For the heroine, the true threat is the evil witch, murderess of the innocent. However, the patriarch is not the real power in the heroine’s tale – he’s little more than a pompous blusterer who melts away when confronted. Just as Dorothy discovers the Wizard is a humbug, or Lucy and Susan see Aslan dead and helpless, Katniss perseveres through Snow’s threats and traps to see him die in the Capitol square. She sneaks through the city-sized trap he has created, filled with mutts and deadly “pods” to find him awaiting her in his palatial mansion in the center.īy realizing that the tyrant’s power over her has ended, the heroine finds independence and strength. In the final book, Katniss enters the Capitol itself to assassinate Snow on his home ground. This, like the Wicked Witch of the West’s castle, is the masculine world of law and tyranny, where the young heroine is truly helpless. The Hunger Games themselves are a similar fortress of the tyrant’s power, where the Gamemakers can torture Katniss with firestorms and viciously changing rules. In many fairytales from Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” to “The Six Swans,” the heroine’s most dire struggle takes place high in the prince’s castle, far from the magical protection of her forest or ocean home. Even Susan in the Narnia series is called “the great archer.” Silver is the color of moon magic, perception, and feminine strength, while a bow is the elegant distance weapon of the classic warrior woman. Katniss, like Artemis or Percy Jackson’s friend Annabeth, shoots a silver bow. She extends this protection to Gale’s family, her own district, and finally all the people of Panem, as she provides food and support for her loved ones and protects the innocent. Katniss is protector of the family from her earliest years, as she feeds and cares for not only her little sister but her mother. Alice and Dorothy struggle to return to their families.
Coraline tries to save her parents, Meggie of Inkheart, her mother. Thus, many heroines set out on rescue missions in order to restore their shattered families: Meg Murray of A Wrinkle in Time quests to save her father then her little brother. The true goal of the heroine’s journey is to become the all-powerful mother. And it permeates The Hunger Games, casting Katniss as a classic heroine beside classic heroes Percy Jackson and Harry Potter. It features in works by Tamora Pierce, Jane Yolen, and Juliet Marillier.
The classic heroine’s journey appears in many beloved books, like Coraline, Alice in Wonderland, and The Wizard of Oz.
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