Girl on Psych Consult We all know her as the girl on fire. The girl who became the ultimate heroine when she volunteered to save he baby sister’s life, but that didn’t come without its price, along the way Katniss Everdeen suffered major emotional as well as psychological drawbacks. Katniss Everdeen is a seventeen-year-old girl who has been through several traumatic events within the past couple years. Events including witness multiple murders, murdering, witnessing death of loved ones, and multiple near death experiences. Since these events Katniss has had trouble sleeping, waking up from violent reoccurring nightmares where she wakes up screaming and often times lashing out. Katniss has also experience flashbacks from time to time as well …show more content…
Post traumatic stress disorder is broken down into four categories, trauma, traumatic events can be defined as anything that causes psychological, emotional, or physical distress (MedlinePlus). “She just has time to reach her hand through the mesh and say my name before the spear enters her body” (Collins, pg.232). The second category is intrusion which can come in the form of flashbacks, nightmares, and overwhelming memories, “I know what he means. Nightmares…now plague me whenever I sleep…Instead I relive versions of what happened in the arena.” (Collins, pg.54). Avoidance, to avoid doing or thinking of anything that might remind a person of the traumatic event(s), “I haven’t even left the house. I haven’t even left the kitchen, except to go to the small bathroom a few steps off from it.” (Collins, pg.381) Lastly is arousal and reactivity/negative changes in mood or thinking, people who suffer form PTSD often times have changes in the way they think, feel, or behave, startling easily, irritability, overwhelming guilt, self-destructive behavior, feeling emotionally numb, lack of interest, negative thoughts about one’s self, hopelessness, and having trouble sleeping or concentrating (it should be noted that these are just some of the symptoms one could have not all). “I give up. Stop speaking, responding, refuse food and water…it takes more than that to keep a person going once
Over the past few years, there has been various books, films, and even songs about influential, heroic, women throughout the world. Some of the most recent heroic female figures include the fictional character “Hermione Granger” from the novel Harry Potter by J. K Rowling. Another strong female figure includes “Katniss Everdeen” from the novel The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins. The two heroic women certainly share their differences. Hermoine was described as a bookworm who could be a tad bossy at times. Katniss was athletically inclined, however, lacked certain communication skills with people. Although Hermoine and Katniss have their distinct differences, they both become heroic female figures who show what the true meaning of bravery is.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness that develops after exposure to an event that is perceived to be life threatening or pose serious bodily injury to self or others (Sherin & Nemeroff, 2011). According
PTSD is defined as mental health disorder triggered by a terrifying event (Mayoclinic). This ordeal could be the result of some sort of physical harm or threat to the individual, family members, friends or even strangers. (NIMH) While PTSD is typically associated with someone who has served in the military, it can affect more than just that genre of individuals. It could affect rape victims, victims in a terrorist or natural disaster incident, nurses, doctors, and police and fire personnel and bystanders. PTSD can manifest itself in many forms. The primary signs and symptoms of PTSD include but are not limited to re-experiencing symptoms (flashbacks, bad dreams, frightening thoughts), avoidance of places, situations, or events that may cause those memories to resurface, and hyperarousal symptoms (easily startled, feeling tense or on edge) (NIMH). Other symptoms may include not having positive or loving feelings toward other people, staying away from relationships, may forget about parts of the traumatic event or not be able to talk about them, may think the world is completely dangerous, and no one can be trusted.
Without being portrayed as a loving and caring girlfriend, Katniss can hardly survive. According to the film, the controllers set a fire purposely, which has large possibility of killing Katniss. If Katniss continues to be “boring”, which means she doesn’t kill anyone but hiding, it has large chance that the controllers would set another fire until they hear the term of “young love”. “In terms of narrative progression, this project of ‘feminization’, launched in part as a strategy to enhance Katniss’ chances of survival in the Games, is complete at series’ end where Katniss’ main role is that of wife and mother.”(Guanio-Uluru ,123) Therefore, she has to take advantage of her sexuality and behave in the way that others want to see. Even though she preciously fights with Peeta for putting her into a “weak spot”, she follows Haymitch’s advice and behaves like a little girl who is madly in love. “Katniss is put under pressure by several male characters to perform emphasized feminity and the male characters are not required in the same way to appear physically attractive to the audience, prevailing rather through displays of strength and physical prowess” (Connors, 150) Thus, regardless of the fact that Katniss’s dress on fire does somehow show their rebellion by not following the rule of dressing like their district, the most important purpose is to be remarkable and to impress
PTSD is a debilitating mental illness that occurs when someone is exposed to a traumatic, dangerous, frightening, or a possibly life-threating occurrence. “It is an anxiety disorder that can interfere with your relationships, your work, and your social life.” (Muscari, pp. 3-7) Trauma affects everyone in different ways. Everyone feels wide ranges of emotions after going through or witnessing a traumatic event, fear, sadness and depression, it can cause changes in your everyday life as in your sleep and eating patterns. Some people experience reoccurring thoughts and nightmares about the event.
She was extremely close with her younger sister. She spent much of her time doing whatever was necessary to ensure the survival of her family. After being put in the spotlight at the Hunger Games, her life takes on new complications. From the moment she volunteered to take her sister’s place in the Hunger Games, she was forced to hide her emotions in order to prevent the Capitol and its people from viewing her as weak and feeble. She says “When they televise the replay of the reaping tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and I will be marked as an easy target” (Katniss , Page 23). She knew that she has to censor all her actions carefully to
...ith her peers. It is only when they couple desperately needs supplies that Katniss realizes, “ (Collins 297). Through Katniss’ unreliability, the reader is able to make realizations about her as she makes them about herself.
In chapter eleven she is at the cornucopia with all the tributes and she has to decide whether to grab supplies or run to a source of water. She manages to get a bright orange pack but has to decide whether to stay there to fight and get more supplies or go with what she has and run. Katniss chooses to run. Because she chose to run she used her instincts to guide her into surviving. Her survival is key in the arena and she needs to take every opportunity she can to do the best and because of her instincts she will do exactly that. They have guided her from the beginning and it is like a reflex to survive because she has learned how to. In chapter thirteen, Katniss has to escape from a wall of fire that they Gamemakers sent on the tributes. She escapes the fire but is left with a burn mark on her leg. Katniss uses her survival tactics run away from the fire and to treat her leg with memory alone. The burn, this triggers memory or flashback of when a man that had his leg burned off by a mine explosion. Katniss also remembers what her mother did to treat it.This memory reminded her that she has to treat it and save it or else the skin will shrivel up and die. Katniss goes and finds a little pool of water to wash her leg. Her memory helps save her this time because she knows that she has to do it or she will lose her leg. It also takes her
It was essential to make Katniss a likable character as if she was not; the movie runs the risk of the audience finding “The Hunger Games” only as a grotesque culture that kills children. The framework needs to be set that Katniss is a character that a viewer wants to invest in and further watch her collide with the corrupt system throughout four films. While Katniss’ character flaw may be that she is hard to relate to, the choices in the film throughout the story allow an audience to find Katniss favorable and relatable. Through visuals and audio techniques, one can better experience the world as she does. Through Primrose, Rue, and Peeta, one is able to identify better with who Katniss is and see her growth throughout the movie. The plot allowed for Katniss’ morals to be tested and rise above being both a physical and a moral victim of the Hunger games. All these details allowed for Katniss to be a likable character where one hoped the odds were in her
Gender roles are a set of societal norms that determine how a specific sex should think, speak and act. Society often portrays women as the housewife who nurtures the family while portraying men as the breadwinner who provides the family. Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis and Suzanne Collins’ novel, The Hunger Games, both portray unconventional characters that defy the universally accepted gender roles. By allowing their characters to surpass the stereotypical expectations, Kafka and Collins challenge the ideas of traditional gender roles that have created certain requirements and restrictions on both men and women. Kafka and Collins illustrate the theme of role reversal to exemplify that there should not be any defined gender roles. They try to
You will be amazed at Katniss’s rebellious spirit, and her ability to rally the rebels. The
Katniss feels like she´s two different people and she feels insecure with one of them. The girl who is dressed with fancy clothes and who is covered with makeup feels like the fake visionof Katniss and not herself. That is only a fake vision of Katniss just to convince Panem that she belongs to the society. However, the real Katniss is more natural with simple clothes. When she becomes herself again, she remembers the potentials she has, potentials that identifies her as “Katniss”, the brave girl with strength ad courage.
... hunter that lives to protect her family. When taken to the Capitol, it is Katniss’s first time away from her duty and she changes. When Katniss returns to District 12, it is unclear exactly how much change Katniss has undergone and how permanent these changes are. Katniss obviously has an aptitude for survival as seen in her nature, but she is also very affected by her environment. The Katniss in District 12 was so sure of herself and her role, but after everything she has gone through, how much of this Katniss remains? Does she truly love Peeta or was it just an act? Was she capable of murder before or was it forced upon her in the Hunger Games? Is she the protector, the girl on fire, or are they one in the same? Nature and nurture both play an integral role in one’s identity, but it is the individual’s job to decipher what these two forces combined can create.
This novel continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, a seventeen year old girl, who has survived the Hunger Games twice. Even though she is out of the arena, she is still not safe. Katniss moves to District 13 and agrees to become the Mockingjay, the face of the rebellion. Her job is to unify the districts of Panem and go against the Capitol. President Snow, who is in charge of the capitol, is not very happy. He wants revenge. He kidnaps Peeta and hijacks him, a process in which they put tracker jacker venom in his body to make him hate Katniss. This makes him try to kill Katniss but it was not successful. Over time, he retains some memory but he still
about Katniss his whole life and he proves that by describing when his crush for Katniss started.