Social Problems in Independent Reading

In the book Mockingjay a big theme in that book is identity and who you really are. I remember even in the first book of the series Peeta tells Katniss that after the games he still wants to be himself he doesn't want the games to change him and make him something he is not. Also throughout the 3 books Katniss has to make decisions that reflect who she is. She also has to examine herself a lot and dig deep inside herself to figure out if she is who she thinks she is. Also she has many social problems because if she likes it or not the games have changed her she is more tough and she never could get out of the feeling of being in the arena even when she was out and the rebels won the rebellion. Also she has to pretend to be someone she is not throughout the book because she wants to save the people around her. She lost her identity going through the games and having to control and then fight in a rebellion. It even caught up to Peeta who was seen as so good at pretending and speaking but he also ended up going through some violent and brain altering torture. i think that just shows how identity can alter you.

What Katniss had to go through many people also go through trying to pretend to be someone they aren't and trying to fit in and be popular. I think that Katniss shows a great but extreme example of what doing that can eventually cause you to do. Katniss kind of went insane from all the  things she was forced into just to protect her family and keep everyone safe. Also being fake and pretending that she was someone she wasn't effected her future because she has some serious damage done to her. 

Even if this might be extreme this series really makes you think about identity and even though Katniss eventually comes out okay she still has some memories that will haunt her for the rest of her life. I think that all of this could have been stopped if Katniss knew from the beginning who she really was. A huge part of the book Catching Fire was Katniss trying so hard to stop a rebellion and by the end even though she is forced into it she realizes that rebelling was what she is and that she was meant to do it from the beginning.