Katniss Tribute

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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 …show more content…

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

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