This is an interesting question because I have always
thought that Katniss started off as a very mature young woman, having to look after and
feed her family. This is of course what gives her an advantage in the Hunger Games when
she goes there. However, if you are after further examples, Katniss definitely learns
more about the complexities of being a contestant on the Hunger Games and how you have
to play a part. For her, this means pretending to love Peeta when she is unsure of her
own feelings for him. Note what she says as she is with Peeta in the cave, trying to
keep him alive:
If I want to keep Peeta alive, I've got to give
the audience something more to care about. Star-crossed lovers desperate to get home
together. Two hearts beating as one.
Romance.
This shows the
awareness of Katniss of how she has to play to the audience to win, not just
win.
Secondly, you might want to comment on how Katniss
kills Cato at the end of the Hunger Games. We are told that it was with "pity" and not
"vengeance" that she kills him, and note how she responds to having won the Hunger
Games:
"Hurray
for us," I get out, but there's no joy of victory in my
voice.
Her sadness and grief
at what has happened makes Katniss realise that being triumphant in the Hunger Games is
not something to be ecstatic about.
These are two definite
examples that amply demonstrate the maturity and growth of Katniss as an individual
during the course of the novel.
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