Friday, January 17, 2014

Mrs. Everdeen

This isn't really something that people think about a lot. She's not a character you would think to love. She doesn't play a tremendous part in the story. But I just think that Mrs. Everdeen is the coolest lady ever. (Spoilers for the Hunger Games Trilogy.)
She went through depression. A lot of people don't think this, but it was a mental disorder she had. She was really upset about the loss of her husband. Which is another thing I love about her. How much she loved Katniss's dad. Katniss at one point in the book, when she's trying to think of ways she can act in love with Peeta, thinks of some things that her parents would do for each other when her father was alive. It's really kind of sweet. Like, all of it.
Then there's her love for her daughter. Both of them, actually. Katniss didn't trust her mom for a while. She loved her a lot, but she didn't trust her. (That's something I love about Katniss. She had a hard time trusting her mom afraid she would go into depression again, but she still loved her so much to sacrifice her life even if she didn't want her mom to know it. In the end Katniss is really cool.) But she still loved Katniss the way any mother would. She let Katniss wear her old clothes. She was always kind. She was so sad when Katniss was going into the Quell. And by Catching Fire through the rest of the series, she and Katniss have a pretty good relationship.
She was pretty brave when her youngest child died. She couldn't go back to District Twelve because it was too painful. It must have been pretty hard for her to leave Katniss. She might have known Katniss wouldn't want to come with her so that's why she gave nothing but a letter of explanation and a phone number, if I remember correctly, so she could keep in touch with her daughter. And she didn't go into depression like she did the last time someone she loved a lot died. I think she was really strong about it. Instead she went to another district and became a doctor there and she helped other people through her work to distract herself from the things she'd lost. I think she's awesome.
So Mrs. Everdeen, even if I'm you're only fan, just know you have one. :)

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