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In 2012, a mad fan of The Hunger Games, Pollitt, describes to us her thoughts on the movie. Pollitt tells us that she thinks the movie does the book justice and that she finds the most striking element of the film to be Katniss Everdeen, the main character. Pollitt tells us that Katniss has masculine qualities: she is the hunter in the family, she is strong and fearless, and she is good at bargaining for food on the black market. Pollitt then tells us that on the other side, she has feminine qualities: she is not aggressive or confident, and she is kindhearted, as she defends the defenseless. Pollitt believes that Katniss is a version of the goddess Artemis, who protects the young and hunts with a silver bow and arrows. Pollitt also tells us

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