Character Analysis Of Katniss Everdeen In The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

““That's when I hear the scream. So full of fear and pain it ices my blood. And so familiar. I drop the spile, forget where I am or what lies ahead, only know I must reach her, protect her. I run wildly in the direction of the voice, heedless of danger, ripping through vines and branches, through anything that keeps me from reaching her. From reaching my little sister.””(The Hunger Games). Katniss Everdeen, a fictional character, is a pillar of strength throughout Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games, published in 2008. The heroine of the book, shows that you don’t need supernatural powers to be a hero. Her selflessness, bravery, and skillful demeanor help her survive in a broken world of injustice and tyranny. When her beloved father died and her mother mentally checked out, Katniss knew protecting her delicate sister Prim had become number one priority. She loved Prim more than anything and couldn’t imagine living without her, it was the affect Prim had on Katniss that led to her volunteering at the reaping. “I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!”. Katniss wanted to protect Prim, even if it meant going into a holographic arena with twenty three other young adults ages 12-18, and compete in brutal competition in which
“I have to think about it. I've been putting food on the table for four years. That's no small task. I'm not as good as my father was, but he'd had more practice. I've better aim than Gale, but I've had more practice. He's a genius with traps and snares. "I'm all right," I say. “She's excellent," says Peeta. "My father buys her squirrel. He always comments on how the arrows never pierce the body. She hits every one in the eye.”” Katniss never wanted to kill any human being during the Games. She was able to defend herself and scavenge food for her and her allies in the games with her bow and