Gale Hawthorne – a Seam-born resident of the poorest district and also a famous and brutal soldier for District 13 during the Mockingjay Rebellion.
Gale Hawthorne, from Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games trilogy, is one of those characters that readers cannot help but to love. Even after Gale’s actions become questionable, readers still defend him. Gale’s physical and mental capabilities are often unmatched. He is brave enough to hunt in the woods, strong enough to endure work in the mines, and smart enough to design and create snares and traps. Gale is powerful in many ways and yet, in others he is extremely powerless. He cannot stop Katniss from volunteering, he cannot provide for his family without his brother taking out tesserae, he cannot even start a revolution until Katniss clears the way.
In an Instagram survey with 23 participants, 15 said that Gale was Powerless as opposed to Powerful by the end of the trilogy.
Throughout The Hunger Games, Gale struggles between enacting power and having power exercised over him. While he starts as a strong protagonist, he eventually fades away at the end of the trilogy, working in District 2.
What do you think about Gale’s character?
Love him? Hate him? Let me know your thoughts! Is he powerful or powerless? Why?
Read more about Gale, and the rest of the amazing characters from The Hunger Games in my upcoming book The Agency Games! If you are interested in receiving updates when the book is released, please leave a comment on the post: “The Agency Games — Sign Up!”
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Hmmmm he was a good guy who turned out to be bad, i don’t like him 😠
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I like who he had the potential to be but not who he turned out to be
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Yeah!😄
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I left a comment there! Is that all you need from me?
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Yes thank you 😊😊😊😊
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I strongly dislike Gale. Although he is powerful physically, I found him to be powerless mentally and emotionally by the end of the trilogy. He was so angry and embittered toward the Capitol because of the Games that he ended up adopting the Capitol’s exact same mindset: the ends justify the means.
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I think you’re so right on. I discuss this in depth in the chapter. When it comes down to it, what is power?
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Annnd that’s why I can’t wait for your book!
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Thank you so much, that is so very encouraging 😀
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Gale started off as one of the most underrated characters in the series, sort of eye-candy with potential. His character became less appealing as his emotions became more complex.
Still nice looking though!
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Ha, I love this analysis. He definitely has his merits, but he has his flaws as well. In fact, all of Collins’ characters (perhaps apart from Mag) have their flaws.
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