Katniss Everdeen

I can't seem to get this girl out of my head. I don't know what it is about her. Actually, I do... she is an underdog, an unsung hero, a survivor. I plan on reading all three books, but I have to admit, I need a break between. The story is just so intense, so real, so desperate. It really sticks with you, and it's because of Katniss Everdeen.

Here is a girl that has accepted her life. She has trust issues, but who doesn't. She knows how to love. She loves her little sister so much, she take her place in a game that would surely end the little girls life -- a game that should've ended hers, but it didn't. She survived, and she didn't have to change anything about herself to do so. She survived, because she was herself.

Honestly, this story made me think about what I would do if I were in her place. Honestly, I don't know if I would have survived the first day. I've never been an outdoorsy kind of person. Let me put it this way, when I was a baby my mother could put me on a tea-towel in the middle of the yard and not worry about me moving away from it, because I didn't like the feel of the grass. Though, I do like the feel of soft, cool, spongy grass now, I just don't know if I could rough-it like Katniss did, like they all did.

One think I would like to change though, was her misperception of Peeta Mellack, but then she wouldn't have a flaw, and everyone needs to have their flaws. I guess...

But that does bring me to Peeta, who was even more an underdog than Katniss, simply because no one thought he'd make, not even his mother. Not only did he survive, but he spent all of his time making sure Katniss survived. She thought it was just part of the game, but it wasn't for him... unreciprocated love is so hard to read, but something just about every person can identify with. I just hope Katniss makes the right decisions and Peeta isn't destroyed in the process. Don't tell me how it ends, I have to read it for myself...