The Hunger Games
In my last post, I mentioned The Hunger Games as an example of a book where the mind character, rather than the spirit character, is the main character.The book is written in 1st person present, which can be very difficult to write, but the traits of each character/personality type are easy to see, despite the less objective POV. The fact that Katniss is cool and logical as the mind character helps in this regard. She is more likely to be objective about the actions of those around her. The Mind Character: Katniss Everdeen Katniss is introduced, in part, with a description of why she wants to drown a cat. She couldn't justify having another mouth to feed and because the cat was sickly, it would probably die soon, anyway. Katniss can only see the logical ramifications of keeping this cat. She can't see the joy or comfort it would bring Prim, her little sister. Those are spirit characteristics, not mind characteristics. Later, Katniss recalls the story of ge...