Katniss finds the boy from her home district, Peeta, with a severely infected leg wound that could kill him if it gets any worse. She could have ignored him and ran away, or even killed him to take out the competition. Instead, she empathizes with Peeta and tends to his wounds for many days. By doing this not only does she show her value of human life, but she puts her life in danger. Peeta slows her down while traveling and she risks her life going the Cornucopiata, the deadliest area of the arena, to retrieve the medicine that will cure him of his infection. Finally, only two tributes are left alive: Peeta and Katniss. Rather than kill Peeta, Katniss would rather commit suicide so that she wouldn 't have to wrongfully take another life. Her thought process leading up to her attempted suicide displays that her value of other people trumps her motivations to survive. Therefore, the readers are taken aback by her heroic deeds and begin to question if they would do the same. By showing compassion, Katniss acquires the admiration of the readers because her actions better the lives of many characters in ways that most people are unwilling to
Katniss finds the boy from her home district, Peeta, with a severely infected leg wound that could kill him if it gets any worse. She could have ignored him and ran away, or even killed him to take out the competition. Instead, she empathizes with Peeta and tends to his wounds for many days. By doing this not only does she show her value of human life, but she puts her life in danger. Peeta slows her down while traveling and she risks her life going the Cornucopiata, the deadliest area of the arena, to retrieve the medicine that will cure him of his infection. Finally, only two tributes are left alive: Peeta and Katniss. Rather than kill Peeta, Katniss would rather commit suicide so that she wouldn 't have to wrongfully take another life. Her thought process leading up to her attempted suicide displays that her value of other people trumps her motivations to survive. Therefore, the readers are taken aback by her heroic deeds and begin to question if they would do the same. By showing compassion, Katniss acquires the admiration of the readers because her actions better the lives of many characters in ways that most people are unwilling to