one of the most interesting characters in Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games. While he is the well-known alcoholic mentor of District 12‚ Haymitch ends up being a smart competitor who helps Katniss to survive the Games along with her partner. While they don’t always get along‚ Haymitch and Katniss match wits with the Capitol and end up winners. One of Haymitch’s more undesirable characteristics is the fact that he is a drunk. He constantly embarrasses himself; he publically falls off a platform
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(not specifically stated) * Katniss goes back to district 12 where she finds the remains of the bombed district. * Katniss takes stock of her new position as a rebel in District 13. * Peeta wasn’t saved from the Quarter Quell and is still kept hostage by the capitol. * Katniss decides to be the Mockingjay for the rebel side and in return she gets immunity and permission to kill President Snow. * Beetee makes Katniss a special weapon. * Katniss has to be in commercials for the
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point in the novel‚ Katniss is reflecting on her old life and the first hunger games that she survived. She is reflecting on how the people of her district (District 12) saved her life. They chipped in and donated money for her even though they don’t have much for themselves. Although this exact passage is not a flashback‚ there were multiple flashbacks right around this line. She is reminiscing about the past. This shows loyalty because the people that Katniss knew helped her in
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Mockingjay “Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can’t survive without” (Collins 329). In this passage Gale and Peeta are talking to each other while Katniss over hears them. They are in the middle of their mission on capturing president Snow. They think that Katniss is asleep‚ while Gale says Katniss will pick whoever she thinks she can’t survive without. Katniss conforms to gender stereotypes by being confusing‚ indecisive‚ flirty and playing two different people. Katniss shows affection
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example is how Katniss got money for Prim’s goat named lady. The second example is hoe Katniss sacrificed herself to the bag that held something they needed desperately to save Peeta. The last example is how Katniss volunteered as tribute for Prim. The real story how Katniss got enough money for Prim’s goat displays Katniss sacrificing herself to get something for Prim’s birthday. “It was a Friday evening‚ the day before Prim’s birthday in late May. As soon as school ended‚ Katniss and Gale hit
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ability ariseth equality of hope in the attaining of our ends”(I.XIII.3). Although Haymitch had told both Katniss and Peeta to “get the hell out of there”(HG138) when the gong sounds‚ Katniss is not so sure if that is the best option for her(HG149).She knows that she could protect herself with the bow and arrow she saw in the Cornucopia but cannot decide if it is worth it to go in (HG149).Katniss knows that she would not be able to win hand to hand combat so for her running towards the Cornucopia to
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story‚ involving many things in the war of her districts. It is causing a rebellion in the districts. Katniss takes stock of her new position as a rebel in District 13. Only three victors were saved from the arena from the last book from the Hunger games series; Beetee who is an old man from District 3‚ also known as Volts‚ Finnick who is the the victor from District 4 and Katniss’s first ally and Katniss herself‚ but Peeta wasn’t one of them – he’s still missing‚ along with other victors‚ Enobaria who
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because it showed how Katniss had a lot of courage. Another memorable part of the book is at the end when the only two people left are Peeta and Katniss and the Capital says that only one can live. Since either one of them didn’t want to kill the other they both took poisonous berries and as they were about to eat them the Capital yelled from them to stop saying they had both won The Hunger Games. This was a memorable part of the book because it was showing that neither one‚ Katniss nor Peeta‚ wanted
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MockingJay Mockingjay continues right where Catching Fire left off. Katniss is extracted from the Quartell Quell along with others who were also in the Quarter Quell. One person who was not there was Peeta. Peeta is still missing‚ and Katniss is going to save him. Peeta sends the rebels a coded message warning them that the Capitol will attack them. The Capitol finds out‚ and responds to this by torturing Peeta. The Capitol continues the bombing of District 13 just as Peeta predicted
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courage and trust have been used through the book. Obviously the theme of betrayal was used a lot during the novel. In one section of the novel Katniss ended up betraying Peeta by going to the fest to get a backpack to help out with healing his leg‚ but he disagreed with that idea‚ so the only other way to was to knock Peeta unconscious. So Katniss went out to the out to gather sleep syrup to help heal the wound. She couldn’t just give him the sleep syrup as he would know the taste. So she had
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