Primrose Everdeen

Primrose "Prim" Everdeen was Katniss Everdeen's younger sister. Very much unlike her older sibling, Prim had a heart full of compassion and for healing like her mother.

Work
Prim had a goat, named Lady, whose cheeses and milk she sold at the Hob to help support her family. Katniss rescued the goat and gave it to Prim on her 10th birthday. Katniss and Gale had shot a young buck in the woods, and sold it to the butcher. Having so much money, they thought to get Prim something like a hairbrush or cloth, but decided on a goat instead. Prim loved animals, including scrawny, ugly Buttercup the cat. When Prim found Buttercup, Katniss tried to drown him because he was so ugly. She also has household chores and helps to take care of patients that people bring to her mother. She also had a cat, named Buttercup as mentioned earlier, that she cared about very much, and while in District 13, risks her life to save him. Prim becomes a very skilled doctor while in District 13; she works with her mother in the hospital and then goes out to help on the war front at the age of 13. She dies while covering up an injured Capitol child with her coat, but the explosions go off from the parachutes while Katniss is trying to reach her.

Early life
Not much is known about Prim's early life, but it is said that she was a compassionate young girl

She was born in late May, although the exact date is not said. It is quite obvious from the beginning that Prim loves all living creatures. She saved a stray cat (who Katniss promptly tried to drown) and named him Buttercup. Katniss also once took her out to teach her how to hunt, but after successfully downing a creature, Prim broke down and insisted they healed it, though it was too late.

Prim was also a good healer at an early age, often helping her mother with patients.

The Hunger Games
Prim is a minor character in The Hunger Games, and she mostly appears in Katniss's thoughts and memories.

At the reaping, it was not Katniss's but Prim's name that was pulled out of the girls' reaping ball. Katniss desperately volunteered for Prim, for she was so protective of her sister that she would die for her. She had not allowed Prim to take any tesserae and did everything she could to prevent Prim being thrown into the 74th Hunger Games, as she knew her little sister would not have lasted long in the competition, but in the end it hadn't mattered. The odds were in her favor, with Katniss entered 24 times, and Prim entered only once. In the hour of farewells before travelling to the Capitol, Prim fiercely makes Katniss promise to win the Games and return home safely.

Catching Fire
Prim is a more prominent character in this sequel, helping her mother with patients and keeping off the Capitol's toes. She does her best to comfort Katniss when she is reaped for the 75th Hunger Games. When District Twelve is bombed, Gale saves her and her mother.

Mockingjay
Prim is a larger character in Mockingjay than any of the two previous books. She lives in District 13 with her mother, sister, and Buttercup in Compartment E for most of the book. Like before, Katniss is always trying to protect her and Prim finally gets enough, asking Katniss to just tell her the truth. Prim is happy to surprise Katniss by being helpful and strong. Also, she has dreams of becoming a doctor and helps the injured during her time in District 13. She is allowed to go to the Capitol during the final battle as a nurse, which Katniss doesn't know until she sees Prim in the barricade in front of Snow's mansion with the children being used as a guard. Before Katniss can reach her and bring her to safety, Prim is killed by the double-exploding parachutes (created by Gale and Beetee) dropped by Coin's forces (according to Snow). After the war, Peeta brings a series of Evening Primrose bushes to Katniss and they plant them around their home in District 12 as a memorial to her.

Physical description
Prim had fair skin, blond hair and blue eyes, unlike the majority of the residents of the Seam in District 12, and looked very much like her mother. Katniss takes her appearance more after their father. Needless to say, this made Prim stick out in a crowd. She had a small stature, partly due to being underfed for the majority of her life. Katniss describes her as having a face "as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named".

Personality
Prim had a love for living things. She loved animals of all kinds, even the ugliest ones. Not only does she have a pet goat that Katniss gave her, but a gruesome, ugly cat she named Buttercup. Starving and swarming with parasites, Prim brought the wretched creature home. Katniss intended to drown him, but Prim begged so hard for Katniss to let him live that she decided to allow the cat to stay. She had a passion for healing. She didn't care how ugly a person looks on the outside, and was willing to do her best to heal them. She was very caring and stayed at her mother's side with even the most horrid cases, even though she was "scared of her own shadow".

Prim's goat, Lady, was first adopted into her family when Katniss was browsing and trading in the Hob on Prim's birthday. An old goat herder had a sick nanny goat, mauled by a dog, the wound swollen with infections, and after much haggling and bargaining, Katniss bought the goat and a pink ribbon for her neck. Upon presenting the weak, near-dead nanny to Prim, medical attention was given to her immediately. Eventually, Lady healed well. Though purchasing the goat on a whim, Katniss does not regret her decision, for Lady pays her stay well with goat's milk and cheese to eat and to sell. Lady died in the bombings of District 12 but Buttercup managed to survive, much to Katniss's disappointment. She gets picked to be a tribute but katniss dont want her to get hurt so she volonteers to be a tribute. she has to kill peeta until the gamemakers say both people from the dame distrct can win so katniss helps peeta and they both win.

Family
Prim was the youngest of the Everdeen family, her sister being Katniss. Her father, Mr. Everdeen, died in a mine explosion four years before, leaving her mother, sister, and herself alone. The three of them lived in the Seam with Lady the goat and Buttercup the cat.

Film portrayal
Prim will be played by newcomer Willow Shields in The Hunger Games film.