Things people donât talk about enough from the Hunger Games:
Many of Katnissâ strongest allies are women that are over looked by others (Madge, Rue, Mags, Wiress)
While Katniss has a strained relationship with her mother, her mother is never demonized. Katniss recognizes the trauma her mother went through and was willing to try to improve their relationship in CF
The rebellion didnât start with the berries. The rebellion started when Katniss showed compassion towards a dying, black girl that the world had already written off as unimportant
One of the beauty trends in the capitol that Katniss finds odd is the shaving of body hair. When her leg hair grows back in CF, she expresses comfort in it.
Katnissâ character arc throughout the series is her understanding of who the enemy is. It isnât the rich people in district 12, or the other tributes, or the other districts, or the people in the capitol. Itâs the government and itâs Snow.
Katniss never wanted another hunger games with the kids of the capitol. In that meeting she recognizes Coinâs commitment to perpetuating the cycle of violence. She votes in favor of it to cover her plans of killing Coin.
The violence in the books is SUPPOSED to feel random and unfair. Prim being reaped was supposed to be against all odds because in the real world, violence is indiscriminate.
Gale is a victim too and was not solely responsible for the death of Prim. He spent the first two books feeling helpless as he watched people he loved be put in danger and suffer. Coin offered him a way to regain control. At the end of the day, Gale is only 18 and doesnât realize the depth of the games being played.
Katniss is great with kids and actually enjoys being around them. She says the only reason she doesnât want them is because she canât imagine them being put in the hunger games. Her having children in the epilogue is a sign of her healing and finally feeling safe
