Katniss Everdeen, the heroine and narrator, is the female tribute for District 12. She volunteered as tribute for her little sister, Prim who got picked. Kat takes care of her mom and Prim, after her father dies in mine explosion. Katniss is an experienced hunter with great survival skills and her favorite weapon is the bow and arrow. Katniss and Peeta are both victors of the 74th Hunger Games.
President Coriolanus Snow is the antagonist of the series and ruler of the Capital and all of Panem. President Snow does not care for the people of the Panem by killing innocent people for no reason. He smells like blood, so that’s why he wears a genetically- engineered rose to cover the smell.
Peeta Mellark- The 16-year-old son of a baker and the male
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Her father died in a mine explosion, so Katniss takes care of her family. Kat and her family live in District 12, which is one of the 12 districts in Panem. Panem is a dystonic country which used to be North America. Children between the ages of 12 and 18 have to take part in a yearly event where two tributes from each district fight against each other on live television.There are 24 tributes (two tributes from each district- one female and one male) and only one of the 24 participants survive the Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to replace Prim in the Hunger Games and Peeta is also chosen to fight in the games. Kat doesn’t want to lose any of her family, so she volunteers for Prim. Peeta’s mother told him that she thinks that District 12 will finally have a winner and it won’t be Peeta, but it will be Katniss. Katniss tells Rue that she will win the games and not give up. Katniss and Peeta go to the Capitol and first prepare and then enter the games. At the Capitol, they meet their drunken mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, victor of the 50th Hunger Games, trains them to watch and figure out the strengths and weakness of the other tributes .They go to training with the other 22 tributes, where she meets Rue. Katniss makes friends with other contestant Rue who then dies; meanwhile Peeta seems to be working against Kat. Katniss and Rue became good friends when Rue told Kat to cut down the tracker jacker nest, so it could fall on Cato and the other tributes. Rue was trapped in the trap that the other tributes put up. Katniss came to her rescue, but Marvel (the tribute from District 1) throws a knife at Rue’s stomach. Katniss kills Marvel by shooting him in the neck with a spear. Kat covered her body with flowers to cover up her wound and her body. The announcement pushes Katniss to work with Peeta, leading her to help him when he is
In the Hunger Games, when Prim’s name is called, Katniss volunteers to take her place. This is so Katniss
A young girl named Prim sister of Katniss was elected to be in the Hunger games but Katniss volunteered for district 12. District 12 is a poor district compared to District 2 because District 2 has won more Hunger Games than any other district. Katniss has a good skill at archery. Peeta is the male participant and has a crush on Katniss ever since they were five years old. Gale loves Katniss and hangs out with her a lot and when Peeta and Katniss were in the Hunger Games, they made love and Gale became jealous.
“The Hunger Games” is a superlative, visceral experience that deserves every bit of its hype. It is a stellar accomplishment that works on every level, but none more profoundly than as a book adaptation. In the months leading up to its release, I did not believe it was possible for a blockbuster, PG-13 Hollywood film to capture the searing intensity of the source material. “The Hunger Games” is a post-apocalyptic story set in a shattered United States. Twelve Districts, forced to operate under the thumb of an oppressive central government, are compelled to annually send one male and one female teenager as “tribute” to the Capitol.
Peeta is also chosen and he reveals his love for Katniss. The competition begins and on the 1st day, eleven Tributes die and Katniss and Peeta both survive. When Katniss volunteers to be the Tribute and to save her younger sister's life, she is characterized as a loving sister full of bravery and strength to step up to this life or death situation. This was an instant in which the truth was revealed. Katniss did what she thought was right and her life was changed in an
Katniss is part of a squad in the war between the rebels and the Capitol that includes some of the most highly skilled soldiers, her camera crew, and Gale. Their job is to follow behind the other squads and shoot propos while they trench through the streets of unmarked pods. Their squad receives an addition who turns out to be Peeta. Peeta causes a lot of great problems for the squad. First of all, he is not in a functional mental state.
She takes over her household when her father dies in a mine explosion, assuming the role of a bread earner and provides for her family, which was her father’s job, before he died. This makes her independent and masculine in terms of being a protector for her mother and Prim who are weak and require a savior; so Katniss takes the role of the redeemer that was the need of the time. At the start of the novel, Katniss is shown as a character, which has many masculine traits, such as she is independent, skilled, confident and fearless. At the same time, she is concerned for Prim and is critical of her mother’s weakness that is evident when she says that “…all I knew was that I had lost not only a father, but a mother as well. ”(Collins, 2008, p. 39).
Boom! As you hear a distant bang. That’s the sound of an innocent person perishing. In the film the “Hunger Games”, Katniss Everdeen, one of the participants from district 12 partakes in a yearly television program called the hunger game. The TV program pits children from every district to fight till one remains.
The Hunger Games: Chapter Notes Chapter One: It was the morning of the reaping, Katniss was reflecting on the events of her life. This introduces the characters main family, prim, and her mother. In order to clear her mind, Katniss went hunting in the woods near the edge of District 12. While there, Katniss 's friend Gale showed up to I an escape plan before the reaping can began. Katniss declines the offer and heads to the square for the reaping.
The announcement said that there may be two winners of the Hunger Games if they are from the same district. This urged Katniss to find Peeta, as she's walking she sees a blood trail. As she follows the blood trail she hears a weak voice saying “Don’t step on me”. It was Peeta, Katniss nursed him back to health. She washed his wounds and wrapped his leg up.
In the first installment of the Hunger Games series we are greeted to the character Katniss Everdeen. Katniss and her family reside in the lowly District 12, the coal mining district, where the felling of death and despair is a guarantee. After the death of her father in a coal mining accident Katniss must do whatever she must in order to ensure the survival of her family and herself. Directed by Gary Ross the film was both a critical and financial success.
Katniss Everdeen lives in District 12 located in what is now Appalachia. Because she has lost her father to a coal mining accident and her mother to clinical depression she must struggle to survive before she can even think of define herself. She is the sole provider for the family which includes her younger sister Prim. Her life has settled in to a version of normalcy. Her hunting skills and ability to haggle in the black market she enable her to
Film analysis Introduction Write an introduction where you say something about the film’s title, who directed it and in which year it was published. The movie came out on March 23 2012 and it was a huge success. Gary Ross directed it and Suzanne Collins wrote the book. Filming locations are Black Mountain, North Carolina and in the USA.
In District 12, Primrose was chosen as girl tribute but her sister, Katniss Everdeen, volunteered to replace her. Peeta Mellark was chosen as boy tribute. They were then escorted by the mentor, Haymitch, to the Capitol for training as a preparation for the games. Haymitch emphasized that they must impress the citizen of the Capitol so that they will provide supplies during the games.
Actually, Katniss is not chosen as tribute but she sacrifices herself as a tribute to replace her sister Prim. The plot also explains love triangle between Katniss, Peeta and Gale. Katniss as a central role in this movie looks strong and convincing with a bow and arrow. The analysis of the hunger games will be explain with Marxist theory because this movie related with marxism issue which is social class between capitol and twelve district.
Peeta Mellark, a twelve-year-old boy, who was in love with Katniss, joined her in the Hunger Games. Later Katniss used their romantic feelings to gain favors from sponsors, who could assist competitors with gifts. Rules of the games were changed to allow two people from the same district win in case they work together as a team. Highest point of the plot was reached when Katniss and Peeta decides to eat poisonous berries after the rule was reversed and they had to fight each other. Eventually, the rules were modified once again, allowing them to become victors as other opponents were