The Qualities Of Haymitch Abernay's Catching Fire
Haymitch Abernathy is from Hunger Games, and he is the Katniss and Peeta's assigned mentor. He is a raging alcoholic who seems not to care if they live or die in the arena. But it's also immediately clear that there's more to Haymitch. In the series, we the audience learns that Haymitch is the only District 12 victor in Hunger Games history, winning the 50th Quarter Quell when he was only 16 years old. He drinks to cope with the trauma, and he is resistant to having a close relationship with Katniss and Peeta because he has watched some many of his tributes like 48 of them die in the arena. Some of Haymitch’s qualities makes him a harder character to admire but once the audience learns about his back story then he is more likable because he
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His family seemed to receive the raft of Snow due to his victor. Katniss seems to pull off the same stunt in Catching Fire, and the only reason her family aren't slaughtered in retribution is that the Capitol has bigger fish to fry, what with the revolution and all. Another quality of why the audience likes Haymitch so much is that he knows how to work the system and helps Katniss and Peeta.
The bond that develops between Haymitch and Katniss is rooted in their similarities. Being able to spot those similarities in Katniss is what inspires Haymitch to give a damn again, and to become the mentor she needs. Once the audience sees how similar Haymitch and Katniss are, they tend to become more like hearted toward Haymitch.
Haymitch goes through alcohol withdrawal so intense that Katniss is afraid that he might die. He went cold turkey from years of alcohol addiction in the name of a greater good. With Haymitch going through alcohol withdrawal to become a mentor for Katniss the audience emotions go out to him because he is better himself, something that the audience knows is a big step for anyone to live a better life. A lot of people may have experienced a scenario like that. A lot of the scenarios that Haymitch has gone through makes the audience love Haymitch Abernathy an antihero in the Hunger
His family seemed to receive the raft of Snow due to his victor. Katniss seems to pull off the same stunt in Catching Fire, and the only reason her family aren't slaughtered in retribution is that the Capitol has bigger fish to fry, what with the revolution and all. Another quality of why the audience likes Haymitch so much is that he knows how to work the system and helps Katniss and Peeta.
The bond that develops between Haymitch and Katniss is rooted in their similarities. Being able to spot those similarities in Katniss is what inspires Haymitch to give a damn again, and to become the mentor she needs. Once the audience sees how similar Haymitch and Katniss are, they tend to become more like hearted toward Haymitch.
Haymitch goes through alcohol withdrawal so intense that Katniss is afraid that he might die. He went cold turkey from years of alcohol addiction in the name of a greater good. With Haymitch going through alcohol withdrawal to become a mentor for Katniss the audience emotions go out to him because he is better himself, something that the audience knows is a big step for anyone to live a better life. A lot of people may have experienced a scenario like that. A lot of the scenarios that Haymitch has gone through makes the audience love Haymitch Abernathy an antihero in the Hunger