Survival

Authors Note: This theme piece is about Katniss Everdeen- and her survival. Pretty much about how she has to fight to stay alive.

When Katniss has been chosen for the Hunger Games, (a place where children have to fight to the death) she has to know that she will most likely lose. She has survived most of her poor life with her bow, which she is very good at shooting. She has survived her whole life, so why not now?

After starting the Hunger Games, she is prepared, and will hopefully get her hands on the only bow. She runs through the thick brush to stay away from everyone. Camping in a tree for a while, she wants to move around. Getting to the river, she encounters the careers, the strongest and fastest of them all—or so they had thought.

Katniss has to run up a big tree, and gets stuck there for a night. To live she had to find a way to get out, so Rue (a 11 year old tribute) points her to a Tracker Jacket nest. Trackers are genetically engineered hornets that will kill you after multiple stings, and cause swelling. So Katniss saws of the branch that are holding them onto the Careers, and kills the girl with the bow.

Later, Katniss survives with Peeta until there’s only one person left other than them. The mutated dogs came and were vicious, so the pair of them had to retreat to the cornucopia and get on top of it to survive. The last contestant sneaks up behind them, and manages to get Peeta in a headlock. Tapping Cato’s hand, Katniss shoots him there, and he lets go of Peeta, and falls down to await his fate with the dogs.

Because two people won, the rules changed.Then only one person could win. Because they both wanted to win, Katniss and Peeta almost committed suicide. And then they were saved by another change in rules. Katniss was able to survive no--matter what.