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By looking closely, this essay with demonstrate how the author, Suzanne Collins gives her opinion of how she feels about gender equality in many different ways.

One of the ways Suzanne Collins gives her opinion of gender equality is by Gale and Katniss both hunting. For example, "They're not our kids, of course. but they mighty as well be. Gale's two little brothers and a sister. Prim. And you may as well throw in our mothers, too, because how they live without us? who would fill those mouths that are always asking for more? With both of us hunting daily, there are still nights when a game has to be swapped for lard or shoelaces or wool, still nights when we go to bed with our stomachs growling." (pg.9)This example shows that not only men can hunt, that women can too.In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss must endure a brutal competition where the last kid standing wins. Throughout The Hunger Games several characters such as Katniss and Peeta Mellark both reinforce and undermine gender roles. However The Hunger Games as a whole presents an argument against gender expectations.
When people act as we say "weird" it is because they did something out of the social norms, that's why when people act out of their gender it seems abnormal. In general gender roles are the guidelines of how either a female or male is supposed to act, according to society. For example a stereotype for men is not to be weak or vulnerable in public (but if they do they're to do it in private). A rule for women is to be weak physically and emotionally, and to have a man to care for them. Overall, expectations are good because they give a general understanding of what is acceptable in society for men and women. However, that doesn't necessarily mean they are all true. Stereotypes play a major role in people's personality, they are what make people act tough
In the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins the character Katniss contradict traditional gender roles. For example,

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