1. Peeta Mellark is a fictional character of The Hunger Games trilogy written by American author Suzanne Collins.
19 Facts About Peeta Mellark
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Peeta Mellark is portrayed by actor Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games film series.
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Peeta Mellark is first introduced at the reaping for the 74th Hunger Games when he is selected as the male tribute representing District 12 alongside female tribute Katniss Everdeen.
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Peeta Mellark assumes this is merely part of his strategy to win favor from wealthy Capitol sponsors.
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Peeta Mellark urges Katniss to run and stays to fight fellow tribute Cato while she escapes.
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Peeta Mellark survives the encounter with Cato but suffers a stab wound on his leg.
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Peeta Mellark suggests that Katniss should kill him, enabling her to return home.
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At the start of the Victory Tour, Peeta Mellark expresses his desire to be friends with Katniss.
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Katniss and Peeta Mellark think they are going to become mentors for the Quarter Quell, a special Hunger Games that occurs every 25 years that comes with a change in rules.
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Peeta Mellark is captured by the Capitol and is tortured physically, emotionally, and mentally.
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Unfortunately, during a surprise attack, Peeta Mellark loses his sanity again, becoming responsible at least in part for the death of one of their team members, who he accidentally throws into a barbed-wire net pod during the attack.
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Peeta Mellark's hijacking is soon mostly recovered by several doctors and he is considered mentally stable and finally back to his former self.
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Katniss and Peeta Mellark resume their lives together in what remains of District 12, fall back in love, and move in together.
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Peeta Mellark still has moments where his hijacking will try to take over again, causing Peeta to clench onto something until the attempt passes.
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Katniss and Peeta Mellark appear in the epilogue where Haymitch notes how much Katniss as a child reminded him of his old sweetheart Louella McCoy and while he hadn't wanted to let Katniss and Peeta Mellark in when he first met them, Haymitch couldn't help it.
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Peeta Mellark is of medium height and stocky build, and has ash blond hair.
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Peeta Mellark is considered charming and generous, and possesses a self-deprecating sense of humor.
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Peeta Mellark first confuses and later inspires Katniss with his determination to maintain his identity while inside the arena and his refusal to be complicit with the Capital.
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An accomplished painter and baker on account of working in his family's bakery his whole life, Peeta Mellark excels at hand-to-hand combat, camouflage, handling knives, and starting fires.