Main Character Profiles

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Name: Katniss Everdeen

Age: 16

Look: Long black hair (in braid), slim build, gray eyes, darkish skin, medium height, thin

Family: Mother (name unknown to readers) Primrose (sister) Father (dead)

Friends (in Katniss' case 'friends' isn't the best word to describe these people, but whatever): Gale Hawthorne; Madge; Peeta Mellark (I didn't know where to put him because sometimes she hates him, but others she really seems to love him... I think deep down she really does consider him a friend) Cinna, Rue, Haymitch (sort of)

District: 12

Occupation: Hunter (ok... so technically she only hunts to put food on the table, BUT she sells some too... it still counts... sorta)

Hobby/ies: Archery, Singing, her fake hobby in book two is Designing

Strength/s: Love for... loved ones?, mask to hide feelings, courage, determination, protectiveness

Weakness/es: Stubbornness, mask to hide feelings (this is also a bad thing in some ways), hot-headedness, unability to let a kindness go unpaid, lies to protect

Name Meaning/Origin (reason): katniss plant (she's a hunter/gatherer- named after a plant)

Asides: Katniss is the 'Mockingjay' The one that survived despite the capitols intentions.


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Name: Peeta Mellark

Age: 16

Look: Blond hair, stocky build, blue eyes, pale skin, tallish

Family: Father(Baker; name not given), Mother (ditto) Two brothers (not named)

Friends (same here): Katniss (well, he considers her more than a friend), he mentions other friends back in his district, but they aren't named

District: 12

Occupation: Baker

Hobby/ies: Painting, baking (icing), wrestling (sort of kind of)

Strengths: Strong (physical), compassion, ability to convince, kindness, calmness (except for that one outburst in the second book), sympathy, generosity

Weakness/es:Sometimes weak (mentally) This covers all of his weaknesses. I could go on into the sub-chatagories, but this pretty much sums it up.

Name meaning/Origin (reason): pita bread (he's a baker- named after bread)


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Name: Gale Hawthorne

Age: 18

Look: Black hair, gray eyes, tall, square jaw, slim build, and apparently he smells like oranges...

Family: Hazelle (mother), Rory, Vick, Posy (siblings)

Friends: Katniss (yeah, she's more than a friend to him too), possibly Madge (will find out in third book)

District: 12

Occupation: First book- Hunter, Second book- coal miner

Hobby/ies: Trapping, we aren't told much else about him

Strength/s: not a lazy, let everything just happen person (can't think of the word), mask (same as Katniss... hmmm maybe it's a Seam thing), strength (physically and mentally), determination

Weaknesses: Not able to empathize, mask (same as Katniss), pride, rash in doing things

Name meaning/Origin (reason): gale- strong winds, hawthorn- type of plant (he's gusty, makes big changes like wind) (hunter gatherer, plant name)


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Name: Rue (unknown)

Age: 12

Look: short brown hair, green eyes, small, skinny, slight build, darkish skin

Family: Mother, father, 5 brothers and sisters (not named)

Friends: Katniss, Thresh (a bit), must have more friends in district we don't hear about

District: 11

Occupation: Works in orchards

Hobby/ies: Singing

Too minor character to tell strengths and weaknesses

Name meaning/Origin (reason): rue- flower (is like a delicate flower)

Asides: Rue reminds Katniss of a Mockingjay- i dunno, this may have something to do with the last book


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Name: Haymitch Abernathy

Age: 39

Look: Tall, beer-gut (was muscular in prime), curly black hair, gray eyes, darkish skin

Family: Unknown

Friends: He's a loner, but I suppose Katniss and Peeta cut close enough

District: 12

Occupation: mentoring tributes from district 12

Hobby/ies: Drinking

Strength/s: unbiased, value for friendship, mask (yup, definitely a Seam thing)

Weakness/es: Lapse in will-power, brash, hot-tempered, stubborn

Name meaning/origin (reason): Can't find one, researched and everything


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Name: Cinna (sINna)

Age: idk... early 30s?

Look: Cropped brown hair, average height, slim, but not thin build, signature gold eyeliner

Family: unknown

Friends: Katniss, Portia, maybe more unknown

District: Capitol

Occupation: Designing costumes for district 12 tribute

Hobby/ies: Fashion design (works on Katniss' fake hobby)

Strength/s: channels emotions into work, caring, empathetic, sympathetic (yes they are different things), kindness

Weakness/es: channels emotions into work (we all saw how this was a bad thing) too minor to see any others

Name meaning/origin (reason): cinna- cognomen that distinguished patriots (a branch of the gens cornelia (I don't know if Suzanne Collins knew this or not, but if she did I guess she chose the name because Cinna is a rebel Capitolist and a patriot to the districts... if she didn't Cinna is different from everyone else as is his name)