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    Stoicism is the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings. The "indifferent mask" that she bears throughout the novel is essential to her journey. If she let her feelings get in the way of her actions, she would hesitate in a situations where hesitation kills tributes.

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    Stoicism is the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings. The "indifferent mask" that she bears throughout the novel is essential to her journey. If she let her feelings get in the way of her actions, she would hesitate in a situations where hesitation kills tributes.

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    ThroughouttheHungerGamesnovel,SuzanneCollinsexemplifiesmanythemes.

    While
    readingthemessuchassociety,inequality,wealth,class,etc.,theywereveryobviously
    portrayed.However,Inoticedalessobvioustheme.AthemethatthemaincharacterKatniss
    exhibitsthroughoutthestoryisstoicism.Stoicismistheenduranceofpainorhardshipwithouta
    displayoffeelingsandwithoutcomplaint.Inthebeginningofthenovel,Katnississowrapped
    upinheremotionsofprovidingforherfamily,huntingandgathering,caringforhersister,etc.
    thatittakestimeforhertorecognizeherdeepfeelingsforGale.Thistheoremisprovedwitha
    veryspecificquoteinwhichKatnissexpressesherstoicselffinallyabletorelaxandbeginto
    expressemotionsagain.Inthewoodswaitstheonlypersonwithwhomicanbemyself.Gale.I
    canfeelthemusclesinmyfacerelaxing,mypacequickeningasIclimbthehillstoourplace,a
    rockledgeoverlookingavalley.Athicketofberrybushesprotectsusfromunwantedeyes.The
    sightofhimwaitingtherebringsonamile.GalesaysIneversmileexceptinthewoods.
    (Collins,6)BecausetheHungerGamesisagameofsurvivalofthefittest,itisessentialfor
    Katnisstoleaveherfeelingsoutofthewayoftheultimategoal,surviving.Theindifferent
    maskthatshebearsthroughoutthenovelisessentialtoherjourney.Ifsheletherfeelingsgetin
    thewayofheractions,shewouldhesitateinasituationswherehesitationkillstributesduringthe
    games.

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