Enlgish-Hunger Games
Elish essay Culminating Essay~ Novel Study
The Hunger Games
When the author writes a novel we are placed in the main character’s shoes and faced with their emotions, a good author is able to show the reader the progress the main character is faced with. A main characters ability to develop throughout a novel with strengths and weaknesses in different situations helps them grow using their survival, social, and physical skills. In this novel The Hunger Games, the main character has gone through many ups and downs, which has lead her to develop in many ways, during this essay we will be assessing how Suzanne Collins addresses the development of the main character Katniss Everdeen.
These are some examples of how Katniss has developed her survival skills during the Hunger Games; when being faced with a situation that consists of one dying in a game the first skill you usually go to are your survival skills, so that you stay alive throughout the game. Katniss went into the games with a small advantage because her father had taught her hunting skills as a child. “My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion.” (Collins, 5) This quote shows that Katniss gained hunting skills and was able to take that skill into the game with her. “The pages were made of old parchment and covered in ink drawings of plants. Neat handwritten blocks told their names, where to gather them, when they came in bloom, their medical uses. But my father added other entries to the book. Plants for eating, not healing.” Katniss gained knowledge of flowers and herbs that she could make use to eat when she didn’t have enough food. Katniss has a full advantage over the others because the people of district 12 generally do not have enough to eat where on the other hand, the Careers have had a lifetime of being fully fed, and they are at a disadvantage. This has prepared Katniss for the toughest days in the game without food. Surviving isn’t just going
The Hunger Games
When the author writes a novel we are placed in the main character’s shoes and faced with their emotions, a good author is able to show the reader the progress the main character is faced with. A main characters ability to develop throughout a novel with strengths and weaknesses in different situations helps them grow using their survival, social, and physical skills. In this novel The Hunger Games, the main character has gone through many ups and downs, which has lead her to develop in many ways, during this essay we will be assessing how Suzanne Collins addresses the development of the main character Katniss Everdeen.
These are some examples of how Katniss has developed her survival skills during the Hunger Games; when being faced with a situation that consists of one dying in a game the first skill you usually go to are your survival skills, so that you stay alive throughout the game. Katniss went into the games with a small advantage because her father had taught her hunting skills as a child. “My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion.” (Collins, 5) This quote shows that Katniss gained hunting skills and was able to take that skill into the game with her. “The pages were made of old parchment and covered in ink drawings of plants. Neat handwritten blocks told their names, where to gather them, when they came in bloom, their medical uses. But my father added other entries to the book. Plants for eating, not healing.” Katniss gained knowledge of flowers and herbs that she could make use to eat when she didn’t have enough food. Katniss has a full advantage over the others because the people of district 12 generally do not have enough to eat where on the other hand, the Careers have had a lifetime of being fully fed, and they are at a disadvantage. This has prepared Katniss for the toughest days in the game without food. Surviving isn’t just going