The Hunger Games: 10 Things That Make No Sense About Katniss Everdeen

Katniss Everdeen is an incredibly strong Jennifer Lawrence character from The Hunger Games, but not everything about her made total sense…

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Katniss Everdeen became one of the biggest heroes in film history with the incredibly popular Hunger Games franchise. Going from print to the big screen, the bow and arrow wielding star was beloved by audiences and was a real star-making role for Jennifer Lawrence.

The character was one that was written to be incredibly strong, and while she had some vulnerability to make audiences connect with her, she was a real badass. There’s a reason that so many fans of both the book and the movies loved her.

However, that doesn’t mean that the character was absolutely perfect. There were issues with the character and things that didn’t make sense about what she did, and within this list, we will reveal ten examples of that.

10 The Arrows

This is something that makes no sense about any major character who opts to use the bow and arrow as their weapon of choice because they always seem to have an endless supply. It always makes absolutely no sense as eventually, the ammo is going to run out?

People like Hawkeye and Legolas also seem to have a neverending supply of arrows, so this isn’t an issue that Katniss Everdeen suffers alone. However, it does make absolutely no sense that she would consistently have as many arrows as she needed.

9 Her Appearance

This is something that only really makes no sense if you have read the novels, but the fact is that Jennifer Lawrence’s casting doesn’t exactly go along with Katniss Everdeen’s description in the book. This isn’t a huge issue, and if you’ve only ever watched the movies, it won’t impact you at all.

Obviously, seeing characters from books be changed when they become movies is not a new situation. It’s happened before, and it will certainly happen again. However, for Katniss, she is originally described as having “olive” skin, which Lawrence does not.

8 Nobody Volunteers

Every time people are picked to compete inside the Hunger Games, the chances are high that they don’t actually want to be picked. When people are chosen from each District, the chances are also high that those people all have family members and loved ones who would rather step in their place.

So, how come that never happens? People can put their name in for extra ballots, and they get extra supplies. But if someone can just take your place then surely everyone would pile their name in to get those? Nobody else volunteers for other people, so, even though this does set up the whole movie, it makes no sense.

7 Prim As A Nurse

You would think after you had been through hell in the Hunger Games to protect your sister, you’d constantly be watching her every move after you survived it. Katniss steps up and volunteers as tribute to save her sister’s life, yet in Mockingjay, she doesn’t seem to have the same level of care when Prim becomes a battlefield nurse.

Surely, Katniss would know the dangers and would have stopped it from happening beforehand. This moment eventually leads to Prim’s death, as she and many others are bombed, which creates a hugely emotional moment. However, it doesn’t make sense from the ‘big protective sister’ standpoint.

6 District 12

This situation that makes no sense isn’t so much about Katniss Everdeen as a person but is more focused on the District that she lives in. District 12 is promoted to be the poorest in Panem, with this being an area that produces coal for the Capitol.

That all makes sense until you actually see the Capitol. It quickly becomes clear that the area is incredibly technologically advanced and is way ahead of the world we know today. So, why would they ever rely upon coal power?

5 Parents’ Names

Something that makes absolutely no sense about the Katniss Everdeen character is the fact her parents are never given a first name. This happens in neither the movies or the books and is a really strange situation, as Katniss never speaks the name of them throughout.

You would think in the book, at least, their name would have been written in at least once, but it wasn’t the case. Her mother plays a big factor in creating Katniss to be the person she is, so the fact that she was never given the courtesy of a name is very odd.

4 Not Falling Out With Gale

The main reason that Katniss doesn’t end up romantically involved with Gale is that he plays a part in the death of her sister. Helping to make the bombs that were dropped on her sister is something that damages their relationship, even though that was obviously not his intention.

However, the punishment she gives him outside of a few bad looks is the fact they won’t be a romantic item. But considering how much she loves her sister, you would have thought she’d have gone absolutely insane at him at least a couple of times.

3 The Age

This is another issue that often takes place when books are made into movies, mainly because the actors and actresses are often not the same age they are in the books. This is especially true with franchises, because they aren’t filmed back to back, and the people playing the roles outgrow the characters they’re portraying.

This was especially true with Katniss Everdeen and Jennifer Lawrence. Outside of the epilogue, Katniss is never actually any older than seventeen within the books. However, Jennifer was already twenty years old by the time she shot the very first movie, let alone the rest.

2 Constant Risk

Katniss Everdeen becomes the face of the Rebellion in this franchise. She is the poster girl who does all the promos and is someone that is vital to its success, but you wouldn’t think so by how she’s treated. Despite how much she means to the cause, they have no issue throwing her into danger.

Katniss risks her life countless times throughout the campaign, which really doesn’t make any sense. You would think that the Rebellion wouldn’t risk Katniss’ safety unless it was absolutely necessary, and her adventures don’t always feel that way.

1 The Relationship With Peeta

The love triangle in Hunger Games has always been a sore point of the story, specifically Katniss’ relationship with Peeta. Her true feelings for him really are never fully explained as she seems to go from one extreme to the other and it’s never clear if she actually loves him.

To say they spend so much time focusing on them together and how much they seem to care for each other, it’s odd that they don’t give fans an actual defining moment. Peeta seems to deeply love her, and the fact that she never reciprocates those feelings, or makes things clear to him is frustrating.

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