the hunger games

In several governments, any acts of defiance result in death, or in this matter, rebellions. In the Hunger Games, the Capitol is a government who has over powered 12 different districts left in North America, scared of facing any rebellions they made the decision of dividing each district by the different duties each one owned. In return, each year they held the Annual Hunger Games, controlling the various districts and stopping any rebellions from forming; 24 tributes were sent to the Capitol each year so that no acts of defiance would occur. It is now the 74th Annual Hunger Games, surprisingly there is one volunteer from district 12, could this lead to an act of defiance, or would this be just another act of survival?

“It’s too late to change my mind. I lift my hand to my mouth, taking one last look at the world. The berries have just passed my lips when the trumpets begin to blare.”

In Katniss’s mind she is determined to defy the Capitol and make them look ridiculous in the eyes of the entire country. The way the author portrays this scene in the book, proves that this was an act of defiance against the capitol, being that Katniss is not only brave but loyal to her district, and Peeta. Also being an act of survival, Katniss realizes she would rather die with Peeta other than survive and have him dead. They both knew they would not let the other die after they realized there could only be one victor, so they agreed to die together not having to live without the other.