Ordeal
The horns sound, Katimus jumped out of bed and put her war suit on. The directions were clear, go in and kill Snowus, the leader of the Koreans, and eliminate anyone in your way. As the elevator came to ground level Katimus saw her group had the hardest job of all assassinating Snowus. As they stepped off the elevator the air was hazy from the heat. Once a proud pristine building were just ashes on the ground, everything was covered in black soot. She could see forgotten bodies lying in the dirt. Their families probably didn't even know. Squads moved out, the leader was in the center of what once was the Colorado University. As they slowly surround the building, a hellish rain of bombs drops on their heads. Luke, Jacinda, and
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She grabbed her bow and arrow and walked in the room with Snowus she loaded it and shot him. One of his hench men shot a bullet towards her she dodged it with incredible speed, but the next went towards Luke. She jumped towards him taking it in her stomach. As the other soldiers came in the enemy was soon eliminated. Luke looked over at Katimus she was being tended by Hygenia and her family. They quickly healed the wound. From the sky came her mother Artemis. She laid a golden bow in her hand.
“My daughter you are a hero not only did you save America but you sacrificed yourself for that young man. That is an act of a true hero.”
“Thank you mom that means a lot!”
“I will be back to see you again soon go on now”
The Road Back
With the war over, all the soldiers packed their bags and headed back to where they came from. Katimus said goodbye to the Battle Axe and everyone she met. As she boarded the plane she thought about Luke. When she arrived home, she was a war hero. The paper and everyone wanted to talk to her. The town built a statue of her called The Girl Who Saved America. She soon returned to school the same old routine, just without Connor and Clare. She no longer had to worry about lies.
In the story, we were told she was such an innocent body. But she soon began to take true attributes of a soldier. Becoming someone you wouldn’t expect to become er to become. She “wore a necklace of tongues” and many more nightmarish type things. She then disappeared, which symbolized the significance of what the war did to these soldiers.
Dwight Lyman Moody once said, " Character is what you are in the dark." This means that a person's true character is brought forward when they go through challenges. I agree with this quote, when people go through hard times the unimportant things are stripped away, and they have to learn to grow and adapt despite the obstacles they face. In the book "The Hunger Games," Suzanne Collins shows how some people's challenges change them for the better, other characters don't know how to cope and take longer to adapt, and how people's reactions differed from each others.
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Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in The Hunger Game series, is one of the survivors of the hunger game. Katniss comes from district 12, the poorest area in the whole countries. The character’s image is tough and strong because she wants to protect her family from any dangers. Therefore, she volunteers to replace her sister in the hunger game to protect her. She even become the symbol of resistance (the Mockingjay) of the war to the Capitol during the revolution. For people in the Panem, Katniss is the victor of the hunger game, the hope, who survives from the torture and poverty. The image of Katniss represents people who fight for survival in the real world. People sometimes need to give up something when they faced difficulty, like Katniss, she makes efforts to fight with the government.
Nobody in this world has an easy life. Even some of our greatest heroes such as Rosa Parks or Babe Ruth were faced with many difficult decisions. Katniss Everdeen's life was definitely no walk in the park. Many challenges, both physical and emotional, were thrown at her face during the 16 years she spent in district 12 and her time in the arena. Early on in her life she had been forced to use the hunting and gathering skills that her father taught her to provide food for her mother and sister after his death plunged them into a life of poverty and starvation. During the games Katniss plays up a romance with Peeta hoping to get more sponsors to help with their survival in the arena, little does she know, he isn't faking his love for her. Survival is Katniss' main priority as she battles head-to-head with her 23 competitors in the arena. All Katniss knows is that these games are survival of the fittest, and if she wants to come home to her family alive, she needs to step up her game.
In the novel “The Hunger Games” Suzanne Collins conveys the qualities of a hero through the main character Katniss Everdeen. The novel is based around a dystopian nation, in which is placed in Panem. Through which a boy and a girl from each district must take part in ‘The Hunger Games’ where they have to fight to the death, until there is one survivor. Katniss subsequently evolves as a significant hero portraying the heroic qualities such as selflessness, identity change and intelligence. Selflessness is shown as she puts others before herself, her identity changes as she has to put up a brave face, and intelligence is displayed as her strategies progress in the games.
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Katniss finally arrives to the Capitol. Here is where things start to change and life as she knows it is completely different. The first thing on the agenda is to cleanse Katniss. She is waxed from head to toe and is washed down for Cinna (her stylist) to create the new Katniss Everdeen “Girl on Fire”. After being completely transformed, Katniss and Peeta (the boy tribute from
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In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the main character and protagonist is 16 year old Katniss Everdeen, a strong and selfless young woman who is far more mature than her age suggests. As the main provider for her family after her father died, Katniss had to become responsible and resourceful at a young age, which forced her to participate in rebellious behavior in order to keep her family alive. She is an unselfish and protective character, putting herself in danger in order to keep the ones she loves safe, especially for her little sister Primrose. Even after the pain and hardships she has had to go through not only in the games, but in her life, Katniss maintains her
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