To allow Katniss to escape, Peeta fights Cato, the most deadly of the other tributes, and suffers a serious injury as a result. When Haymitch falls in his own vomit, it is Peeta who volunteers to clean him up.
Katniss wonders what his motive is in volunteering for this task, then realizes that Peeta is just being nice. In one particularly memorable scene before the Games occur, Peeta confesses to Katniss that his only hope for the Games is to retain his identity and not to be made into a monster by his circumstances.
The incident reveals Peeta to be a good and introspective person who prides his dignity and decency perhaps above all else. While Katniss often faked her romance with Peeta to try and ensure their survival, she was much less invested in this element of their relationship. While she did care a lot about Peeta and wanted him to live, she was more focused on everything else going on around them than on falling in love for real.
Peeta, on the other hand, really fell in love with Katniss hard, and he had always had a crush on her.
But while this is a romantic notion, it might not have been the most practical thing going into the Games. It would have been better to keep his mind sharp instead of focusing on his romantic feelings. While he is a very strong man who might seem like a traditional masculine lead, he also was very creative and artistic. His experience with decorating cakes along with his natural creativity were endearing traits, and they were also hidden skills he could use in the Arena.
He was so good at this ability he could even disguise himself against the rocks to hide from the Careers.
Peeta's more creative side fits in well with his overall role in the story as being more soft-hearted and hopeful. He lived in a world that could easily have worn him down to become hardened and hateful.
However, he always had an artistic, gentle side that never completely went away. While fans are sometimes critical of Katniss because she can come off as a bit cold and calculating, there was a reason why she viewed the world as she did.
She was aware of the danger she and others were in, and she mostly just wanted to keep her loved ones safe. She was able to make the difficult decisions, such as killing Coin, while Peeta would sometimes hold back. He might have been willing to put himself at risk to save Katniss , but he didn't always see the bigger picture. While it could be argued that he saw Katniss' role in the rebellion as more important than his own, a lot of his actions seemed more motivated by his love of her than anything else.
Of all the good traits that Peeta has, his best overall was his compassion. During his interview before the start of the Games, Peeta professes his love for Katniss, which angers her since she believes that Peeta's comments make her look weak when, in fact, they make her even more desirable. While Peeta doesn't have much faith that he can win, he does tell Katniss that he wants to make sure that when he's in the arena, he remains true to himself, that he doesn't let the Games change him.
Peeta causes Katniss to question her own identity and think about making a difference in the Games, wondering how she can be more than just a piece in the Capitol's Games.
From the start, Peeta does everything he can to help Katniss survive. He joins the Careers in order to lead them away from her and even fights off Cato, who wounds him badly. To survive, Peeta uses his exceptional camouflaging skills to hide until Katniss finds him and nurses him back to health.
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