Katniss Everdeen

I think Katniss is a very independent character in this novel. She's strong, caring survivor in the Hunger Games. Katniss couldn't let her sister Prim be in the Hunger Games so she volunteered. She also takes over her dad's role in the family doing everything for her mom and sister. The one to hunt and feed them. During the games she then start to think about herself and her identity. What if she wins the Hunger Games she start to question herself, would her life change and what would then happen to her? In the novel she questions herself :

For the first time, I allow myself to truly think about the possibility that I might make it home. To fame. To wealth. To my own house in the Victor's Village. My mother and Prim would live there with me. No more fear of hunger. A new kind of freedom. But then…what? What would my life be like on a daily basis? Most of it has been consumed with the acquisition of food. Take that away and I'm not really sure who I am, what my identity is. The idea scares me some. (23.62)

I think this quote is very deep and meaningful because she starts to think about herself more beyond and not just the normal average Katniss anymore. My question is who do you think Katniss be if she doesn't have to protect her family and the people around her all the time?