The Hunger Games:

Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games is portrayed as a strong, single minded girl that stands for what she believes in. She volunteers for her sister to take her place in the Hunger games. She's not represented like the majority of teenage girls in the media who are ; Blonde, popular and pretty.  She's portrayed as a intelligent, athletic, strong, capable girl, who was never noticed in school. She comes from a poor family which consists of her sister Primrose and her mother who both heavily rely on her to catch there food since there dad died in a mine accident.

She joins up with fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark to compete in the Hunger Games together. She uses her knowledge of hunting and archery to survive which she learnt from her late father, and the two become the victors after she defys the Capitol's attempt to force one to kill the other. Defying the capital requires great strength and comes with a big price sometimes even death. She stood up for what she believed in when she defied them she saved Peeta's life and her own.

Katniss becomes the symbol of a rebellion for the twelve districts to rebel against the Capitol.


How the representation affects teenage girls: I feel that the representation of Katniss Everdeen is a positive one. She doesn't care what anyone thinks of her and her appearance doesn't matter to her. She is still very pretty with minimal makeup or no make up on . she has a single braid down her back every day, shes a very plain girl yet she still has two boys falling in love with her because she is herself she has her own look and personality, she looks fresh and her age. She determined and fights for what she believes in which is sending a good message to teenage girls she doesn't always get what she wants but sh doesn't ever give up. She has to look after her family and play the role of mother sometimes this is also good for teenagers to see as she works and helps out her family instead of ignoring and taking them for granted like Regina George does. She doesn't have many friends but the friends she has she doesn't gossip or bitch or complain about how hard her life is she sucks is up and gets over it.



How the Representation affects society's perception and attitude to teenage girls.

It makes society believe that girls are just as capable and as strong as boys are. They can be a fair competitor when competing in the hunger games and have the many the same abilities and capablities and males do. This strength in females is shown through the main character Katniss Everdeen.



Reasons/ implications for any differences between the representation and reality.

In reality most people that would see this movie to not live in as harsh conditions as Katniss does. they wont have to go hunting for food and be forced to compete in hunger games. In reality we get so much more than Katniss does like fresh food, shops, clean clothes, hot and cold fresh water and electricity but we take it all for granted and complain if the powers out for a night or our clothes are clean or if we dont like our food. katniss portarays girls very well and she provideds a role model to look up to for teenage girls in the media.