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.
Answer:
A retrospective to a turning point in life.
Explanation:
The story is a reflection of Mama's life and the events in her life that have changed her personality. The event mentioned in the question is part of one of Mama's reflection's about her past; it is a retrospective of one of the turning points in her life. While Mama never bothered to do the hard job, being hooked in the side by a cow lost her motivation to keep living the old way. This part signifies the moment that Mama gets tired and loses her love of her way of living.
Answer:
because I will to try to avoid predestined conflict with some resolution
A woman has to constantly keep her wardrobe updated with the latest couture in trend, and in society where the self worth of a person is judged by the labels and brands she has. If she wears rubber boots they make fun of her and call her "bride of Frankenstein" so he got some hand me down dresses from her cousins who is 3 years older but the dress are outdated. Later on she lives in the west and learns that she shouldn't try to flaw and she should just be herself and what's in the inside is what counts and not the outside.