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The study explores the process by which Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in The Hunger Games become a carer who has the ability of practicing care ethics, and self-reflection through relationships with others. I show how Katniss’s caring has a critical effect on oppressed people in Panam controled by President Snow, the dictator and becomes the crucial catalyst to resist Snow’s brutal rule that makes people feel powerless. Focusing on her sincere attitude toward establishing relation with people born to be dependent, I evaluate her care in terms of care ethics, rather than a “feminine care” that serves as an excuse to suppress women’s lives in patriarchal society. In the Hunger Games trilogy, care ethics consists in paying attention to others’ needs, accepting the interdependent situation of human being, and refusing to exploit the vulnerability of theirs. In the end, I argue that care ethics helps people to understand the definite social situation, to identify human vulnerabilities, and eventually to realize that caring for each other is the most important element for humanity. I conclude that human being consists in the ethical relationship of care.
