Katniss Character Change

In "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, during the games Katniss sees Peeta with the Careers and instantly hates Peeta, and hates herself for ever trusting him. But really, Peeta is protecting Katniss by making sure that the tributes don't harm Katniss. He is being very self sacrificing. 
In "Catching Fire" (book 2 in the Hunger Games trilogy), after the announcement of the Quarter Quell Katniss realizes she isn't going to make it back home to District 12 and realizes that she owes Peeta her life, and devotes herself to making sure Peeta makes it back home to District 12. 
Before, when Katniss was mad at Peeta she was being selfish and too blind to see that see that Peeta was just protecting her because he cared for her. But now Katniss is being selfless because she is going to try her best to keep Peeta alive. This shows that Katniss doesn't like to be in anyone's debt, she doesn't want to feel like she owes something to someone. In "The Hunger Games" there were many times when she felt like she was again in Peeta's debt. For example, when Katniss was starving Peeta gave her the bread, this bread was very symbolic, she was given something for doing nothing. When Rue died she got more bread, I think bread symbolizes hope. By doing whatever it takes to save Peeta, she is relieving all of this debt she owes to Peeta.

In "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins,  Katniss is changed by the games. When she pulled out the nightlock berries, because she didn't want to have to kill Peeta, one small act of defiance a spark that could catch and turn into a full scale rebellion. Because of this act of defiance other districts had small uprisings, Katniss is forced to convince President Snow and all of Panem that she was madly In love with Peeta, and she couldn't bare to not live with Peeta. Before she would never talk to Haymitch, she hated him. For example, On page 13 she went In to Haymitch's house, when she was delivering him more liquor her face wrinkled up In disgust, she didn't want to go anywhere near him. But now she went to him first, before talking to her closer friends, like Gale, or Peeta, or Cinna, who she trusts. She told Haymitch about her talk with President Snow. This shows that Katniss is being changed by the games.        

       


NOTE: The act of defiance where Katniss almost killed herself with the berries occurred In book 1 of the Hunger Games series, but It had a huge affect on this part of the second book, Catching Fire.
P.S: This was posted at 4:30 not 2:30. :)