Narrative Perspective in The Hunger Games

Hello there, reader! My connection this week is kind of different then other ones I've done. I was assigned a topic by my teacher which is to identify the perspective in The Hunger Games. We have been learning a lot about perspective (1st, 2nd, 3rd Person) and this is my identification on my choice book. By the way, I have just finished the Hunger Games if you haven't read from my "What I am Reading...." post.

I think that the Hunger Games is told in first person from Katniss' perspective.. Katniss always refers to herself using "I", mostly in the book. This is a quote that proves that the book is in first person: "I guess this is true, but I can't help feeling upset about it to the extent that I'm afraid I might cry and I remember everyone in the country is watching me so I just bury my face in Peeta's shirt.". Did you notice how she uses I, me, and I'm? These are all in the first person category.

Even though the book is told from Katniss' perspective, it can be kind of difficult to pin-point if the book is told from third person limited or first person. Here's an example of that: Although from what Cato said, Peeta's on his way out.". There are a few sentences like this but mostly the book is using I so I knew it was first person.

There is also a lot of description of body language. This is also a way that you can tell the feelings of a character and possibly the perspective of a text. You understand more about body language in this quote: "And this time, it's me who leans in. Our lips have just barely touched when the clunk outside makes me jump.". This makes you infer that they have feelings for each other.

Since the book is in first person, we only get Katniss' opinions about things they cover in the book. There is a part in the book (in the beginning) that she talks about her mother almost giving up on there family after Katniss' father died. That Katniss had to provide for Prim, Mother, and herself by having to sneak pass the gates to hunt and trade in the black market. She was angry because her mother said that she would find a job and bring revenue to the family but she ends up not leaving her bed because she's so devastated about the death. If we got Mother's perspective there might have been another reason for what she did.

I think it would be an interesting twist to make the book third person omniscient instead of first person. I would really like to read Gale's perspective during the Games to see his thoughts while the relationship between Peeta and Katniss occurs. Is he upset or happy for her? Thanks for reading my post! :)