He doesn't want to be a toy the capitol uses for entertainment. With all the horrors he is about to go through, he knows he is going to change but he doesn't want to forget who he always was. He is a good person, and in the games good people are remodeled into killers. This is Peeta refusing to conform to the goverment's will.
The Equal Protection Clause is a clause within the text of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "nor shall any State deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws". Civil Rights Act of 1866, guaranteed that all citizens would have the guaranteed right to equal protection by law
Iambic pentameter. hope that helps