Katniss is seen as a strong female character
in this novel who prevails in the face of danger. She tackles every challenge
that is thrown her way… except when it comes to her personal, romantic feelings.
Peeta has strong feelings for her and has loved her since they were young, but
Katniss has been ignorant to his affections until he let the world know on
national television. And even at that point Katniss convinces herself that it
is all an act that Haymitch set up so they could pull off the “star-crossed”
lovers act. Every time she is confronted with the idea that Peeta might
actually love her she just thinks it is so they can be convincing in their
roles and gain more sponsors.
For the first half of the games she suspects he
is against her because he teamed up with the Careers. She sees him as just
doing his job of trying to survive. She later discovers that in reality every
move he made as a player of the games he did to help Katniss ultimately
succeed. He put her needs above his own proving his love for her; however, she
is too ignorant and unaware to notice the full meaning of his gestures. And
poor Peeta is blissfully unaware of how Katniss really feels. He finds out at the
very end on their way back to their district. My heart goes out to him.
I have
a love-hate relationship with Haymitch. He manipulated the situation by telling
Katniss she needed to play the role of “star-crossed lovers,” but not Peeta
because he actually felt that way with no need to act. Of course Haymitch did
not tell Peeta he was having Katniss put on an act because then Peeta would be
that much more believable. This ultimately helped in their survival of the
games… together. Unfortunately, the price of their victory was Peeta’s heart
that was crushed when he found out the truth behind Katniss’s actions in the
games.
Yeah that wasn't really cool of Haymitch to do but it save them in the end. Anything to survive. I know that I'd take having a broken heart and being alive than being dead and die thinking that she actually loved me. Thats just me though.
ReplyDeleteI actually like Haymitch. He is very smart, if you think about it. He was given the opportunity to save these two kids, when so many under his mentorship have died. And he didn't give up. He did what he had to in order to keep Peeta and Katniss alive, in order to give them a chance so they wouldn't be killed in the first minute of the Games. It is actually a very powerful message. He knew that it would be better for a boy's heart to be crushed, especially a boy that had almost no chance of winning on his own, than for his life to be taken.
ReplyDeleteHe took the risk and it worked. That is why I liked Haymitch.
Haymitch seems like a pretty awesome guy up until he manipulated the situation, like you said and I know I'm not the only one thinking this, but he completely threw a wrench in the relationship between Katniss and Gale!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Casey about Haymitch because like she said he has seen so many tributes die under him. He had an opportunity to try and keep them both alive and he took it.
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