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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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Examining Archetypes

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Parker Winchester | 8 comments 1st paragraph

In the book "The Hunger Games" Suzanne Collins the author does a great job at testing the readers ability of their common archetypical knowledge. In the book Katniss Everdeen the protagonist of the story defies the common female archetype of vulnerable and fragile, and instead defies it by portraying the male archetypical features protective and providing. the definition of a protector is, a person or thing that protects; defender; guardian. Katniss acts like a protector both to her sister Prim and her little friend Rue. A Provider, a person who supports a family or another person the other strong characteristic of Katniss is seen all through out the book. Katiss shows the trait when she goes out hunting getting food for her mother and sister, which is normally a trait of a male.


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