“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself” (C.JoyBell). In the ruins of North America emerged a new country Panem, with a castle-like Capitol surrounded by twelve other districts. The Capitol is selfish and cruel, ruled by ruthless leaders, who punish the districts each year to keep them in line. They force each district to compensate one boy and one girl for their merciless games. Teenager Katniss Everdeen from District 12, lives with only her mother and her little sister, Prim. When Prim …show more content…
Before Katniss is interviewed she admits that she is scared she will mess up. Cinna, her stylist, says, “I’ll be sitting on the main platform with the other stylists. You’ll be able to look right at me. When you’re asked a question, find me, and answer it as honestly as possible” (122). It is known that now Katniss is depending on Cinna’s advice to work, and she is also depending on him to be there for her so she can get through the interview. Additionally, during the games Katniss becomes very dependent upon Haymitch. Katniss says, “Perhaps Haymitch doesn’t realize how deep my need is. I say in a voice as loud as I dare. ‘Water’. I wait, hopefully, for a parachute to descend from the sky” (168). From this quote, it is evident that Katniss is depending on Haymitch to send her water, instead of being independent and finding it herself. To conclude, Katniss started out as an independent character, to a person who starts depending on …show more content…
She was very well known for her independence, however, Katniss became dependent upon others. Lastly, Katniss developed by not only caring for her family, but also for people she barely knew. “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly” (Henri Bergson). To conclude, everyone is experiencing changes every day, being put in tough situations just quickens these changes. Just as we saw in Katniss over a small period of time she transformed into a whole other
Have you ever imagined yourself in a different world? Can you imagine finding out you’re a wizard who gets to attend a magical boarding school or deciding to be a vampire, even though your Werewolf friends is madly in love with you? How about this: envision yourself fighting to the death in an arena for the world’s entertainment and hoping to be the last one alive. Fortunately, we don’t have to do this. However, that was not the case for Katniss Everdeen. Katniss Everdeen, a normal, teenage girl living life in her poverty-stricken district. Her world is suddenly turned upside-down when she volunteers in her sister’s place for The Hunger Games. I am highly convinced that The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins follows Joseph Campbell’s concept of The Hero’s Journey, which is from his book The Hero with A Thousand Faces. It goes through the hero’s adventure to accomplish a task on behalf of a reward. Campbell’s concept has influenced some of today’s biggest artist, writers and filmmakers. The Hero’s Journey shows how ordinary people can overcome the immense challenges thrown
Crookshanks, which is the name of Hermoine’s cat, seems to be better treated by its owner than Katniss’s cat. When it comes to emotion, Hermoine is definitely not reluctant to show them whether she cries, gets jealous, or feels hurt. Katniss usually believes in remaining tough and concealing her emotions from others. Hermoine is certainly not afraid to be girly at times, but does not let it interfere with her reputation as a powerful witch. Katniss is never interested in dressing up and seems to have difficulty in balancing both beauty and being strong. Watching Hermoine as an eleven year old girl grow up to be a beautiful and powerful woman may lead some readers to become more emotionally attached to her character than
In Suzanne Collins’s novel, The Hunger Games, the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, undergoes several changes over the course of the story. This novel is about a nationally televised event called The Hunger Games. Every citizen must watch as the youth fight to death until only one remains, Katniss’ sister, Prim, is chosen as a tribute to fight in the games but Katniss refuses to let her sister fight and volunteers to take her spot. At the beginning of the novel, Katniss is fearful and unsure of herself. While she illustrates bravery when she volunteers as a tribute in place of her Prim, she has little confidence in her abilities.
She was extremely close with her younger sister. She spent much of her time doing whatever was necessary to ensure the survival of her family. After being put in the spotlight at the Hunger Games, her life takes on new complications. From the moment she volunteered to take her sister’s place in the Hunger Games, she was forced to hide her emotions in order to prevent the Capitol and its people from viewing her as weak and feeble. She says “When they televise the replay of the reaping tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and I will be marked as an easy target” (Katniss , Page 23). She knew that she has to censor all her actions carefully to
When the film shows the Capital attendees viewing the Hunger Games, all of them have colorful makeup all over their face and are dressed in bright vivid outfits that resemble an exaggeration of the clothes worn at a Kentucky derby. When Katniss partakes in the events preceding the kick off of the Games, she has her body waxed, eye lashes plucked, and is hosed down to look beautiful enough to be in front of a screen. Although Katniss can be pampered and dressed to fit in with the Capital, she also has to be charismatic and play up to the cameras and audience in order to be endorsed by sponsors. These sponsors will pay mass sums of money to provide tributes that they like, the survival resources they may need. Katniss’ fatal flaw however, is that she in an introvert who has a hard time connecting with people. She already has a tough time making acquaintance with singular people such as Haymitch, her assigned mentor, who flat
In this particular romance narrative the protagonist, Katniss, volunteered herself as tribute, in her younger sisters place, to fight to the death along with other children and teens all for the rich governments pleasure. By Katniss risking her life in a moment of distress in the hopes to save her sister, she desperately needed a mentor to guide her through this unimaginable situation. Haymitch, having won The Games when he was only 16 years old and then mentoring tributes just like Katniss and Peeta for 23 years, has a lot of experience and intelligence when it comes to strategies of winning “The Games”. On the other hand, Katniss is a very narrow minded person who typically doesn’t listen to other people, so she was incredibly lucky to have Haymitch as her mentor because his ability to get through to her greatly contributed to her coming out of “The Games” alive and victorious. Some ways that Haymitch contributed to Katniss’ mental evolution was by directing her in a way that let her follow her instincts while still doing what she needed to do in order to survive. One example of how Haymitch did this was by telling her to make sure everyone remembers her so sponsors would donate life saving necessities to her, while she was fighting for her life in The Games. She was memorable to the sponsors because of her natural satirical humour as well as her kind heart, which
Katniss Everdeen is one of the best heroes in modern mythology. “Katniss Everdeen. She is the hero we need.” (Kim, Daniel J). Katniss isn’t like other heroes in modern mythology. Heroes today are characterized by their aggression and dominance but not Katniss. Katniss is strong when she has to be, but deep inside she is truly scared. Joseph Cambell’s 17 stages monomyth is able to map out a hero’s journey and express the steps taken to become a hero. Katniss is a highly qualified hero and accomplishes several stages in becoming the true hero she is. She is loyal, but unsure of whether it is egocentric or selflessness. All heroes have self doubts during their journeys. Katniss is a hero because of her ability to love. She incorporates love while trying to fight for her life and the lives of others back home during her time in the arena. Suzanne Collins expresses that love is an important part of life: “Love *now*. While you can.”. The way Katniss is able to feel compassion and for her to have hope is what truly makes her a hero.
Katniss Everdeen is a seventeen-year-old girl who has been through several traumatic events within the past couple years. Events including witness multiple murders, murdering, witnessing death of loved ones, and multiple near death experiences. Since these events Katniss has had trouble sleeping, waking up from violent reoccurring nightmares where she wakes up screaming and often times lashing out. Katniss has also experience flashbacks from time to time as well
Katniss Everdeen had many struggles during the Games. Hunger made everything much more difficult. “Love” led her to make decisions that helped another person survive. She found that the will to survive was leaving her. I will now talk about hunger.
Katniss is tough, self-sufficient, extremely loyal girl. Whose childhood was cut very short by taking up the household role as the provider and protector after her father died. Katniss’s mother went into depression, so Katniss took that role of providing for the family. Katniss is hunter she hunts outside her district. What she catches she sells or trades to bring back food for her family. Katniss’s father taught her how to hunt. Katniss, volunteers for her sister Prim, who is 12 and was the chosen female tribute of District 12. And I’m convinced that she’s a feminist character not because she wields a bow and arrow, but because while in the arena she learns to recognize, value, and eventually embrace feminine strengths. It’s her ability to find strength in other women and to support them in return that makes the
But in this movie, a person in charge picks a girl and a boy between the ages of twelve and eighteen out of a lottery from each district to represent their district and fight to death. The children, who are chosen, are trained for a week and then sent to and outdoor arena. In the movie, the capitol shows a video explaining the tradition, the rules of the game and how it must be followed no matter what. The characters in this movie have to orient themselves in order to stay safe from the capitol; they also need to follow all the rules provided in order to live. In the story, Prim Everdeen was chosen as of the children to represent the district but her sister Katniss Everdeen volunteered instead to save her sister. After the children are chosen, they are placed in an arena that is controlled by the people who invented the game with advanced technology. The game is being broadcasted all over the world as a reality show, showing the kids of each district killing each other and how they live. The children were almost treated like animals, they were out in a forest setting that is made with the technology, and having to survive off the environment they were given. They were rewarded with food or survival kit each time they kill each other. This portrays exploiting their tradition as entertainment and not seeing the cruelty of
The main adult who shaped Katniss into who she became growing up was her mom, Mrs. Everdeen. Her mom became depressed after the love of her life and Katniss’s dad, died in a mining accident. Her mom stopped talking which made Katniss have to grow up faster than a young child should have too because her and her sister needed someone to depend on. Since Katniss had to step up and take care of herself since she was
In a not-too-distant, some 74 years, into the future the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 13 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games; these children are referred to as tributes (Collins, 2008). The Games are meant to be viewed as entertainment, but every citizen knows their purpose, as brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts. The televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eradicate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. The main character throughout the series is a 16-year-old girl from District 12 named Katniss Everdeen.
“I volunteer as tribute,” shouts Katniss Everdeen on Reaping day in District 12 as her younger sister apprehensively walks to the platform after her name is drawn. From this pivotal moment, readers instantly become engrossed and obsessed with the trilogy, “The Hunger Games,” and the succeeding novels; “Catching Fire,” and “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins. This moment of strength and fear for the life of a sister, exposes the world to a heroine like never before and a story like no other. The setting of “The Hunger Games,” takes place in a futuristic world that punishes the citizens of the districts around a capital, Panem. The citizens in the districts are punished for a revolt that almost destroyed the country years ago, with an annual and televised fight to the death (Reno). The fight is named, The Hunger Games, and is centered around twenty-four young citizens fighting until only one is left standing. With its fierce characters, enthralling plot that keeps you on your toes, and deep morals of life; “The Hunger Games” trilogy is a book series worth reading.
The main character, Katniss, volunteers as tribute for her district to save her sister from having to be tribute. Upon arriving in the Capitol for the games, she sees just how vast the gap between the Capitol and districts are. To fight against this class struggle, she begins to revolt. At first this comes in the form of small things, like shooting an arrow at a pig feast of Capitol higher-ups and refusing to kill her friend in the games, resulting in the first ever co-victors of the Hunger Games. Katniss’ actions soon lead to full blown rebellion in the districts, starting a revolutionary war between them and the Capitol. At one point Katniss remarks: “My ongoing struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side.” (Catching Fire 90). In true Marxist fashion the working class needed to use a violent revolution to confront the class struggle against the ruling