Gender Roles In The Hunger Games By Katniss

The authors use certain themes to help show how they believe the societies portray women. One of these themes is family, as both of the protagonists risk themselves for their families. In The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen chooses to volunteer to fight in the 74th hunger games in place of her younger sister, Primrose Everdeen, who had only just come of age to put her name in the choosing bowl. She sacrifices her own safety because she knows she has hunting background that could give her a fighting chance that otherwise her sister wouldn’t