Katniss 'Change In The Hunger Games' By Suzanne Collins

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A promoter for change is one who actively displays management skills, and provides a path, will, and way for change to take place. In the book Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen strongly, but quietly opposes the rein of the Capitol, until she becomes a tribute. As a tribute, she begins to push and rally the citizens of the Districts against the vision of President Snow’s Panem. With this, Katniss is a strong promoter of an uprising, and throughout the book she deliberately defies the Capitol’s strict rules, tries to open the citizen’s eyes to make them aware of the oppression, and attempts to obliterate the Hunger Games and the Capitol in the process. Defiance and disobedience are both signs of rebellion,…show more content…
When Rue dies during the Hunger Games; Katniss defies the laws of the arena and decorates Rue with flowers. Treating her not as a tribute, but as a friend; Katniss opens the eyes of the Districts and allows them to focus on the real issues with Panem and the Games. “I want to do something right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can’t own. That Rue is more than a piece in their Games. And so am I” (Collins, 237). After Rue dies, Katniss is very upset at the loss of her friend because of the Hunger Games. Katniss expresses this thought in the text; which further proves that she is trying to send a message to the people, that the Games are wrong. Katniss states that she wants to make the Capitol pay for their actions; which implies that the citizens should rebel against the harsh nature of the Games. When the quote declares that the Capitol can’t own everything, it shows how Katniss opposes the oppression in Panem and wants to liberate the Districts from the Capitols tight grip. Furthermore, the ‘girl on fire’ goes on to say that Rue and herself are more than just pieces of the Games; thus indicating that they are worthy and deserve more than the horrible life they have been forced…show more content…
During the final stretch of the Hunger Games, the rule in which two victors can remain is revoked; leaving Katniss and Peeta stunned. They become enraged with the Games; and Katniss stages a plan to ruin them once and for all, by committing a double suicide so that the Games have no victor. This action upsets the nation and brings the Capitol and the Game makers under immense fire. “Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers’ faces. They’d have failed the Capitol. Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country” (Collins, 344). This quote takes us inside Katniss’ head, and into her thought process. She fought long and hard to get to this point, and is expecting to win the Games. When the Gamemakers revoke the rule change, Katniss feels crushed, angry, and furious. She can’t bear to kill Peeta, and that’s when she has this thought. If her and Peeta both die, the Games will be ruined and the Capitol will go down with them in the process. This is the ultimate rebellion against the Capitol; to ruin their games and to put them under colossal fire from the Citizens. This quote proves that Katniss is a devoted leader for change, who is willing to give her life for the cause. She wants
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