male from 12 districts, get picked, along with 22 other tributes. Katniss has history with the male tribute, Peeta.
She had a younger sister named Primrose Everdeen who was chosen to be part of the reaping which is an event where tributes get chosen to be a part of The Hunger Games. Katniss was scared knowing that Prim’s life was on the line. To protect her sister, she took the courage to volunteer
We live in a world where people are often desensitized to certain things around us. These things we have become numb to are varied and fluctuate between subjects, however, the way the citizens in the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, are desensitized is different than how we are. In The Hunger Games, the country of Panem is separated into twelve districts, not including the Capitol. The Capitol controls all the districts and hosts the annual Hunger Games, in which one male tribute and one female tribute are chosen from each district and sent into the games to fight each other to the deaths. The last one standing wins.
In the film: The Hunger Games, teenagers are picked into a killing games that consists of 24 tributes, two from the 12 districts, one male and one female, to kill each other until one person remains. When the time comes, Katniss did not expect that her sister would be picked in the reaping. It was Prim's first year, afterall, this is her first time. In an attempt, Katniss volunteers for her sister to save her life. She tells her sister that she would try to win for her.
In the Hunger Games the only reason Katniss Everdeen was in the games was because her sister, Primrose was reaped, in other words she was randomly chosen from her district to fight to the death in the arena. Katniss took it upon herself to volunteer in her place saving her life. But what Katniss didn’t know is that she was only delaying the inevitable. At the end of Catching Fire, the second installment in the Hunger Games series, after Katniss destroys the arena dome, the capitol bombs district 12 in attempts to kill everyone there. Prim escapes with Gale and several others which hints towards Prim's death and that she can’t escape her true fate for a third time.
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.
