Each week Young Post takes a look at modern movie heroes and finds out what makes them tick. This week, we focus on Effie Trinket, the brainwashed P.R. in The Hunger Games
The importance of support
All movie heroes need two things besides fighting skills and courage. They need a good villain to fight, and support to help them on their heroic way. Some like to think they do things on their own, but this is rarely the case. Where would Captain Jack Sparrow be without his faithful crew? Batman has his loyal butler, Alfred. Snow White has her seven dwarves. And Spiderman has his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy. The supporting character is there in the hero's shadow to keep the hero on track and to make him or her look good. Heroes don't act alone.
A job to be done
When Katniss Everdeen is thrown into the horror of the Hunger Games, she relies on her own resources, but along the way she gets support from Effie Trinket, whether she wants it or not. The Capitol provides Effie free of charge to keep Katniss and Peeta on the right road to the Hunger Games. She has a long list of do's and don'ts, knowing that what the kids in her charge do reflects on her. Effie is adamant that they behave in the proper way. She has a job to do, and she always does it to the best of her ability because she knows there will be serious consequences if she fails.
High standards
