Thursday, March 26, 2015

Best And Worst Qualities of Katniss Everdeen

What makes a character good? What makes the main character so relatable? Perhaps it's the qualities of the characters ,things the character does that make you jump in excitement or cringe in fear. Today in my blog post I will be talking about the worst and best qualities of Katniss Everdeen. Without different characteristics a character is dull. Let's get started.
Bravery. Katniss shows unexplainable amounts of bravery during the book. Here are a few lines from the book that shows Katniss's bravery," "Prim!" The strangled cry comes out of my throat, and my muscles begin to move again. "Prim!" I don't need to shove through the crowd. The other kids make way immediately allowing me a straight path to the stage. I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me.
"I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!"" (2.5-6) What these few sentences practically change the course of the book. If Katniss hadn't volunteered Prim would have died in the hunger games. She would sacrifice everything for her sister and volunteer to fight to the death. Katniss is also very nice to people. During the Hunger Games she meets a kind girl named Rue who helps her throughout the book because Katniss did not kill her. Now time to talk about a few bad qualities of Katniss. Katniss is extremely stubborn. A few lines from the the book that show she has anger issues and is stubborn,"Suddenly I am furious, that with my life on the line, they don’t even have the decency to pay attention to me.  That I’m being upstaged by a dead pig." Katniss Everdeen, p. 101 "Thank you for your consideration." Katniss Everdeen, p. 102  When Katniss realizes that no one is watching her presentation with the bow arrow she gets angry. She doesn't listen to what Haymitch says shoots an arrow where the important people are. She shoots the apple off a pig and stubbornly leaves without doing anything else. These are the qualities of the characters that I thought were the worst and best.
What qualities doing think your best and worst? 

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