Contrary to growing popular belief, Peeta is a VASTLY more complex character than Gale.
Shout out to @glimmeringpearl for getting my juices flowing on this, and please check out her post that I re-blogged yesterday.
Anyway, Gale is reflective of the majority of Panem. There are thousands of people around him at any given time that act and think just like him. He fell for the anger and division the games were designed to create on countless occasions. Again, just like the majority of people. He has a revolutionary spirit, yes, but with no gauge within it that could materialize it on his own (more on that later). Katniss conducting more analysis on him ≠ more complex; in fact, it says the opposite.
Peeta utterly puzzles Katniss a number of times. She cannot make sense of him, though we know she rather passionately attempts to, and it’s to the point where she often times just gives up on trying. THAT is how complex he is. PEETA is the radical one in this society for daring to choose humanity over brutality. He broke the status quo. A child abuse victim who has the brute strength to be exactly what the Capitol desires, yet is the designated character to symbolize peace throughout the series. And when he inspires Katniss to tap more into her own similar qualities and showcase them alongside him, THEY are the catalyst that spark the revolution Gale merely rode the wave of. And just like Peeta overcame his childhood of violence, he overcame his hijacking without us ever knowing how exactly he managed to. The important part is that he DID, and his kind nature could never be stomped out for good.
To be clear, both characters are incredibly complex. Suzanne put so much work into crafting their arcs, and I will never set out to indicate otherwise. But it is Peeta who is more often taken for granted and looked over, even by those who love his character sometimes, simply because his actions are often undefinable (again, complexity in and of itself) and less aggressively imposed.
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