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Stereotypes In The Hunger Games

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A revolution starts when a group of people has put up with so much mistreatment, and one thing happens and sparks it up. In other words, minorities getting killed by policemen or someone being messed with for no reason can strike a revolution. Likewise, we see these same things with the revolution in The Hunger Games. The people in the district started a war and it led to other districts. One event that led to the revolution was when Katniss and Peeta were about to eat the berries. It was just the two of them left in the arena, and they knew only one person had to survive to be the winner. They knew the berries would kill them so neither one of them wanted to win. Peeta did not want Katniss to die, and Katniss did not want Peeta to die, so they both agreed to eat the berries. Katniss and Peeta were already looked to be star lovers throughout the whole game. Luckily, they got stopped in the middle of the act. …show more content…

Although she volunteered for her little sister Prim she kept volunteering when they needed someone to do the fight as well. She wouldn’t let anyone else do the Quarter Quell because she knew others could not do it. Although Katniss did not have a choice but she still was consisted anyway. She knew she wouldn’t die and knew that she could win every time. She didn’t want to see her peers die and she also did not let her district down. Everyone rooted for Katniss while she was in the arena and was hoping that she didn’t die. This example started the revolution because it was a lot of hatred in the districts from their members dying. If The Hunger Games had never happened, the revolution would never have started. Everything happens for a

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