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Nickname(s) Catnip (by Gale)

Sw eetheart (by Haymitchand

Peeta)

Girl on Fire (by Cinna)

Aliases The Girl on Fire

The Mockingjay

Gender Female

Title Victor of the 74th Hunger Games

(with Peeta Mellark)

Tribute from District 12

(with Peeta Mellark)

Family Mr. Everdeen

(f ather, deceased)

Mrs. Everdeen

(mother)

Primrose Everdeen

(sister, deceased)

Spouse(s) Peeta Mellark

Children Tw o unnamed children

Relatives Mr. Mellark

(f ather-in-law, deceased)

Mrs. Mellark

(mother-in-law, deceased)

Katniss, after an alliance with Rue from District 11 (who

reminded Katniss of her own sister), a 12-year-old who

had a very touching death, she joins up with fellow

District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark, and the pair compete in

the Games together. She uses her knowledge of hunting

and archery to survive, and the two become the victors

after defying the Capitol's attempt to force one to kill the

other. Throughout the next two novels, Catching Fireand

Mockingjay, Katniss becomes the symbol of a rebellion

for the twelve districts against the Capitol's oppression.

Contents [hide]

1 Origins

1.1 Name

2 In the books

2.1 The Hunger Games

2.2 Catching Fire

2.3 Mockingjay

2.3.1 Epilogue

3 Characterization

3.1 Background

3.2 Personality

3.3 Skills

3.4 Physical appearance

4 Critical reception

5 Film adaptation

6 References

7 External links

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The idea for the trilogy was based in part on the mythof Theseusand the Minotaur, in which twelve boys

and eight girls from Athens are sent every nine years against their will to be devoured by the Minotaur, a

cycle that doesn't stop until Theseus kills the Minotaur. Collins, who heard the story when she was eight

years old, was unsettled by its ruthlessness and cruelty. Collins said, "In her own way, Katniss is a

futuristic Theseus."[2]Collins also characterized the novels with the fearful sensations she experienced

when her father was fighting in the Vietnam War.[2]

In the novels, Katniss is extensively knowledgeable in foraging, wildlife, hunting, and survival techniques.

Collins knew some of this background from her father, who grew up in the Great Depressionand was

forced to hunt to augment an extremely low food supply, although Collins saw her father bring home food

from the wild during her own childhood as well. In addition, Collins researched the subject using a large

stack of wilderness survival guidebooks.[3]

Katniss and the other tributes are, in their time before participating in their Hunger Games, compelled to

compete for the hearts of sponsors who donate money that can be used to buy vital supplies for them

when they are in the arena. The concept of how the audiences carry nearly as much force as actualcharacters is based on how, in reality television and in the Roman games, the audience can both

"respond with great enthusiasm or play a role in your elimination," as Collins said. [3]

Name

Katniss's first name comes from a plant called sagittaria or arrowhead, which is a tuber plant usually

found in water.[4]The root of this plant can be eaten, as Katniss does in the book. Her father once said:

"As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve." The plant also shares its name with a constellation

in the Zodiaccalled Sagittarius, or "The Archer", which may also reference Katniss's skills in archery.

Her last name comes from Bathsheba Everdene, the central character in Far from the Madding Crowdby

Thomas Hardy. According to Collins, "The two are very different, but both struggle with knowing their

hearts".[5]

In the books
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The Hunger Games

Main article: The Hunger Games

The Hunger Gamestakes place in the ruins of North America: a country called Panem, containing 12

known districts. When her sister, Prim, is selected (in her first year of eligibility) as District 12's female

tribute, Katniss volunteers to take her place on the stage. As Effie asks for a round of applause for

Katniss, everyone is silent. After a few minutes, most of the crowd presses their three fingers against

their mouths and holds it out to her. Katniss describes this as an ancient sign for saying

"admiration,","goodbye to someone you love." and "respect"

After Katniss is selected, Effie chooses the male tribute for the Games. Peeta Mellark is picked, and

Katniss remembers something he did to help her when they were just eleven. During the time after

Katniss' father died, Katniss's family was slowly starving to death. One day, Katniss took some of Prim's

baby clothes on the streets to sell to any willing people. No one bought them. Katniss was sad and very

weak, since she was unable to take any food home for her family. On the way home, she passed the

bakery, where Peeta and his family work. Katniss felt dizzy when she inhaled the smell of baking bread.Then, she had the idea of looking for something, anything, in the trashcans of the wealthier people in

District Twelve. As she was checking Peeta's bakery's trash bins, Peeta's mother caught her and yelled

at her. Peeta saw this, and purposely burned some bread in the bakery. This got his mother's attention,

and she started screaming at him. She hit him on the cheek, bruising him. She told him to throw the

burned bread to their pig outside, but when he went outside, he discreetly threw the bread to Katniss.

Katniss returned home with the bread, and somehow the day after that, had the courage to venture out

into the woods, where she met Gale, and continued to hunt for food for her family with him by her side.

After Katniss and Peeta have been selected and said goodbyes to their families, they are whisked away

by Haymitch Abernathy (a previous Dist rict Twelve Victor, extreme drunkard, and their mentor) and Effie

Trinket to the high-speed train that awaits them. Riding the train, they are stunned by how fast it moves.

When they arrive in the Capitol, Katniss and Peeta can't help but gawk at all the amazing sights District

Twelve wasn't able to show. Katniss is then met by her prep team, Flavius, Octavia, and Venia, and her

stylist, Cinna, who prepare Katniss for the Opening Ceremonies. All the tributes wear something that

represents their district's industry. Coming from District Twelve, Katniss and Peeta expect to be dressed
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in mining costumes. Cinna, however, decides to dress them in a plain black unitard and shiny laced up

boots that burns with fake flames when lit. Katniss and Peeta are initially apprehensive at this

arrangement, but their worries bring them c loser together. Just before the parade, Cinna lights their

headdresses and to Katniss and Peeta's surprise and relief, it doesn't burn. In addition, Cinna also

suggests that they hold hands to present them as "together and a team." This distinguishes Katniss and

Peeta from the rest of the tributes not only because they have better costumes, but also that they are

warm and relatively friendly to each other in comparison to the other tributes, who have remained cold

and stiff with each other. With this new development, both gain the attention (and attraction) of sponsors

in the Capitol, and both are unforgettable. From that moment on, Katniss is known as "The Girl On Fire".

During the Games Katniss forms an alliance with Rue, the female tribute from District 11, until Rue is

killed by the male tribute from District 1, Marvel. Later, the rules are changed so that if the remaining two

tributes come from the same district, they will both win. Katniss hurries to find Peeta and they resume

their "star-crossed lovers" reputation, gaining sympathy from sponsors. They outlast the other tributes

and the rule change is revoked, meaning there can only be one victor of the Hunger Games. Assuming

the Gamemakers would rather have two victors than none, she suggests that they both commit suicideby eating poisonous nightlock berries. The ploy works and Katniss and Peeta are both declared victors of

the 74th Hunger Games.

Catching Fire

Main article: Catching Fire

Katniss and Peeta go on the Victory Tour, which is a visit to each district by the winners, strategically

placed between each Hunger Games. Katniss becomes aware that uprisings are erupting. In addition,

the nation's leader, President Snow, is making Katniss convince the nation that she is really in love with

Peeta and that her suicide pact was an act of love rather than defiance, in order to quell dissent. Gale

has been presented to the nation as her cousin, but President Snow implies his knowledge that Katniss

has feelings for him and threatens to have him killed to gain leverage.

In order to save her family and friends, Katniss agrees to follow the Capitol's agenda. Peeta does the

same when he realizes what is at stake. Peeta even proposes marriage to her, and she accepts, but

even at that point President Snow conveys to her that her actions are insufficient. Katniss comes to
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realize that the rebellion in the districts is not within her power to suppress, making it impossible for her

to satisfy President Snow's demands. Katniss is also confused as to the nature of her feelings for both

Gale and Peeta, both of which are complicated by her fears for the future and her unwillingness to have

children who themselves could be subjected to the Hunger Games. When the Quarter Quella special

Hunger Games that takes place every 25 years and has a special set of rulesis announced, it is

proclaimed that all of the current year's tributes will be selected from the pool of previous Hunger Games

victors. District 12 has only three living victors: Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch Abernathy, who won the

50th Games and successfully mentored Katniss the year before. As Katniss is the only living female

victor in District 12, she is the only possible female tribute, and Peeta volunteers to take Haymitch's

place when Haymitch is selected. Katniss and Peeta return to the arena, working closely to survive and

forming alliances and close friendships in the process.

Katniss is taken from the arena and discovers that the tributes of many districts had coordinated an

escape plan and used a stolen hovercraft to fly to District 13, which was not destroyed as the Capitol

had claimed. However, during the escape, Peeta is captured by the Capitol and afterwards, Gale informs

Katniss that District 12 was bombed and destroyed but that her family is safe.

Mockingjay

Main article: Mockingjay

In Mockingjay, Katniss visits the subterranean civilization of District 13 and meets with the people and

their leader, President Alma Coin, after being taken to see the remains of District 12. A love triangle

between Katniss, Peeta, and Gale slowly unfolds, forcing Katniss to decide whom she really wants to be

witha situation complicated by the fact that Peeta is currently being tortured in the Capitol while Gale

is at Katniss's side.

Katniss agrees to be the symbolic leader of their rebellion: "the Mockingjay", the face of the rebels. She

discovers that Cinna has been killed by the Capitol, but the rest of her prep team survived in District 13's

captivity; they prep Katniss for the cameras when she agrees to start doing propaganda pieces for the

rebels. Katniss becomes increasingly emotionally unstable by the horrors she witnessesmass

slaughter, the destruction of the only home she has ever known with 90% of the citizens of District 12

dead, many friends kil led due to their association with her, and Peeta being beaten on live television.
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After a rescue mission in which a team from District 13 brings Peeta back, she finds out his memories

have been distorted by tracker jacker venom, a mind-control torturing method referred to as "hijacking".

He now hates and wants to kill Katniss, believing she is a muttationcreated by the Capitol. Katniss

becomes even more determined to kill Snow after this.

She, along with a group of sharpshooters that include Gale, Finnick Odair(from the Quarter Quell in the

previous book), and later joined by Peeta (much to Katniss's dismay) sneak into the Capitol at the cost

of several of their own lives in an attempt to kill Snow. As they get close to the presidential mansion, anarray of bombs are dropped from a Hovercraft, with only some exploding, killing the refugee Capitol

children on whom they were dropped. Rebel medics, including Prim, rush to help the children, but as

they arrive the rest of the bombs explode. Prim is killed in front of Katniss, while Katniss's body is

severely burned. Although she makes a remarkable physical recovery, Katniss temporarily loses the

ability to speak, traumatized by the death of her sister. It is possible that Gale was involved in the

making of the bombs that killed Prim.

Meanwhile, President Snow is arrested, found guilty of his crimes against the people of Panem, and

sentenced to death. Per Katniss' request, she is designated as his executioner. Before the execution,

Snow tells Katniss that the bombs weren't his but the rebels' way of gaining sympathy in the Capitol for

their cause, making it look like the work of Snow. Although she initially refuses to believe Snow, Katniss

realizes that the attack method was identical to a trap Gale and fellow Quarter Quell tribute Beeteehad

designed. Eventually, Katniss realises that someone high up in the ranks of the Rebels would have had

to order to have Prim on the front line, despite her age, and comes to suspect that Coin ordered the

attack on the children in order to trick the Capitol citizens into thinking that the government had killed

their children, therefore winning the loyalty of the Capitol's citizens and that Prim was there solely to

subdue and unhinge Katniss.

Furthermore, Coin suggests that there will be one last Hunger Games where the children from the Capitol

will be reaped. She seeks the approval of the surviving victors before making these games official, and

Katniss votes yes as a means of gaining Coin's trust. During the supposed execution of Snow, she

instead shoots Coin, due to her being responsible for Prim's death. She then attempts to kill herself with

the suicide pill attached to her uniform, but Peeta stops her. She is then arrested and placed in solitary

confinement, where she attempts to commit suicide by starving herself and overdosing. However, she is
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ultimately released on the grounds that she wasn't mentally well at the time of the assassination and is

sent back to District 12. Katniss, accompanied by Haymitch, goes back to her home in Victor's Village

and is put under care.

Driven into a deep depression, Katniss refuses to leave her house until Peeta (who by then has largely

recovered from his brainwashing) returns to District 12 to plant primroses outside, in memory of her

sister. Katniss begins to regain her mental health, and she and Peeta deal with their feelings by creating

a book composed of information about deceased tributes, friends, and family (eventually Haymitch joinsthem in this project). Katniss's mother, who chose not to return to District 12 because of all the painful

memories of her deceased husband and daughter, decides to work in District 4 as medical personnel.

Gale got a "fancy job" in District 2 and is seen regularly on television. A few hundred District 12 survivors

return home and rebuild it, where they no longer mine coal, producing food and manufacturing medicine

instead. The novel ends with Katniss admitting that she does indeed love Peeta.

Epilogue

In the epilogue, Katniss and Peeta are married and have two children. Their first child, a girl, has Katniss'dark hair and Peeta's blue eyes; their second child, a boy, has Katniss' grey eyes and Peeta's blond

curls. Katniss still wakes up screaming in the night and is worried about telling her children about the

nightmares involving their parents' contribution in the Games and the rebellion. She finds no pleasure in

life at times because she knows it could all be taken away at once. To soothe her traumatized psyche,

Katniss makes lists in her mind of every act of kindness she has ever seen, an obsession that she

realizes is simply a "repetitive game" to keep darker thoughts at bay. In the series' last words, Katniss

offers one final observation: "But there are much worse games to play."

Characterization

Background

Katniss and her family live in the futuristic nation of Panem, located on the continent once known as

North America, which was destroyed in a global catastrophe. Panem is run by an all-powerful city called

the Capitol, located in the Rocky Mountains, which is surrounded by 12 districts, each having a specific
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purpose in supplying something to the Capitol. The story starts in District 12, Katniss's home, the coal-

mining district. District 12 is the poorest of the districts, and Katniss lives with her mother and sister in

the poorest part of town, known as the Seam.

Katniss's father, a coal miner, was killed in a mine explosion when Katniss was 11. After his death,

Katniss's mother went into a deep depression and was unable to take care of her children. On the brink

of starvation a few weeks before her twelfth birthday Katniss wandered into the richer part of town, hoping

to steal some scraps from the garbage bins of rich merchants. The baker's son, Peeta, whom she did

not know, took a beating from his mother for intentionally burning two loaves of bread, knowing that he

would be told to throw them out. He was told to give the two loaves of bread to the pig, but instead gave

them to Katniss. Katniss took them home to her family, who had not eaten in days. The bread gave them

hope and kept them motivated, leaving Katniss feeling resentfully indebted to Peeta.

A few days after the incident with the bread, Katniss decided to go into the woods surrounding her

district to hunt illegally and gather plants to eat, which was how her father had gotten most of the family's

food before he died. There she met a boy named Gale Hawthorne. Together, they provide for both their

families and develop a strong friendship.

Katniss's mother slowly surfaces from her depression and is able to return to her job as an apothecary,

and Katniss makes an effort to forgive her. However, despite her mending relationship with her mother,

strong friendship with Gale, and the increasingly strong affections she gains for Peeta, Katniss remains

adamant that Prim, her younger sister, is "the only person she's certain she loves".

Personality

Collins has described Katniss as being an independent strong survivalist, lethal, but good at thinkingoutside the box.[6]Katniss's past hardships (her father's death, mother's depression, and near starvation)

have made her a survivor, and she will endure hardship and hard work to preserve her own life and the life

of her family. She states herself that nice people are the most dangerous because they get inside of her

and that they could hurt her badly when she least expected it. She has shown she will protect those she

loves, no matter the cost to herself, as shown when she volunteers for the Games to save her little sister

Prim, when she shields Gale to keep him from being whipped, even when it means a lash for herself, and

when she stoically decides during her second Games to die to save Peeta. Because the majority of her
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time before the Games was spent keeping herself and her family alive, she does not understand many

social cues and is often ignorant of other people's emotions, such as when she doesn't recognize Gale's

hints at his growing affection for her. She has no experience with romance or love other than that of her

family, and doesn't believe she wants it. She never actually understands that Peeta was telling the truth

when he declared his love for her in the pre-game interview until after the games itself. She also has large

trust issues, and does not trust anyone. She plans never to be married nor have children that would grow

up subject to the Reaping.

She quickly adapts to the "kill or be killed" philosophy of the games and coldly considers how she will

kill her fellow competitors during the first Games, at one point rationalizing that she is already a killer due

to her hunting experience, though she is briefly disturbed after her first direct kill, Marvel. By the end of

the first Games, she is prepared to shoot Cato, and attempts to do so only to be interrupted by Peeta

being attacked by the muttations. Despite her cold-bloodedness, she is nonetheless extremely relieved

at not having to kill her allies Rue and Peeta. As the series progresses, however, her cold-bloodedness

increases, to the point where she objectively discusses how to kill everyone (but Peeta) involved in her

second Hunger Games in Catching Fire(though she ultimately has to kill only one combatant), and bythe third novel is depicted killing an unarmed female civilian during a mission, with apparent remorse.

In Catching Fire, Katniss struggles to understand Panem political issues as she has had very little

education or experience of politics.[7]She also gradually realizes that there are more important things

than survival and decides she is willing to die for Peeta and the rebellion.

Skills

Katniss is a highly skilled archer, hunter, and trapper, having learned these from her father and Gale,

honed to keep her family from starving. She uses her archery and her daring to score an 11 (out of a

possible 12) during the pre-games judging. She has been well educated on edible, medicinal, and

poisonous plant life of District 12. Additionally, she has a singing voice that is so beautiful birds stay

quiet to listen, also from her father, although she has been reluctant to sing since his death (she claims

that it's because music is useless for practical survival, but she suspects it's actually because music

reminds her too much of him). Katniss is a skilled tree-climber, which has benefited her in hunting and

the Games. She is usually very logical except for times when her emotions get in the way. Peeta
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mentions that she has an effect on people around her, the image she projects, and he admires her for it.

Physical appearance

Katniss is described as having "straight black hair, olive skin, and grey eyes", which are typical

characteristics of the Seam; the poorest area of District 12. Katniss normally wears her hair in a long

braid down her back. She is thin and not very tall, but is strong for her size from hunting to feed her

family in the woods outside of District 12. Katniss is sixteen years old during the 74th Hunger Games

and seventeen during the Quarter Quell. She also wears a pin of a mockingjay during the games.

Critical reception

Katniss has received mostly positive reviews. In a review for The Hunger Games, Stephen Kingsaid she

was a "cool kid" with a "lame name," before adding, "once I got over [her] name...I got to like her a lot."[8]

Francisca Goldsmith in Booklistsaid, "Although Katniss may be skilled with a bow and arrow and adept

at analyzing her opponents next moves, she has much to learn about personal sentiments, especially

her own."[9]Publishers Weeklysays, "It's a credit to Collins's sk ill at characterization that Katniss, like a

new Theseus, is cold, calculating and still likeable."[10]The Cleveland Plain Dealerstated in a review for

Catching Firethat "Katniss in a pensive mood seems out of step with the kick-butt assassin," before

adding that her loyalty and kindheartedness were enjoyed.[11]John Green, in the New York Times,

called Katniss a "memorably complex and fascinating heroine".[12]Also in The New York Times, Katie

Roiphe said that Katniss in Mockingjaywas "a great character without being exactly likeable. [She] is

bossy, moody, bratty, demanding, prickly", and commented that this is what makes many recent

literature heroines likeable.[13]Entertainment Weeklycompared Katniss to Bella Swanfrom the Twilight

Sagaand said that "unlike Twilight'spassive, angsty Bella, Katniss is a self-possessed young woman

who demonstrates equal parts compassion and fearlessness."[14]

Laura Miller of Salon.comfinds Katniss too virtuous and without motivation, negatively contrasting

Katniss to Bella of Twilight, saying, "In some ways, Katniss is more passive than Bella, allowed to have

all kinds of goodies but only if she demonstrates her virtue by not really wanting them in the first place,"

and, "For all her irritating flaws, Bella, at least, has the courage of her desire. For what, besides a well-

earned vengeance, does Katniss Everdeen truly hunger?" However, Miller did think that she was "in
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Jennifer Law renceportrayed

Katniss Everdeen in the book's

film adaptation

many respects an improvement on...Bella".[15]However, The Daily Telegraph 's David Gritten labelled her

"a great role model for girls" who "has love interests, but doesnt mope passively over boys". [16]

Film adaptation

Actresses Lyndsy Fonseca[17]and Kaya Scodelario[18]expressed

interest in the film and received scripts in October 2010 , [19]while

Oscar-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeldmet with director GaryRoss.[20]Chlo Grace Moretz,[21]Malese Jow,[22]and Jodelle

Ferland[23]publicly expressed interest in playing Katniss. Lionsgate

confirmed in March 2011 that about 30 actresses either met with them

or read for the role, including Jennifer Lawrence, Abigail Breslin, Emma

Roberts, Saoirse Ronan, Emily Browning, and Shailene Woodley, as

well as Steinfeld, Moretz, Fonseca, and Scodelario.[24]On March 16,

2011 it was announced that Jennifer Lawrence of Winter's Bonelanded

the coveted role of Katniss Everdeen.[25]Lawrence was 20 at the time,

a bit older than the character.[26]However, author Suzanne Collins

said that the actress who plays Katniss has to have "a certain

maturity and power" and said she would rather the actress be older

than younger.[27]Collins states that Lawrence was the "only one who

truly captured the character I wrote in the book" and that she had

"every essential quality necessary to play Katniss."[28]

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27, 2012.

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