In a game where life is at stake and a person must compete as an individual for survival is it .
possible to survive with no help from others? In the book The Hunger Games, by Suzanne.
Collins, the main character Katniss Everdeen is put to the challenge of competing against 23.
other girls and boys to the death. This is not the only time Katniss has had to fend for herself, as at home she had to care for her family and keep them alive as well as herself. In this novel.
Katniss finds that the individual survives only when dependent on someone else for something. .
This theme is presented through Katniss' alliance with Rue, her relationship with Peeta during.
the games, her relationship with her mentor Haymitch, and her hunting partnership with Gale.
before the games. Survival would have been impossible for Katniss without depending on someone else, as was seen in Katniss' alliance with Rue during the games. This alliance was the difference between life and death. Katniss, who was trapped in a tree above her opponents who had a stockpile of weapons, knew that survival was made necessary by her dependence on Rue. "If she'd wanted me dead, all she would have had to do was disappear from that tree without pointing out the tracker jacker nest" (208). This shows that Katniss can only survive with a dependence on someone because when there is help and support from someone else it is easier to come up with better plans and get out of bad situations, which was shown when Katniss took a little help of Rue's knowledge to point out something that went unseen to Katniss. Also, Katniss showed not only that an individual can't survive without depending on someone else for something, but they can also be the person that returns the favor and is being depended on. .
The alliance with Rue worked both ways, as Rue and Katniss decided to share and divide the food that they had gained. Katniss shows this mutual understanding stating, "Before I leave I make sure Rue's well stocked with food and matches" (213).
