The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

In the novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the main character, Katniss Everdeen is the female tribute representing District 12 in the Hunger Games trying to be the last tribute to survive. There are eleven other districts and 23 other tributes. In the end, only one is known to survive. Although at first Katniss has a pretty good idea that she will not even have a chance at winning or staying alive, throughout the novel, she expresses rebellion and demonstrates manipulation throughout the games. In the beginning of the novel, Katniss Everdeen from the start has always been rebellious when it comes to her family. She used to go out training with her Dad until he passed away in a mine explosion. Ever since then, she has stepped up in the family and been the one to support and keep the family going. She has been the one to go out hunting for food and supplies for the family, even though that is against the rules of District 12. She has been physically trained from the start to fight. So she has been brought up in the physical environment. Every day before the games, she would sneak out under the fence around District 12 to go hunt.

As she is preparing the games, after she volunteers for her sister Prim Everdeen she has an opportunity to show off her special talent to the Gamemakers. She missed her first shot with the bow and arrow, but got a bull’s-eye second, by the time she took her second shot the Gamemakers weren’t interested or paying any attention to her She got furious and pulled out an arrow from her quiver and sent it straight at the Gamermaker’s table The arrow skewers the apple in the dead pigs mouth and pins it to the wall. ‘Without thinking, I pull an arrow fro my quiver and send it straight at the Gamemaker’s table I hear shouts of alarm as people stumble back.’ (Collins, page 124). Another example of rebellion in the novel stated is when Katniss and Peeta ‘fake’ their love for each other in the games. They’re rebelling against the idea of brutality in the games which is what the Capitol wants. They teamed up pretty much from the start of the games, when there could be only one winner. They worked together and pushed each other through and kept each other going. Katniss is some ways more than Peeta, but they still stuck by each other. They were labelled as the ‘star-crossed lovers’ for drama for the media and entertainment to the audience. From here Katniss wanted to manipulate the games. It no only made them get more sponsors throughout the