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Corruption Depicted In The Hunger Games, By Suzanne Collins

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The book, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is about a girl in a dystopian futuristic society in the country of Panem who finds herself in a morbid competition to fight to the end. Katniss, the girl, is part of District 12, the poorest part of this fictional country, and to feed her family, she must break the law and go to the woods to hunt for food. When her mother becomes too depressed to function, she becomes the primary caretaker of her mother and 12-year-old sister, Primrose. When Primrose is picked to be a contestant in the games, Katniss steps in for her, knowing her sister will not survive. It is considered an honor to be chosen if you live in Districts 1 and 2, where contestants are properly trained, but those in District 12 are untrained, aware it is a morally wrong game and usually die in the first day. …show more content…

With the help of Haymitch, District 12’s former Hunger Games champion, the two train until they are thrown into the games with only one goal -- survival. Peeta joins a group of contestants from Districts 1, 2, and 4, while Katniss goes into hiding alone with only an orange backpack containing a sleeping bag, crackers, beef strips, iodine, matches, wire, sunglasses, and an empty water bottle. These things are useful to her, for she uses the bag to sleep in the trees at night and the food as sustenance, but she knows she will soon need water. Peeta’s group, the “Careers,” are on her trail, so she must act quickly and maneuver through the Capitol’s traps, including a firewall that nearly kills her. The Careers spot her, but she runs away before they can catch her and hides in a nearby

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