Spontaneous The Characteristics of Katniss Everdeen

At the day of the reaping, Prim was worried about Katniss and her first reaping, and so did Katniss. Katniss tried to show her care to Prim by hugging her. Her care and love is seen through her thoughts. I hug her, because I know these next few hours will be terrible for her. Her first reaping. She’s about as safe as you can get, since she’s only entered once. I wouldn’t let her take out any tesserae. But she’s worried about me. That the unthinkable might happen p. 15. Katniss felt she is powerless against the reaping. She would do everything to protect Prim but it was hard at the reaping day. Her care and protection to Prim is also shown through her thoughts when she was talking to Prim and trying to force herself to stay calm. I protect Prim in every way I can, but I’m powerless against the reaping. The anguish I always feel when she’s in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face. I notice her blouse has pulled out of her skirt in the back again and force myself to stay calm. “Tuck your tail in, little duck,” I say, smoothing the blouse back in place p. 15. Katniss showed her love mostly in the reaping when Prim’s name was called as the tribute. She stunned and unable to speak for a moment. It was like a nightmare to her, but her love for Prim to protect her makes her willing to take Prim’s position in the Games. Her love for her sister is also shown here through her reaction when she volunteered herself. “Prim” The strangled cry comes out of my throat, and my muscles begin to move again. “Prim” I don’t need to shove through the crowd. The other kids make way immediately allowing me a straight path to the stage. I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me. “I volunteer” I gasp. “I volunteer as tribute” p. 22 She protects Prim so much and did not let anything bad happen to her sister. She takes care of her sister as good as she can in order to avoid the community home. She never wants them to take Prim to live at the community home. It is seen through her thoughts. I could never let that happen to Prim. Sweet, tiny Prim who cried when I cried before she even knew the reason, who brushed and plaited my mother’s hair before we left for school, who still polished my father’s shaving mirror each night because he’d hated the layer of coal dust that settled on everything in the Seam. The community home would crush her like a bug. So I kept our predicament a secret p. 27. It is also stated through Katniss thoughts that she does care for some people even though she hardly smiles. It shows that Katniss realizes she is a caring person. It’s not as if I’m never friendly. Okay, maybe I don’t go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but I do care for some people p. 122. Katniss loving characteristic also reveal directly through her speech when Caesar asked her about her sister in the interview with the twenty four tributes before the Games start. “Let’s go back then, to the moment they called your sister’s name at the reaping,” says Caesar. His mood is quieter now. “And you volunteered. Can you tell us about her?” No. No, not all of you. But maybe Cinna. I don’t think I’m imagining the sadness on his face.”Her name’s Prim. She’s just twelve. And I love her more than anything p. 129.” Katniss showed her care to Rue through her reactions when Rue came to her after cure her from the tracker jackers. Katniss asked Rue to eat her kills together. Then, Rue did her second cure for Katniss and then Katniss notices a