Topic > Analysis of the Hero's Journey - 1795
Apotheosis means "to deify" and in a sense, Katniss is gifted with divine knowledge: she now knows that she has control over the Capitol. She realizes that if both she and Peeta die, the Capitol will not have a winner of the games. In the end, both Katniss and Peeta survive and she returns with The Ultimate Boon, or the final reward for which the hero fought and adventured. This is the final subsection of the Initiation, and in Katniss' case, the final payoff is that she returns with her life, Peeta's life, and saved her sister Prim's life. Now that she has won the games, Katniss can begin her return to normalcy
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