Katniss Everdeen Development:
1. At first she was a normal District 12 girl who lived challenging the laws. She hunted in the woods to keep her family alive and to feed them. She loved her family, especially her sister Prim. She wanted to protect her from the reaping in all ways she could.
2. The first noticeable change occurred when Prim’s name was called out in the reaping. She felt horrible and forced herself to volunteer to be in the games instead of Prim. That is how she started to gain control over her family and protecting them. Here, Suzanne Collins (author) made us understand that she is willing to sacrifice herself in order to save her family.
3. When Peeta Mellark announces that he is in love with Katniss in the interviews, Katniss’s reaction to the love announcement made her develop to a lovebird. It is then when the strategy to her survival begins. She is going to act being in love with Peeta and that will get her a lot of sponsors.
4. After the games begin, Peeta is grouping up with the Careers. This is a bomb to Katniss because she hates the Careers and cannot believe that Peeta is in someway “betraying” her being buddies with the Careers. This makes her feel insecure and unsafe without the company of Peeta.
5. When Rue dies, Katniss feels extremely mad the people of the Capitol because it is them who, in the end, killed her only ally. The Capitol uses the tributes as puppets to fight to death just so that they can enjoy themselves yearly. This sparks a feeling of rebellion in the heart of Katniss and she wants revenge.
6. Katniss is considered a really good actress because of all the kisses and romance between her and Peeta when they finally team up. It is really sad to know that Peeta really is in love with Katniss but she is only acting it to survive the Games. In this part, I felt disgusted with Katniss and sorry for Peeta.
7. When Katniss and Peeta swallow the berries in order to survive, Katniss grows a love for Peeta. This is because instead of killing him in his vulnerable state, she is willing to die in order for him to live. I knew what she was planning because if she managed to kill her supposedly “love of her life”, she would receive a lot of hatred from the Capitol and she wouldn’t be able to forgive herself. What she didn’t know is that this was an act of rebellion to the Capitol. It was challenging their rules and allowing two victors to be winners.
Setting: The setting of the story is in the nation of Panem 700 years from now. It especially takes place in 3 places: District 12, the Capitol or the Arena. It is in a very harsh and cruel environment because there is hunger and fights to death.
Plot: the annual Hunger Games are a series of competitions in which twenty four tributes compete to win. They will fight to death for survival. It is really cruel because the tributes are forced to be part of the harsh environment and situations. Katniss and Peeta have to act as if they are in love to gain sponsors and to survive the Games.
Character: Katniss was a poor girl from District 12 who is in charge for her family after her father died. Her sister, Prim, was chosen to the games but she volunteered to be a tribute in order to save her little sister. She goes to the games and acts to be in love with her partner from District 12, Peeta Mellark.
Peeta Mellark is a boy from District 12, son of a baker, who is in love with Katniss. He is chosen to go the Games and he is heart broken when he finds out that Katniss is only acting being in love with him. He is very respectful, strong and a really good painter.
Conflict: Peeta and Katniss have to survive the Hunger Games and they do so by using Peeta's art of camouflage and Katniss's gift with the bow and arrow. They mainly have to fight the Careers.
Theme: Survival. The theme of the story is Survival because all the events that occur in the arena are in order to survive. They have to kill each other to be the last one standing. It is a really cruel situation.
Setting: The setting of the story is in the nation of Panem 700 years from now. It especially takes place in 3 places: District 12, the Capitol or the Arena. It is in a very harsh and cruel environment because there is hunger and fights to death.
Plot: the annual Hunger Games are a series of competitions in which twenty four tributes compete to win. They will fight to death for survival. It is really cruel because the tributes are forced to be part of the harsh environment and situations. Katniss and Peeta have to act as if they are in love to gain sponsors and to survive the Games.
Character: Katniss was a poor girl from District 12 who is in charge for her family after her father died. Her sister, Prim, was chosen to the games but she volunteered to be a tribute in order to save her little sister. She goes to the games and acts to be in love with her partner from District 12, Peeta Mellark.
Peeta Mellark is a boy from District 12, son of a baker, who is in love with Katniss. He is chosen to go the Games and he is heart broken when he finds out that Katniss is only acting being in love with him. He is very respectful, strong and a really good painter.
Conflict: Peeta and Katniss have to survive the Hunger Games and they do so by using Peeta's art of camouflage and Katniss's gift with the bow and arrow. They mainly have to fight the Careers.
Theme: Survival. The theme of the story is Survival because all the events that occur in the arena are in order to survive. They have to kill each other to be the last one standing. It is a really cruel situation.
I think that here in your story you have given the reader a lt of information. You do describe well the things you say but you should too consider to put on some more information like telling the reader how was she before the change or telling how she change on number 6 or in number 3 because I can´t find how. There are other parts that like number 3 and number 6 I can´t get how they changed but you should be able to notice them because they are very little. You should explain some things more like what are the Careers. Other than that it has very good evidence and it looks like you put a lot of effort in it and it deserves a good grade.
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Lorenzo Castellanos
You describe really good each part but you don´t quite explain how they change. You could put in number 3 what exactly the change is. In number 4 you describe perfectly what change did the character go through. You shuld explain the change in 6, I didnt get it. You did a great job describing the story and gave a lot of detali.
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ReplyDeleteyour characterization and plot were excellent. Very clear and with little details so the reader is eager to read the Hunger Games.
You described very good the charter development in your book. I understood everything you said and you point of view I will describe more of the character emotionally but essentially your post is great.
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