Breaking Traditional Gender Roles Why are there characters that don’t possess society’s thoughts on gender traits? Are these characters needed? Everyone falls into the gray area on the gender scale. It would be strange if gender were polarized as black and white, no in between. Diversity is very important. It is good to have traits that are considered to belong to the opposite sex. It is good because no one should have to hide who they are and what they feel. The protagonist in the movie Divergent
Different Lives, Same Independent Hearts Eight or nine year old Scout and sixteen year old Katniss are two different girls in two different social settings who each face a major challenge, yet they share similar experiences and traits that sustain them through their difficult time. Home life was very different for these two girls. In To Kill A Mockingbird, young Scout Finch and her brother are raised by their father, Atticus. It is clear that Atticus loves his children. He is always doing what
However, this is not always the case. Edmond Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo and Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games show that heroism is often revealed through one’s character. Edmond and Katniss were both characterized as heroes because they proved to be persistent, cunning, and selfless in their battles. Although persistence directly correlates to patience and waiting for the right moment, Edmond and Katniss demonstrated that persistence pays off in the end. Edmond shows that he is persistent
In tales of Greek myths, the stories center around the feats and accomplishments of heroic figures. There are characters with immense strength and invincibility like that of the hero Heracles and the warrior Achilles, and there are those whose cunning outsmarts enemies like the hero Perseus beheading the Gorgon, Medusa, and Odysseus overcoming countless endeavors so he may return home. These myths are abundant with male protagonists, but lack a female heroine. The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne
Katniss Everdeen's relationship with Gale Hawthorne is outside of the arena, which makes the love stronger and more believable; ‘Team Gale’ was forced to break up due to the Hunger Games. Her relationship with Peeta Mellark is inside the arena, and all for attention; ‘Team Peeta’ was created because of the Hunger Games. This makes the relationship less believable, and ultimately weak. Katniss Everdeen's relationship with Gale Hawthorne is stronger than with Peeta Mellark. Gale knows everything
scene starts off with Katniss Everdeen raising her bow and aiming at the deer
has of any substance, is when he saves Katniss from Clove (district two, also white) only because she helped Rue, 'highlighting her kindness to people of color' (Dubrofsky, Ryalls, 2014:402). Rues role is to ultimately sacrifice herself to let Katniss win. This elaborates her maternal traits as she was clearly upset by her death and showed respect by laying flowers around her and singing as Rue passed away. It is at this moment the audience are aware that Katniss embodies absolutely no racist qualities
During the course of the story Collins subjects most of her main characters to unscrupulous social scrutiny. Katniss Everdeen, the main character, is subjected to all sorts of public judgment, the main one being, from this reader’s perspective, is the question of heroism. During the reading of the Hunger Games the question of Katniss’ heroism continuously arises. It could be argued by anyone reading this marvelous book that Katniss is not a heroine at all, during the reaping, where she probably saves
1. The author uses many different settings so far to gather the reader into the staying interested. In the beginning of the book Katniss started of in the woods hunting, “But instead I sit, as motionless as the rock beneath me, while the dawn begins to lighten the woods” (Collins 3). There wasn’t too many settings in the first couple paragraphs. Katniss and Peeta go to all the different districts for the Victory tour “ I wonder if Effie will still be wearing that silly pink wig, or if she'll be sporting
described as “shorter and rounder and messier than her skinny friend” (7). They also differ in personality, as unlike Zanna, Deeba is unapologetically witty, sarcastic, outspoken, and strong-minded. However, she is not your conventional hero like that of Katniss. In fact, throughout the novel she is regarded by Unlondoners as the chosen one’s funny sidekick or the “unchosen one” (329). Ironically, Deeba becomes the hero of the story because of her unconventionalities. Unlike Zanna, she continuously questions