Jared Lawlor Katniss Full Character Analysis Katniss. The name derives from a simple plant. However, in The Hunger Games, the character of Katniss is not simple in the slightest. Katniss was born in a horrific time where a certain reality show encourages murder. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everdeen, and she lives in an era of the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games was created in result of an enormous war; it requires a boy and a girl from each district aging 12 through 18 to battle in an arena for a fight to the death.