Author's Note: In this piece, I express the different cause and effects I see in the book called The Hunger Games and relate it to something in my own life.
In The Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers for her sister, Prim, in the
reaping. She did this because she knew Prim wouldn't know how to survive due to
it being her first year involved. Katniss also knew many survival skills
because she was frequently in the woods hunting for food: she wasn’t sure how
she was going to win, but she wanted to win for Prim. Survival is a strength
that is required throughout this book and also in both my aunts lives.
This affected in Katniss having to participate in the Hunger Games, coming close to encounters of death. Volunteering for Prim also caused Katniss many battle scars, such as her injured leg that eventually healed. If Katniss hadn't volunteered for her younger sister, Prim most likely would have been dead due to her lack of survival skills. It would have had a whole different, depressing effect on the story if an older sister didn't stand up for her younger sister.
I can relate Prim and Katniss' situation to my own life. My Aunt Bonnie and my Aunt Jane are very close sisters that were inseparable. They would do lots of things together, until one day when something occurred to them that they hadn't been expecting. My Aunt Jane had been diagnosed with cancer and was only given a couple of months to live. Aunt Bonnie stood with Aunt Jane no matter what, even when she had hard times and didn't think she was going to live through the day. Aunt Jane also developed battle scars over the course of time during her cancer treatments.
Both of these examples show the dedication and the hardship that each sibling had to experience and express. Each encounter got more difficult as time went on: Prim, Katniss, Aunt Jane and Aunt Bonnie never gave up. They continued to push forward even when the pain was unbearable. This shows how strong one human being can be and how they can completely change their perspective when they set their mind to the outcome being positive.
This affected in Katniss having to participate in the Hunger Games, coming close to encounters of death. Volunteering for Prim also caused Katniss many battle scars, such as her injured leg that eventually healed. If Katniss hadn't volunteered for her younger sister, Prim most likely would have been dead due to her lack of survival skills. It would have had a whole different, depressing effect on the story if an older sister didn't stand up for her younger sister.
I can relate Prim and Katniss' situation to my own life. My Aunt Bonnie and my Aunt Jane are very close sisters that were inseparable. They would do lots of things together, until one day when something occurred to them that they hadn't been expecting. My Aunt Jane had been diagnosed with cancer and was only given a couple of months to live. Aunt Bonnie stood with Aunt Jane no matter what, even when she had hard times and didn't think she was going to live through the day. Aunt Jane also developed battle scars over the course of time during her cancer treatments.
Both of these examples show the dedication and the hardship that each sibling had to experience and express. Each encounter got more difficult as time went on: Prim, Katniss, Aunt Jane and Aunt Bonnie never gave up. They continued to push forward even when the pain was unbearable. This shows how strong one human being can be and how they can completely change their perspective when they set their mind to the outcome being positive.
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