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Character Analysis In the novel The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, it is in the perspective of a dynamic character named Katniss Everdeen. She may seem to be an innocent girl from a broken down district in a destroyed country, but she is more than just that. She is much more mature than anyone would think a sixteen year old would be. She is very protective of her family, takes care of Peeta who is seriously injured, and begins to help Rue instead of killing her in the Games. Throughout the book, the readers begin to notice a change in the way Katniss acts towards other people and how she acts to her own decisions that she makes for herself along the way. Katniss is like the mother figure in her family because she gets their food for them …show more content…

At first, Katniss didn’t see Rue as a strong girl who could win the Games against the other tributes, but once she began to notice her cleverness and skill in certain parts of it, she knew having her as an ally would be an essential thing to do. “‘You know, they’re not the only ones who can form alliances,’ I say. ‘You saved me with those tracker jackers. You’re smart enough to still be alive’…. I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she’s a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim” (pages two-hundred and two-hundred one). Katniss became more mature by helping Rue because she thought of Rue to be her sister which helped them get along with one another. Like it was mentioned before, Katniss cares so much about Prim, so she would do anything to protect her. That’s what Katniss did to Rue in the Games. Even after Rue was impelled with a spear and had seconds of life to live, Katniss still knew she could do something more, so she placed flowers around her body showing the Capitol that Katniss saw Rue as a person with respect and admiration, not a girl that can be stripped of their

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