Being Selfish

Suzanne Collins creates a picture of Katniss Everdeen being very selfish during the end of the last book Mockingjay mostly by showing how everyone should pity her. Katniss has lost almost everyone dear to her and can no longer be the same person she once was. The girl who was on fire had lost her flame and the room that was once so full of light was now in an eternal darkness. Yet she still awaits for pity on her soul, the pity she does not get. Not everything is about Katniss, she needs to realize that she isn't the only one who has lost things that hold much importance.

Katniss acts as if everything is about her, as if she is the main character (which she is). Even so, she acts as if no one else has lost anything. Peeta has lost his family and can hardly remember if any of his memories were real or fake after the hijacking. Katniss's mother has lost not only her husband, but her 12 year old daughter Primrose. Then there's Katniss, who had lost her father, her little sister, Rue, Cinna, Finnick and many more. All of them had died because of her, the Mockingjay. Without realizing    that many had lost the same things as she did, only she searches for pity.

I feel that Katniss needs to open up to the world around her. Everyone has lost something, at least one thing that is precious to them. Thats just selfish, to want pity for yourself when you know that your not the only one who has lost something.