Blog Post # 3 - Describe and Define Character.

{ March 14, 2012 }   

  Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic, 2009. Print.

{ K A T N I S S   E V E R D E E N }

 Stubborn :
        Having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, esp. in spite of good arguments or reasons.

Two Antonyms - Yielding, Willing.
Two Synonyms - Pertinacious, Obstinate.

      " Who are you, anyway, to decide how much pain he can stand! " (Collins, Catching Fire, 114). When Gale was injured at the whipping, Katniss had followed him to her mother's kitchen where she was trying to heal his wounds. Katniss refused to leave his side and was even forced out of the kitchen by Peeta. Her stubbornness has to be her best personality trait, this trait is what makes Katniss Everdeen so special.


 Determined
      Having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.

Two Antonyms - Begin, Start.
Two Synonyms -  Decided, Resolved.

         " I outsmarted his sadistic Hunger Games, made the Capitol look foolish, and consequently undermined his control."( Collins, Catching Fire, 18 ). When Katniss entered the Hunger Games for the first time, she was determined to make a fraud and fool out of the Capitol. And, by the end of the Hunger Games; when it came down to Peeta and Katniss being alive, she decided to toy with the Capitol. She knew fully that the Capitol had to have a winner, and if both of them died, there would be no victor. So, Katniss was determined to make the Capitol send bother Peeta and herself home as victors of the Hunger Games.


Motivational
      The general desire or willingness of someone to do something.

Two Antonyms -Desire, action.
Two Synonyms - Depression, Discouragement.

      No matter what situation Katniss was in or who she is with, she would always motivate the group with positive and (mostly) negative comments. " Look if you wanted to be babied, you should have asked Peeta. "( Collins, Catching Fire, 14 ) This quote is a good example of this because she is telling her followers that she wasn't going to give them an easy way out, that they would have to work and work hard in order to succeed. They would need courage and motivation to do so.