Who Is Katniss Everdeen

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“As I slowly, thoroughly wash the makeup from my face and put my hair in its braid, I begin transforming back into myself. Katniss Everdeen. A girl who lives in the Seam, Hunts in the woods. Trades in the Hob. I stare in the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not”. Katniss feels like she´s two different people and she feels insecure with one of them. The girl who is dressed with fancy clothes and who is covered with makeup feels like the fake visionof Katniss and not herself. That is only a fake vision of Katniss just to convince Panem that she belongs to the society. However, the real Katniss is more natural with simple clothes. When she becomes herself again, she remembers the potentials she has, potentials that identifies her as “Katniss”, the brave girl with strength ad courage. …show more content…

After changing her clothes to the simple one, she feels that she is herself again. She is free from any changes in identity and appearance as she had to in the Capitol. She knows who she is now just a girl from district 12 as she was before but with more experience. Now, when she looks at her face in the mirror, she realizes that she is again- who she is without a ting of contamination left from the Capitol. This appearance is shown as the change in personalities by simply changing clothes and it can feel strange that something as clothes can make you feel like somebody else, but have you think a little

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