girl named Katniss Everdeen. She is a tough hunter and provides food for her family due to her father’s death and her mother’s illness. She also has a younger sister‚ Primrose. Every year there is a Hunger Games reaping. The reaping of the Hunger Games is when one boy and one girl from each district are forced to participate in The Hunger Games‚ a fight to the death on live TV. Primrose gets picked for this event and Katniss volunteers to take her place. Throughout this novel‚ Katniss faces many
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Character Sketch of Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist and narrator of the novel The Hunger Games by Suzane Collins. All the events that happen in the novel have an influence on her. Katniss is 16 years old with straight long black hair usually worn in a braid. She has gray eyes‚ and olive skin. These traits are common in the Seam in the lower class miners of District 12. To begin with‚ when she’s in the woods‚ she wears everyday clothes and always carries a bow and arrows to
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Character Analysis of Katniss Everdeen‚ The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen is a 16-year-old girl who lives in a poor coal-mining region called District 12‚ in the country of Panem. She volunteers for herself instead of her younger sister to participate in the potentially deadly annual Hunger Games. As her father was killed in an accident‚ Katniss has taken on the role of her family’s head of household. Katniss’s mother was unable to cope with the loss and is deeply depressed. Filling her father’s
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This can explain why Christianity is the leading religion with over 2.1 billion members. Katniss Everdeen‚ although a fictional character‚ is another great example of a leader who makes sacrifices because in the books she lead people of the strict rule of the Capitol. One of the first sacrifices the reader sees her make is when she was placed in
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The main character in The Hunger Games‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ is a strong and independent teenager who has to conquer many gruesome challenges. The challenges she faces not only require being strong physically‚ but also emotionally. I personally can’t even imagine living in Katniss’s society‚ where being in horrible and life-threatening situations is very common. Fortunately‚ Katniss has the skills and personality to overcome these obstacles. Throughout the story‚ there are three specific situations
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Katniss Everdeen being the protagonist is a strong independent girl who is determined to provide for her family. Katniss decides to protect her sister and volunteers to take Prim’s place in The Hunger Games. In the film she states “ I volunteer! “I volunteer as tribe!”. Katniss embraces courage since she takes her sister’s place. In one of the scenes she needed to take courage when she had to face Cato at the lake. She was frightened since Cato is a strong competitor in the games. She had to also
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In a study done by New Republic‚ they “examined films for their number of female characters‚ the roles these women played‚ how they were sexualized‚ and the gender of the filmmakers” which led them to their conclusion that “In the global analysis of these 120 films and their 5‚800 speaking or named characters‚ researchers found that women were grossly underrepresented in terms of sheer numbers‚ and that the female characters that do exist are often portrayed in lower level jobs‚ with overwhelming
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Positive Male Role Models: The Key to the Success of the African American Male March 11‚ 2007 For the majority of African American males‚ the path to success is a challenging one. Young African American males in today’s society face major challenges to their growth and security. The lack of opportunity and motivation stems from preceding obstacles set before the pathways of their ancestors. Therefore‚ the crisis faced by present day African American males is
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Celebrities are positive role models - Pro In all societies‚ the renowned and influential people become role models for the younger generation. Today‚ our role models have become the people featured on television and the Internet - athletes‚ actors and actresses‚ and singers. However‚ which role models have the most positive impact? In many ways‚ actors and actresses‚ and singers are the most positive role models in our society today. Actors and actresses possess many admirable qualities that
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My leadership role right now makes a difference‚ because I’m seen as a positive role model. I’m a program instructor and positive role model to dozens of kids enrolled in the Big Buddy Program. Most people believe that I’m just a babysitter‚ but I disagree‚ because I love every child that steps through that door and I do my best to let every child know that they’re loved and that I’ll always be here for them good or bad. As a role model I create a relationship with every child especially the ones
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