Her life and the citizens’ lives is worthless to the Capitol, but with her sacrifice, comes the betterment of the lives of the rest of her people. Another way the author conveys the theme is by using symbolism. After Katniss came back from the stage for her speech to her supporters she says, “As a stricken man clutches my face between his hands, I send a silent thank-you to Dalton for suggesting I wash off the makeup. How ridiculous, how perverse I would feel presenting that painted Capitol mask to these people.
Katniss feels as if her freedom is being taken away and her ego is not important. She will do whatever it takes to bring back that feeling of self
Katniss is very poor which makes training for the Hunger Games very difficult for her. Unlike her opponents in other districts who train their whole lives for the Games. However, overall she proves to the city and district that she is a tragic hero through her self-sacrifice that led to victory. The Hunger games as you all are in common with was created by a bias capitol.
In the movie, The Hunger Games it stated, “Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” Each story represents hope and fear. In the story “The Lottery” and the movie, The Hunger Games the main characters Katniss Everdeen and Tessie Hutchinson feared death, but hoped for everything to be fine. Katniss hoped and her hope came true, Tessie on the other hand, did not turn out the same.
Panem the Terrible “Panem et circenses,” is the saying that defines the country of Panem as being a country of hungry fools. “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins is a futuristic dystopian novel with roots in Ancient Rome, it centers around a teen girl fighting to survive, day by day. The usage of the Latin word Panem in the novel signifies how the political powers see the country, sheds light on the gruesome gladiatorial games of Ancient Rome, and plays into the phrase “Panem et circenses.” The Capitol sees the districts as communities of fools who hunger, while the powers that be are corrupted by power and status. Whenever Katniss spoke about the Capitol, she often notes that the Capitol (and richer districts) never go hungry, while the (poorer) districts starve.
It is about Katniss Everdeen (the Mocking Jay) and district 13 rebelling against the capital to end the panama to free the districts from the government control from President Snow. With the rebellion district 13 wants to free the districts and to make it a better world. Therefore, Katniss takes a trip to district 8 to show the rest of the districts what the capital is doing to their own people because with this it gives the power and mutative to fight back against the capital. To show the people who the capital really is and what they will eventually do to the rest if they aren`t defeated. With the capital holding Peeta hostage rewriting his memory to make him their slave to having call a seize fire, and changing his mind to make him hate
In the first installment of the Hunger Games series we are greeted to the character Katniss Everdeen. Katniss and her family reside in the lowly District 12, the coal mining district, where the felling of death and despair is a guarantee. After the death of her father in a coal mining accident Katniss must do whatever she must in order to ensure the survival of her family and herself. Directed by Gary Ross the film was both a critical and financial success.
The fictitious character I identify with is Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games, is a teenage girl who exists in District 12, an impoverished coal-mining region in Panem. Her intensity is demonstrated by taking her sister’ place in the games becoming an act of selflessness. That is something I would do for family and near acquaintances. Also, regarded as a maverick with a temper, but it is a skill to help her to guard against emotional harm.
There is a rebellion going on that the capitol has no idea about because during the games at the end of the book Katniss shoots an arrow at the force field that surrounds the arena where the tributes are fighting. Another major theme in this book is the theme of survival while keeping your feelings and . Katniss, represents this theme very well because she is going into a dangerous and risky game that the capital uses children to
Moreover, the evidence tells us that Katniss is a selfless person who would basically give up her life for her family, even though she will be forced to go the capital, where she will be used as a pawn in the Hunger Games. Furthermore,
“Separating the Meadow from the woods, in fact enclosing all of District 12, is a high chain-link fence topped with barbed-wire loops.” Katniss talks about how her District is surrounded by a barbed-wire fence, this shows that the Capitol basically holds the people of lower class in captivity and they are not allowed to leave. The Capitol does not want people to leave their district because they could meet with the other districts and start another rebellion which is what the Capitol does not want. “When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people who rule our country, Panem, from the far-off city called the Capitol. Eventually I understood this would only lead us to more trouble.”
Katniss and Peeta develop a complicated relationship throughout the novel, and conflicts of interests, plus the entire nature of their relationship can be can be easily scrutinized, once closely examined. From the beginning of the novel, Peeta goes out of his way to care for Katniss, and at one point suffers phsical abuse from his mother in order to feed her a loaf of bread. “The boy took one look back to the bakery as if checking that the coast 32 was clear, then, his attention back on the pig, he threw a loaf of bread in my direction. The second quickly followed, and he sloshed back to the bakery, closing the kitchen door tightly behind him.” (Collins 32).
She 's the one who embodies, articulates and justifies the battle" (Dargis 2). Indeed this statement makes a major point that Katniss humanizes the violence set out to destroy her, and it is her personality and nature that prove her to be an able body to look up to for hope. Another embodiment of hope she holds is her wise instincts. “Who is continually figuring out how to outwit her oppressor and secure her family’s survival” (Skinner 3). Katniss has always held a keen insight into how the minds of the leaders in the Capital work, which has lead her to develop fierce instincts; another trait exemplified in a hero.
Katniss learns how to be more selfless and not let coming from district 12 define who she is and what she can do. Katniss is a strong, force,and selfless charter who the readers can see a little bit of themselves in her as she develops through the story. The readers also strive to be a little bit more like Katniss everyday because she has the strength and willpower to complete any task that she puts her mind too. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is an amazing book for readers of all
Feminist literary criticism’s primary argument is that female characters have always been presented from a male’s viewpoint. According to Connell, in most literary works, female characters often play minor roles which emphasize their domestic roles, subservience and physical beauty while males are always the protagonists who are strong, heroic and dominant (qtd. in Woloshyn et al.150). This means that the women are perceived as weak and are supposed to be under the control of men. Gill and Sellers say that feminist literary criticism’s approach involves identifying with female characters in order to challenge any male centred outlook.
