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In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, she illustrates through her symbolism and characterization that survival is the result of strength. First off, the author uses characterization to present how survival is a result when someone or something has strength. For example, we can see that Katniss Everdeen had to use a lot of her strength to try and get through the hunger games. At one point in the story, Peeta Mellark got cut by Cato's sword. He was deeply wounded and Katniss had to try and treat him in order to save his life. Earlier in the book the author, Suzanne Collins, actually wrote that Katniss had always been squeamish when it came to treating other people; she just couldn't take seeing any blood at all. At this point in the book, Collin demonstrates exactly what I mean by Katniss showing her strength, “...I examine the content of the first-aid kit. It's pretty basic stuff. Bandages, fever pills, medicene to calm stomachs. Nothing of the caliber I'll need to treat Peeta” (257). If it's not obvious enough, you can tell how determined Katniss is to treat her friend Peeta to prevent him from dying. Not only does Katniss have enough strength to learn to survive but Rue does too. In the book, Rue treats Katniss from tracker jacker stings she got trying to protect herself. She knew a special way with only using leaves. “...To my surprise, Rue places the handful of leaves into her mouth and begins to chew them. My mother would use other methods, but it's not like we have a l...
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