A fire of revolution"There is not a week nor a day nor an hour when tyranny cannot enter this country, if the people lose their rudeness and spirit of defiance " (Walt Whitman) . In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss is a young girl from District 12, living in a society that finds great enjoyment in the organized killing of children. These massacres are organized by the Capitol in an event known as the Hunger Games. In the Hunger Games, children are thrown into a huge arena and forced to fight to the death. Katniss' younger sister Prim is chosen to participate in the Hunger Games, but Katniss volunteers to take her place as a tribute. Over the course of The Hunger Games and the events leading up to it, Katniss transforms from impulsive and helpless into a rational revolutionary, silently challenging the capital and taking a stand for what is right. At the beginning of the story, Katniss` The government's passive political attitude is the result of years of oppression by the Capitol. In one scene, Katniss is in the middle of the woods and her friend Gale starts ranting about how the Capitol is manipulating them. “His anger seems useless to me, even if I never say so. It's not that I don't agree with him. I do. But what's the point of yelling at the Capitol in the middle of the woods? Nothing changes” (Collins 14). From this we can see that Katniss has an opinion of the capital but finds no reason to try to act on it. His main goal in life is to provide for his sister Prim and his mother. However, later, during the Games, his mentality and attitude completely change. “It's the Capitol I hate, for doing this to all of us. Gale's voice is in my head, her ravings against the Capitol are no longer useless,...... middle of paper... and inside her they are mostly very evident, especially the changes regarding the ​his level of political involvement. By the end of the book, she is no longer passive about the horrors of the Capitol. Instead, she takes steps to challenge them, to show the Capitol that they don't own her. We also notice a huge difference in how he approaches things. His original impulsive tendencies are not as evident towards the end of the story, and his ability to make rational decisions is greatly improved. The Hunger Games are responsible for most of this change, but her friends also play a crucial role in shaping her into the strong, rebellious character she ultimately is. The old is gone, the new has arrived. Katniss is lit by a fire that gives her the strength and determination to challenge the capital and make a difference in her broken world, a fire of revolution..