Have you ever had a sudden epiphany about an unfair circumstance at some point in your life? Like a miscarriage of justice that leads to the freedom of an obviously guilty convict, or a country that encourages an annual competition involving the massacre of innocent youth? “The Hunger Games,” written by Suzanne Collins, depicts this particular epiphany within a character in her book known as Katniss Everdeen. Katniss throughout the book has an angry and negative view of the powerful state known as "The Capitol" that rules the country of Panem. Katniss' state of hatred changes for the worse when she must participate in this annual competition held by the Capitol, in which she is forced to kill other contestants who take part in the same crazy circumstance that Katniss herself must engage in. Although Katniss demonstrates her dislike of the Capitol, there is one crucial event that I believe changes her view of the Capitol's true character for the worse, and that involves the death of an ally named Rue. At the beginning of the games, Katniss unwittingly becomes involved in and becomes indebted to a little girl known as Rue. Rue suggests an evasion tactic that saves Katniss' life, and also leads Ayala 2 to flee from her enemies. Along with some injuries from which he recovers quickly thanks to a leaf-based remedy that Rue knows from his district. “After about a minute, Rue presses a green mass of chewed leaves and spits on my knee.” Ohhh. The sound comes out of my mouth before I can stop it. It's as if the leaves are actually taking the pain out of the spot. (Collins200). Katniss becomes Rue's ally soon after... midway through the card... yes, but I think this was the turning point for Katniss. The reason Rue's death was the spark that transformed Katniss' almost passive perspective of the Capitol into this dangerous belief was the fact that she cared for Rue as if she were her little sister Prim. Unaware of how strong her feelings for Rue were before her death, Katniss has lost someone she cared about, which forces Katniss to realize that the real reason Rue died is a result of the Capitol forcing everyone in the Hunger Games to kill each other. Katniss discovers who the true enemy is only from this vivid experience. Clearly a pivotal perspective-shifting moment for Katniss Everdeen was Rue's death, which gives her a real sense of where she stands in the eyes of the Capitol and the realization that they are the true enemy in The Hunger Games. Games" by Suzanne Collins