The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

Not everything is shown to the citizens of Panem on purpose to keep any information about other districts covered up and to limit communication so no districts try to challenge the Capitols Power. After the death of Katniss’ ally Rue, Katniss covers Rue with flowers as a symbol of Rues humanity and a tribute to her short life. As Katniss says “I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do that there is a part of a tribute they can’t own. That rue was more than a piece in their games and so am I.” Covering Rue with flowers is an intense act of rebellion against the Capitol. The experience of witnessing Rue’s death inspires Katniss to go on and win the games and to prove to the Capitol that they aren’t a piece in there games. Another example in the text is when Katniss and Rue discuss their Backgrounds and lives about their districts, and Katniss thinks that “The Gamemakers are blocking out [their] conversation because even though the information may seem harmless, they don’t want people in different districts to know another.” this shows the capitol wants to keep everyone separated as any act of rebellion could lead to cooperation and later rebellion. At the end of the narrative Katniss states that “They

Katniss Everdeen lives a life that is based on her ability to survive long before she becomes a participant in the Hunger Games. The death of Katniss’s father left Katniss to provide for her mother and her sister, Prim.

This is further depicted when Katniss rebels against the capitol to ensure her family survives. - “District twelve where you can starve to death in safety”-, shows the reader how she really feels. It is shown through irony. Irony is used to highlight the main emotion the characters are portraying against each other, and their desire to save each other. Therefore it can be made evident that Katniss’ identity throughout her journey changes to protect those she loves, this shows the qualities of a hero.

Katniss is the protagonist of the novel. She is a tough, self-sufficient, extremely loyal girl whose childhood was cut short by responsibility. After her father died, her mother sank into a deep depression, so it was up to Katniss to feed the family. One evening, she was going through others' trash in desperation when Peeta Mellark purposefully burned bread from his family's bakery and gave it to her. She feels like she owes him for that action, because after that she realizes the forest will be how to feed her family. She and her friend Gale regularly hunt wild game and gather food, selling some and keeping some for their families. Katniss dearly loves her younger sister Prim, so much so that she volunteers to go to the Hunger Games in Prim's place. Though Katniss could very easily feel bitter towards her more sheltered sister, instead she is fiercely protective of her. During the Games, this protectiveness transfers to another young tribute named Rue who Katniss grows very close too and mentors as she were an older sister to Rue.

Each year there is one male and one female chosen from each district to participate in the annual Hunger Games. Prime, Katniss, Gale, and Peeta are all from district 12 and when the time comes to pick a participant, Prime, Katniss’s sister is chosen. Katniss then volunteers to take over for her beloved sister, and Peeta is chosen from the boys side. They are then rushed to the capital to start their training for the games. Peeta works at the bakery so he is good at camouflage and throwing heavy things. Katniss if very good at archery and with a bow. Their job is to get sponsors while they are at the capital. When they go in to be evaluated, Katniss shocks the sponsors by shooting an arrow into the apple in a man’s hand when they underestimated her. That earned her a very high evaluation score and more sponsors. Peeta then claims to have a crush on Katniss in hopes of making her look more desirable to get more sponsors as well. While being pitted against tributes that have trained for this for their entire lives, people from the capital and all over are watching the games on a television. Katniss relies on her ability to shoot a bow and knowledge of hunting while hiding from the

The boy tribute that is from her district is Peeta Mellark who she knew from long ago. Peeta confessed to the public that he loves her and that begins their friendship. Throughout the games, she watches as tributes are killed and a young girl named Rue is murdered. When this happens, Katniss kills Rue’s attacker. This is the first time that she has ever killed a person, so she takes it very hard. Rue was not only Katniss’s ally but her friend, she was Prim’s age and reminded her of her sister. So, when Rue was killed it struck Katniss deeply. By the end of the games she has come to love Peeta back and it comes down to the two of them. They refuse to kill each other, so they decided to eat berries that are poisonous but the capitol has to have a victor, so the capitol announces that they are both victors. When she did this, it was a direct punch to the capitol and it ignited a spark in the people, that began the process of a revolution. After she returns home, she realizes what her actions caused and that is the real reason that she went there. She was destined to be the Mockingjay, or the leader of the revolution against the capitol. She realizes that she is the only way that the people will unite and fight to

In the film, The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross shows the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen as a strong well-skilled District 12’s female tribute who carries hope along to survive in the arena among other tributes to rebel against an oppressive government control. Throughout the film we can see how Katniss gets motivated by her loved ones back at home as well as her District 12’s members. For instance, Katniss’s younger sister, Prim gives strength when she gives the mocking jay pin

Economics is the study of scarcity within a systems of rules. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins’ can be translated into such, with hunger being scarcity and games being a system of rules. In the Hunger Games, we are introduced to a country called Panem. The country of Panem is divided into twelve different districts and the Capitol, where the government resides. Each district has their own different specializations and they have distinctive economies. The government regulates the trade and each district rely on trade from each other district and the Capitol for the goods they don 't produce. All of the districts and the Capitol is interdependent.

Think about a girl your age being brave enough to volunteer to be in these terrifying games. Katniss did this for her younger sister, Prim. I think this is a big challenge for Katniss. Seeing your little sister being put into the games would be very difficult, but I don’t think volunteering for her would be easier. It takes a lot of courage and it proves she’s very caring and loves her family a lot. The next thing that happened at the reaping was the drawing of the baker's son, Peeta. Peeta and Katniss have issues throughout the book, including falling in love. The reapings began the whole start of the challenges and they continue to grow harder and harder.

I take it in my hands, pull out the arrow, and hold the puncture in the crust to my nose, inhaling the fragrance that makes my mouth flood with saliva. Fine bread like this is for special occasions."Mm, still warm," I say. He must have been at the bakery at the crack of dawn to trade for it. "Even wished me luck."" I say, not even bothering to roll my eyes. "Prim left us a cheese." I pull it out.All 24 of the tributes are transported to the arena to fight it out. Katniss is on her own at first, but then she discovers that Peete has teamed up with the Career Tributes – the strong kids from the rich districts in Panem who actually want to go to the Hunger Games. They eventually corner her in a tree, but she drops a tracker jacker nest on them (that 's like a genetically mutated killer wasp) and scores a bow and arrow in the process.

The book opens with a scene in the present where Katniss and her childhood friend Gale share a loaf of expensive bakery bread and prepare themselves for the reaping. The reaping is a draw that decides the fate of one female and one male child of each district on whether they will become the newest tributes in the games. The games are a brutal sport, akin to Roman gladiatorial times where competitors are pitted against one another until one victor arises. These games serve as punishment for past failed revolts that occurred against the Capitol. There are many references to food within the novels, however, bread is the one that stands above the rest as it makes a recurring appearance throughout the entire first novel and continues through the rest of the series. The name of the country Panem, is a literal translation from Latin meaning bread. Therefore, the importance of the bread that Katniss shares with Gale is only the beginning of the many food motifs that arise within the novels. After the scene with Gale closes, the rest of the story blooms and outlines the past and present of Katniss’s life. Katniss’s father perished in a coal mining accident which left Katniss and her sister Prim helpless as their mother was left incapacitated from her loss. Forced to take on the role of caregiver and food provider for her family, Katniss eventually polishes the skills her father taught her about hunting and gathering and she becomes adept with a bow.

The book starts when Katniss goes hunting with her best friend, Gale. They went hunting the morning of the reaping. For the reaping ceremony when you are of certain age you must put your name in for the chance to be a tribute. It was Prim’s first year to have to put her name in. Of course, Prim is the person that was selected. Katniss automatically volunteers herself as tribute instead of Prim. The male tribute that was chosen from District 12 was Peeta Mellark. He is the baker’s son and is a kind, well-hearted young man. When Katniss was saying her

Peeta would confess his love for Katniss here. This made Katniss think it was just to gain support and sponsors, so she just played along. Soon as time went by, all of the tributes were transported to the arena. In the beginning, Katniss is on her own but discovers that Peeta teamed up with Cato and the tributes who came from the rich district. Soon she gets cornered by them, but drops a wasp nest on all the tributes and gets in one kill. After this, she teams up with a girl named Rue. The two of them were able to destroy the rich tribute’s food supply. Unfortunately, in this event, Rue would die. Katniss honor’s her by covering her body with flowers. This caused many riots in Rue’s district. Eventually, Katniss and Peeta have to face off against Cato in the end. Before all this, they would all be pursued by wild dogs causing Cato to die. Katniss and Peeta can’t kill each other, so they decide to eat the poison berries they found, to die together. Fortunately, the game maker would stop them announcing them the winners of the 74th annual hunger

While competing in the Hunger Games, Katniss is unsure if Peeta is on her side or not because he betrays her and joins the Careers; plotting to team up and kill the weak. This make Katniss extremely confused, causing her to be uncertain of whether or not she will be able to kill Peeta since he is her supposed star-crossed lover. She also debates with herself because she cannot decide if she is in love with Gale or Peeta. During the Hunger Games, Katniss becomes friends with Rue through the mocking jay pin. Rue is killed, but Katniss remembers her by using the wisdom that she learned from Rue.

In the beginning, Katniss is living the hard life of her district. She goes to school and hunts so that her family has food. She has a younger sister named Prim and a mother, however it is time for the reaping which is when the Capitol picks names out of a bucket for one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts to participate in the Hunger Games, a fight to the death tournament where the winner gets fame and fortune. Prim gets chosen to participate in the games, but Katniss volunteers to take her place(22). A boy from their district named Peeta also gets chosen and Katniss realizes that he had given her bread when she didn’t have food for her family. They go to the Capitol and meet their mentor, Haymitch(56), who helps them train, then they go into the arena and battle. Peeta joins up with some Careers, children that trained for the Hunger Games all their lives, and tries to win but then he betrays them. The Gamemakers make a rule change and say that two tributes from the same district can win together so Katniss finds Peeta and helps him because he has been injured. After they are the only two people left the Gamemakers change the rule back to force Katniss and Peeta to fight each other, rather than fight, Katniss takes some poisonous berries, called Nightlock, she found in the arena and gives half of