In Suzanne Collin's The Hunger Games, a female heroine is created, and much like Diane's role in her story, the reader witnesses as the lead female character flips the traditional female gender role upside-down and questions patriarchal rule. ... Katniss' masculine portrayal flips the female gender role of the twentieth century upside-down due to the fact that having a woman be a protector, caregiver, and hunter to feed her family was unheard of. ...

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