English III 

Peeta With Multiple Personalities 

The Hunger Games Ch10 - Ch13 
 

Throughout the book, ​The Hunger Games​, there is constantly a presence of reality 
vs. appearance in media. Especially when it is time for interviews Peeta and Katniss 
demonstrate another side of themselves. Specifically, in these chapters, Peeta and Katniss 
show how being in the public eye changes them and in a way makes them both vulnerable. 
During the interview with Caesar, he confesses his love for Katniss. While in the public eye 
Katniss´ ¨eyes flicker up to the screen long enough to see that the blush on my cheeks is 
unmistakable¨(133). Although it may seem as if she feels shy and flirty, in reality, she is 
raging mad. Later on, when Peeta and Katniss go backstage Katniss ¨slams my palms into 
his chest. He loses his balance and crashes into an ugly urn filled with fake flowers¨ (134). 
This demonstrates how Katniss wears a mask and tries to be vulnerable in public as an 

 
 
 
advantage to get sponsors and overall get the audience to like her. Along with this, Peeta 
shows his true identity to the crowd by portraying the way he feels about Katniss. Although 
Katniss is his enemy and even confessing his love is risky, he tries to be true to himself 
every step of the way. Peeta also shows that he stays true to what he says when Katniss 
¨gets a glimpse of Peeta¨(161) with the Careers, which seems as if he joined the alliance to 
get a better chance of beating Katniss. Although it may seem as if he were betraying her, he 
does this to portray that he wants to help Katniss by protecting her from others killing her 
when she is in desperate need of help. To conclude, Katniss demonstrates how she acts 
differently when in the public eye and reveals her true self backstage. Meanwhile, Peeta 
stays true to his identity no matter how much Katniss is being an imposture on mass 
media.  

 
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