Peeta Mellark Hunger Games

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What does it mean to be bold? Peeta Mellark, from the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, illustrates what it’s like to be bold; “A person […] showing an ability to take risks, confident, and courageous.” (Dictionary.com). Throughout the novel he is characterized by these statements and it allows the reader to identify him as the classic foil. Being capable to take a risk is something that Peeta Mellark does not shy away from. He demonstrates how daring he can be with the biggest move of all that he makes. He says “’there is this one girl. I’ve had a crush on [Katniss] ever since I can remember.’” (Page 130 Collins). The whole crowd is sympathetic because he continues on to admit that “’she came here with me.’” (130). Without this piece Katniss and Peeta may not have even survived, instead now everyone was doing their best to keep “the star-crossed lovers from District Twelve” (135) alive. Therefore sponsors during the game never run slim. He took the risk of telling everyone and created the romance plot while making Katniss look desirable. It worked out during the novel but readers may find out that it might just have led to one of the greatest epidemics of all time in Panem. Another time that he shows his braveness is when he protects Katniss from Cato as well as the careers. By joining the careers, the reader assumes he betrayed his team when really it was to steer them away from her. After he hisses “’ What are you still doing here?’” and then “shoves [Katniss] away from him hard” (192) we learn that he is assuring that his love stays out of danger. Peeta didn’t even need to scream “’Run!’” (193) she was stumbling away as efficiently as she could just as “Cato [slashed] his way through the brush” (194). Peeta knew that the careers were much stronger than him and that they would certainly not be content with his actions of letting her get away, however
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