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 The Hunger Games Characters Katniss Everdeen Peeta Mellark Gale Hawthrone Efe Trinket Haymitch Abernathy ue Caesar !licker man Cinna Mrs Everdeen Primrose Everdeen

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The Hunger Games Characters

• Katniss Everdeen• Peeta Mellark• Gale Hawthrone• Efe Trinket• Haymitch Abernathy• ue• Caesar !lickerman• Cinna• Mrs Everdeen• Primrose Everdeen

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Main Character Pro"les#$ame# Katniss Everdeen

Age# %&

Katniss Everdeen lives in 'istrict %() thedistrict s*ecialising in mining) with her motherand her young sister Prim+ Katniss is ane,cellent hunter) archer) gatherer) andtra**er) skilled -ust like her deceased .ather+/he and her .ather shared singing ability) too+/he0s a volunteer tribute in Panem0s annualHunger Games) having taken the *lace o. heryounger sister in an act o. heroic sel.1sacri"ce+Katniss says that her sister is)2 the only *ersonshe2s certain she loves2 and would do anythingto *ut her out o. danger3*rotect her+ Her.ather died in a mining accident when she was%%+ He was a strong *rovider .or his .amily+A.ter his death) Katniss ste**ed into his *lace

$ame# Peeta Melark

Age# %&

Peeta Melark lives in 'istrict %() he is the town4aker2s son and is talented in baking breads)cakes and icing cakes) 5 eading him to havee,ce*tional artistry skills + He lives with his*arents) his .ather owns a business and his.amily is known to be 6uite wealthy com*aredto other 'istrict residents and has beenborderline abused by his mother his whole li.e+Peeta is chosen as tribute .or 'istrict %( in TheAnnual 78th Hunger Games) along with .emaletribute Katniss Everdeen+

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9n theHunger

Games)

teenagers are re*resented invarious di:erent ways+ Through Katniss2 character)

teenagers are *ortrayed as strong)determined and brave+ However) .emale teenagers areusually re*resented as needing a *artner3su**ort)de*endant and usually tend to get worried 6uickly+

There.ore) Katniss is the o**osite o. what the media*ortrays .emale teenagers+ This tells us that this is an anti1

stereoty*e+ ;n the other hand) re*resentations that weinter*reted .rom Peeta2s character di:er+ The .act thatPeeta is best characteri<ed by his love .or Katniss andwillingness to sacri"ce him sel. .or her tells us that he isn2tas single1minded and is thinking about *rotecting Katnissbe.ore himsel.+ Peeta is *resented as unsel"sh andgenerous) which in .act) is also an1stereoty*ical) due to the.act that the media usually *ortrays teenagers as sel"sh)arrogant and only care about their own sa.ety+ Teenagersare usually shown as being 6uite reserved) however) thesecharacters show the audience di:erently+ Teenagers arere*resented as inde*endent and considerate in theHunger Games+ An e,am*le o. this is the teenagers in the"lm do hel*.ul things that are bene"cial towards otherteenagers and their .amilies+ Teenagers are also *ortrayedas unenthusiastic and la<y+ However) as we haveestablished) teenagers in the "lm are determined to winthe game+ There.ore) resulting in it being an anti1stereoty*e+

$ame# Gale Hawthrone

Age# %=

Gale Hawthrone and Katniss2s are best.riends and hunting *artners+ They huntillegally together outside the boundaries o.'istrict %( .He was born to his motherHa<elle and .ather) in 'istrict %(+ He is theolder sibling to his two brothers ory and>ick and youngest sister Posy+ His .atherdied along side Katniss0 in a miningaccident when he was %(+

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The Ama<ing /*iderman Character 5ist#

• Peter Parker• Gwen /tacy• Ca*tain /tacy• ?ncle 4en• 'r Curt Connors• !lash Thom*son• May Parker• ichard Parker• Aunt May• a-it atha

Main Character *ro"les#

$ame# Peter Parker

Age# (=

Peter Parker is a lonely) un*o*ular) andnerdy high schooler+ He was verysmart and is very interested ineducation+ His *arents were killedwhen he was a small child@& years old )in an air*lane crash+ His Aunt May and?ncle 4en Parker ado*ted and raisedhim as their own child+ The love o.Peter0s li.e is Mary Bane atson) themost *o*ular girl in high school+

$ame# Gwen /tacy

Age# (=

Gwen /tacy) the same age as Peter)was his girl.riend+ /he is a sciencema-or+ Gwen2s .ather was a co* .orthe $ew Dork Police 'e*artment and

died in a "ght against s*ider1man+Gwen /tacy tragically dies when/*ider1man shoots web in order to tryand catch her+ ?n.ortunately he waslate by a s*lit second+

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Teenagers are re*resented as res*onsible and reasonable+ The *rotagonist is a teenage boy+ The .act that it2s a male"gure as the *rotagonist is ty*ical as the male gender is*ortrayed as *ower.ul and strong+ Alternatively) the*rotagonist still has some ty*ical elements that aree,*ected+ The .act that this male is in love suggests asense o. weakness) which could a:ect the

$ame# Ca*tain /tacy

Age# F

Ca*tain /tacy is Gwen /tacy 0s .ather andhe strongly a**roves o. his daughter0srelationshi* with Peter Parker+ He is also astrong su**orter o. /*ider1Man) o.tende.ending him when others accuse him+George /tacy works .or the $ew DorkPolice 'e*artment and died in a "ghtagainst s*ider1man and as he dies)reveals to Peter that he has been awareo. his identity .or a while+

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*er.ormance3behaviour o. this character in the movie+ Teenagers are re*resented as mature+ This is clearlyshown when Peter Parker becomes /*ider1man+ The .actthat s*ider1man is .aced with various *roblems) that he is

res*onsible to ",) tells us that he is a sensible andde*endable+ There.ore) this results in it being an anti1stereoty*e+ 9 know this as teenagers are o.ten *ortrayedas immature and irres*onsible+ Teenagers are alsore*resented as strong) determined and brave+ This resultsin ma-ority o. teenagers being *resented in a .airly*ositive way+