post to The Hunger Games-by: Suzanne Collins
Scared to death, but knowing its right, Katniss joins the Hunger Games because of the love she has for her family. Not knowing what to expect her mind is running on end thinking about everything. Her childhood past, her loved ones at home, even about her competitor --wondering, what's going to happen at these things, that are just torture to families and loved ones all around.
This is a rare event that almost never happens in the reaping. Someone volunteering for another person willing to give their life away instead of theirs. Then having your district doing something extraordinary for you, like what they did for Katniss:
" At first one, then another then almost every member of the crowd touches
the three middle fingers of their hand to their lips and holds it out to me.
It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals.
It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love." (24)
An honor to Katniss. Nothing like this has ever happened in district 12, the poorest district of all them. Katniss feels very honored and is not happy that she's going but is happy that it's not her younger sister,Prim.
Going for a good reason, Katniss is determined not to cry, to show that she is a weak competitor, unlike the other tribute from her district. Petta, a boy that she has only ever seen at school and at the bakery. She know that things are going to change greatly from her old like and transform her. She leaves her family almost immediately when she is announced. They give the families 5 minutes to say their final goodbyes but that’s all. Katniss is a very strong character and tries to keeps her tears in which is almost impossible, but she does it. The moment she gets on the train to go to the capital, this is the moment when her life is starting to be changed…forever.
The train, taken into the openness of the world around her. She is shocked by the sites and beauty of what is actually out of the districts, where they are used to seeing a small city with many mines. Katniss, sitting on the train, tries to take everything in but is too breathtaken that she has to take a break from looking out the windows of the train. This is when her and Petta meet formally, for the first time. He acts like a nice boy, but Katniss soon thinks that this could be a trap for him to win, so she stays on the down low with him and just goes along with what Haymitch who is their mentor says. The person who won from their district years ago and won a wonderful life, filled with luxury, food, and supplies for life.
Haymitch sends them to the arena to practice their skills that they are good at, and some that they still need to learn how to survive in the Hunger Games. After this Katniss and Peeta have to go to the game-makers separately and show them their best skills and qualities. Obviously, the person who gets the highest score usually means that in the Hunger Games is most likely favored to win. When the scores show that night, Katniss gets the highest score. She knows that when the games start, other tributes will want to go after her.
It is the day that the Hunger Games start, all tributes are spaced equally around the cornucopia—the main area in the Hunger Games arena. Katniss waits patiently, taking in everything around her and knows that she at least has try, knowing that she made a promise to her sister Prim. The only reason that Katniss continues to keep up her strength, is not for her, but for her family. Hoping that she can give them a better life than they had before.
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