While his financial life improved with his victory 25 years ago, he has since become a drunk. He has been a mentor to Katniss and Peeta since their selection as tributes. Haymitch Abernathy is the only other Hunger Games victor from District 12 besides Peeta and Katniss. Gale's sense of duty to the rebellion is greater than his personal happiness. He rejects Katniss's plan to run away when he learns of the progress being made by the rebel forces in other Districts. Gale is crafty and angry at the Capitol's abuse of the Districts. Now 19, he works in the coal mine like his father before him in order to support his mother and younger siblings. He has also harbored a secret crush on Katniss for most of their lives. Gale Hawthorne is Katniss's closest friend and hunting partner in District 12. However, when the rebels are able to rescue the victors from the Games, Peeta falls into the Capitol's hands. During the Quarter Quell, he vows to keep Katniss safe and they grow closer. In the Capitol, he concocts a story of their secret marriage and child to garner sympathy from the audience and expose the barbarism of the Games. Peeta is honorable and devoted to Katniss, and he is also a good liar. Though he knows Katniss does not love him in the same way he loves her, he agrees to put on a show of affection for the Capitol's Victory Tour. Peeta Mellark is Katniss's friend and co-victor of the Hunger Games. At the end of the novel, Katniss realizes that she has been a pawn in the rebels' plan to bring down the Capitol and she is angry that she once again has little power over her own life. These connections, plus her brains and fortitude, are what keep her alive. As Katniss is thrust into the Games once more during the Quarter Quell, she reluctantly decides her best chance of survival is to make alliances with those she feels are trustworthy. However, it is hard for her to remain stoic as the authorities abuse their power in the Districts. Though she unwittingly becomes the face of the people's uprising, she tries not to provoke the Capitol. Though the quality of her life has improved after winning The Hunger Games, she finds it hard to adjust and she grows increasingly angry at the extravagance and corruption of the Capitol. Resilient and headstrong, her primary objective is to keep her loved ones safe. Katniss Everdeen is the 17-year-old protagonist and narrator of Catching Fire.
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