The Diary of Katniss Everdeen Dear diary‚ Dear wretched‚ foolish‚ forsaken Capitol. Dear wretched‚ foolish‚ forsaken Hunger Games. No other day could be as unbearable as tomorrow. If my name is to be chosen‚ how can I leave Prim to fend for herself? If Prim is to be chosen? Oh I cannot even bear the thought. My dear little Primrose that I wish nothing but happiness and joy for could possibly be chosen. Yet there is no happiness on this day in all of Panem. The thing that bothers me is it is Prim’s
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The novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about the Capitol which hold an annual game known as The Hunger Games. The games are a test of strength and skill in which the games the participants have to kill each other until there is one survivor. In the novel Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark‚ childhood friends from district 12‚ have been chosen to take part in this year’s game. The novel is written in the voice of the 16-year-old protagonist Katniss Everdeen who lives in the nation of Panem
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influence from society. Katniss suffers a lot of emotional trauma as a result of the Hunger Games and everything she has been forced to do. She already experienced issues with anger and violence before she started the Games‚ but in the Arena Katniss only fought when she had to protect herself. Afterwards‚ however‚ she willingly became more violent‚ especially if she could hurt the Capitol or President Snow. Society has sculpted her in such an angry and aggressive person. Katniss felt like it was a necessity
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Beowulf and Katniss Over the centuries‚ the concept of what is required to be considered a hero has changed. Beowulf‚ an epic hero from the sixth century‚ is very different in comparison to his counterpart‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ heroine of “Hunger Games‚” is a mixture between a Hemingway and Epic hero. An epic hero is concerned with the nobility and bravery of their deeds‚ but also with what they will receive‚ attention or material wise‚ for what they do. A Hemingway hero is someone who follows the
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life. In Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games and Catching Fire‚ the main character Katniss Everdeen enlisted to fight in the Hunger Games‚ where children from twelve to eighteen have to survive and battle each other to death. The beginning of the dystopian novels is set in District 12‚ a city in the country Panem. Katniss Everdeen‚ a sixteen-year-old girl living in District 12‚ would be a good friend because she is powerful‚ loyal‚ and she stays true to herself. Katniss Everdeen inspires many with her powerful
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Sacrifice was a big moral I learned from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Katniss Everdeen made tons of sacrifices throughout the book. Around the beginning of the book‚ there was a drawing for who is put in the Hunger Games and Katniss’s little twelve year old sister Primrose was drawn. Katniss made what I would say the biggest sacrifice of the book; she volunteered as tribute so her little sister doesn’t have to go into the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a fight to the death battle consisting
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In the book‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main character‚ struggles to stay alive in the cruel hunger games that is established by the oppressive Capitol City‚ the leader of the twelve districts. For example‚ there was a war between the thirteen states and the capitol. After the war twelve states were defeated and the thirteenth was obliterated. The Capitol gained control of the remaining twelve states. As a punishment the Capitol made the hunger games. The hunger games is made up of a boy
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Throughout The Hunger Games series‚ there is a huge shift in the main character Katniss Everdeen. In the first Hunger Games movie‚ it introduces Katniss‚ who grew up in district twelve‚ the poorest district out of all thirteen. She lived in a place where finding a piece of bread on the ground was like winning the lottery. Once Katniss started to train for the games‚ people started seeing how talented she is with a bow and arrow‚ and she started to understand that she has some power over others. By the
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Description Katniss Everdeen lived in District 12 in Panem. Katniss was a sixteen year old with dark hair‚ gray eyes‚ and olive skin. She was very athletic‚ intelligent‚ and independent. She grew up learning how to hunt and hunted for her own food‚ and she collected food for her family. She was very experienced with a bow and arrow. She could hit anything she wanted‚ and was extremely accurate with her shots. Shooting the bow and arrow was her main talent. Family and Friends She grew
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scary world in the future. I meet a girl‚ Katniss Everdeen. From that moment‚ I knew she was my hero. To most people a hero is a person who fights villains‚ saves the day‚ and gets to ride off into the sunset. I disagree‚ I believe a hero is someone willing to put others before themselves‚ brave enough to do something even when they are scared‚ and lastly someone who stands up for what they believe in. Like Katniss Everdeen‚ she may be a fictional character‚ but she inspires me. She was girl from
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