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Hunger Games  –  Character profiles

Peeta Mellark, Katniss Everdeen, Primrose Everdeen, Effie Trinket, Cinna,

Finnick Odair, Mrs Everdeen, Haymitch Abernathy, Caesar Flickerman, Annie

Cresta. Katniss is the hero of the film. She is

16 years old and lives with her sister

Primrose and mother Mrs. Everdeen.

Her home is district 12 and

volunteered to fight instead of her

vulnerable sister Primrose. She

participated in the 74th

 hunger game

when she volunteered as a tribute to

save her sister and hoped of

winning. Her family are not very rich

and have to hunt for food. She has

good skills with using bows and

arrows.

Katniss Everdeen

Peeta Mellark

Peeta is also 16 years old like Katniss. He is

from district 12 and briefly from district 13.

He had developed a crush on Katniss and

was also chosen to compete in the 74th

 

hunger game. He and Katniss were chosen

to go together. Before competing in the

hunger games, he was occupied with being a

baker, painter and a soldier therefore he

was experienced in survival methods. His

father was kind but his mother was known

to beat him and his brother up a lot during

his childhood. Although he grew up in the

merchant business his childhood was not

very desirable.

Haymitch Abernathy

Haymitch is 41 years old. His weapon is his knife

and his supreme intelligence. Haymitch has won

the 50th

 hunger games at the age of 16. He is

training and helping Katniss as she competes in

the hunger games and guiding her before the

games began. Katniss and Peeta had won the

74th

 hunger games under his mentorship.

Haymitch survived some gruesome injuries

whilst competing at his age of 16.

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The way teenagers are represented in the hunger games

The teenagers are surprisingly positively represented in this movie. The

protagonists are 2 teenagers; a girl and a boy. Often, teenagers are

represented as trouble makers and prevent the heroes from completing the

mission. Also, girls are shown as weak and gullible who need looking after. In

this movie, Katniss is very independent and strong minded which is the

opposite to what teenagers are shown as in most movies. It’s not typical of

movies to represent teenagers in a positive manner.