Effie trinket and Katniss Everdeen both have different feelings about the hunger games. Effie trinket is positive and excited about the hunger games. Katniss hates the hunger games. Effie Trinket. “Bright and bubbly as ever, Effie Trinket trots to the podium and gives her signature, “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!” (paragraph 9) She is encouraging tributes to feel happy about the participation of the game. “Well, bravo!” gushes Effie Trinket. “That’s the spirit of the Games!”(paragraph 17) She is excited that Katniss joined the hunger games. Katniss Everdeen. “Pim, let go”, I say harshly, because this is upsetting me and I don’t want to cry...”let go.” (paragraph 16) Katniss is upset that she has to leave her
The Hunger Games follows the structure of monomyths closely. Katniss, the byronic heroine, volunteers to take her sister’s place in the annual Hunger Games, where tributes fight to death to entertain the totalitarian Capitol. At the beginning of the Game, Katniss identifies herself a girl from the seam, which provides her with a stoic strength. However, as the hunt progresses, Katniss questions this identity. As she observes the brutality of the Hunger Game, Katniss grows indignant. Ultimately, the heroine appears empathetic and distains causing sufferings as opposed to being a stoic girl.
...rate to feel such strong feelings that she has never felt before. Maybe she is just looking for a little bit of comfort and somewhat of a scapegoat to get away from their horrid reality. These kinds of feelings could also be due to deindividuation, which means that when in a crowd a person behaves in a way that they would never behave if they were not in this crowd (Aronson et al., 2013, p. 247). Under the circumstances that Katniss has been forced into, she is doing things that she would not normally do, like kissing Peeta as she is watched by all 12 districts or almost committing suicide while still inside the arena. People tend to adapt to their surroundings and when others around them are doing crazy and unimaginable things, like killing to survive, then they follow suit.
A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it’s contained.” Frost, president of the Hunger Games, tells us when Seneca Crane, head game-maker of the Hunger Games, about having a winner in the Hunger Games and containing it. Also sacrifice, Katniss makes a huge sacrifice when she takes her sisters place, knowing that her life could be lost. Juliet risks her life by drinking the potion and not knowing what the side effects could cause.
In the novel, Katniss and Peeta, used the strategy of showing fake love in order to win hearts of the people and get attention of sponsors in order to survive the competition. Katniss’s on-air romantic relationship with Peeta, which helps her to survive throughout the course of the series, echoes the overtly dramatic romantic tensions at the center of so many reality shows, ranging from The Real World to The Bachelor. (Wright 102)
You would think Katniss wouldn’t dream of teaming up with a child, but she has. Rue is so similar yet so different from Katniss’s younger sister Prim which is partly the reason why they have teamed up. They surprisingly make an impressive duo and they work so well they’ve become partners in crime. The song presented is lighthearted and connects to the scene very well because at each other’s side they feel safe and secure. They both know the situation they’re in is life or death, but that doesn’t stop them from doing as much as they can to hurt the Career tributes of 1, 2, and 4. The piece also tells how both people in the song care for each other and treasure the bond they have made, much like Katniss and
In the novel Hunger Game, author Suzanne Collins narrates a girl name Katniss Everdeen who voluntarily replaces her younger sister, Prime, to be one of the tribute to participate in the hunger game. She is the family’s backbone after her father died in the mine accident and then the district only gives them a little compensation which it’s not enough for her family’s living. Soon, they run out of money and suffer from hunger. They live in the District 12 where it’s a poor and food shortage region. People often suffer from hunger and Katniss is of no exception. In one section of the story, Katniss could not trade old baby clothes for food or find food from trash bins. She is extremely hungry, until she passes by a bakery:
Katniss is the main character in the novel, The Hunger Games. The author of this book is Suzanna Collins. Katniss is a 16 year old who has been chosen with 23 other tributes. In my class we have studied themes and key ideas such as Power of the Capitol, Competition against other tributes and Sacrifice for what Katniss acts and does in the Hunger Games. There are many themes but I have chosen these 3 because they show the most emotions and power.
Over the past few years, there has been various books, films, and even songs about influential, heroic, women throughout the world. Some of the most recent heroic female figures include the fictional character “Hermione Granger” from the novel Harry Potter by J. K Rowling. Another strong female figure includes “Katniss Everdeen” from the novel The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins. The two heroic women certainly share their differences. Hermoine was described as a bookworm who could be a tad bossy at times. Katniss was athletically inclined, however, lacked certain communication skills with people. Although Hermoine and Katniss have their distinct differences,
The Hunger Games was a good movie when it came out. This movie refers to a dystopia world in which there are 12 districts and a capitol who rules with an iron fist, in which the districts must provide a tribute to fight in an annual Hunger Game as a punishment for a past rebellion. Katniss Everdeen is a hunter from the 12th district, which Gale, her friend gives her tips on hunting. One day her sister, Primrose Everdeen, is chosen for the Hunger Games, and in order to save her, she volunteers instead to serve in the Games along with Peeta Mellark. During a TV interview, Peeta confesses her love for Katniss Everdeen, which causes the enragement of the latter; however, she later forgives him as he explains to her that it was only to gain sponsors. During the Hunger Games, she did not receive a lot of supplies except some medicine to cure a wound, but Districts 1 and 2 almost won the Game due to their training, and amount of supplies which Katniss destroys but cannot recover any of them. The Hunger Games was one of the best movies I ever watched because it has a little bit of everything and it captures the real-life survival game that we live on a daily basis.
Suzanne Collins’s novel The Hunger Games features a strong female protagonist that frequently defies gender norms and blurs the lines between femininity and masculinity. Katniss Everdeen, the heroine of the story, is initially depicted in what many would consider a more masculine role. She hunts, cares little about her physical appearance, and becomes the protector and provider for her family. However, when she volunteers as a tribute for the Hunger Games, her survival demands that she learn to embrace both feminine and masculine traits. To gain support from the Capitol and have a chance at winning the Games, Katniss must not only present herself as a fierce killer but also as a beautiful, romantic, and vulnerable girl. Likewise, A gender critique of The Hunger Games reveals that Katniss’s expression of femininity and masculinity is not based on
In the novel The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins a new country is created. Panem is born in place of North America, were the Hunger Games began. In the Hunger Games, there are 24 tributes. Tributes are people who live in the districts. The tributes in the Hunger Games are all the same. They kill one another and become the Capitols puppets. The tributes become violent, emotionless puppets. Then there is Katniss. Katniss is an excellent hunter and becomes lethal during the games. However, she has not lost her compassion. Katniss does not think of herself as a good person. When in reality she is a good person with a large heart, who puts others before herself.
After accomplishing the impossible and defying the Capitol in the process, she returns home a heroine. Katniss becomes the symbol for uprisings and rebellions, and is looked up to by many. Nobody had accomplished what she had, and it says a lot about Katniss Everdeen as a heroine. In the end, Katniss and Peeta are crowned by President Snow as co-victors of the Hunger Games.
The two attend talk shows and public appearances as a couple with matching outfits that had flames of fire blazing off of them, as the audience was amused. The public seems to be convinced with this couple of undying love that was chosen from district twelve. Just before the Hunger Games is about to start each contestant is tested to show his or her strengths. As it came time for Katniss to show her strength, the judges were getting tired and hungry, and not paying attention to her, so to get there attention she shoots an arrow at the pig to get the attention of the judges, as they were frightened and amused at the same time As the movie continues and the contestants are standing on their platforms as the Hunger Games time clock is counting down, the intensity of the movie really presents
Traits Katniss Everdeen is very determined. If she wants to do something, she tries until she achieves it. This is proved when Katniss wins the Hunger Games after she is told that she should try to win, by Prim, her sister and throughout the games she remembers these words and kind of uses them as her guide. She is also very strong in both mental and physical ways. Her worst character trait is that she lets kind people root into her, so if someone pretends to be kind she will let them root in which means she lets them know about her and becomes easygoing with them.
“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor” (Collins 19). Those were some of the last words Katniss heard before her sister’s name was called out for the seventy-fourth Hunger Games. Without thinking about anyone else, Katniss bravely accepted her sister’s spot in the games, a basic suicide mission. Katniss Everdeen had a vibrant personality, she was bold, intelligent, and a loving person. Her country, Panem, was controlled by President Snow, who let his country suffer in poverty. The capital was harsh and forces every district to send one boy and one girl to take part in the yearly Hunger Games. While a Disney Princess would yell for her