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She realized that being African was very important because she don't want to become African and she choose to becom American instead.
"I must say that before I went to the U.S., I didn't consciously identify as African. But in the U.S., whenever Africa came up, people turned to me. Never mind that I knew nothing about places like Namibia. But I did come to embrace this new identity,and in many ways I think of myself now as African." Adichie
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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.