The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

While preparing for the Hunger games, Katniss and Peeta meet their mentor Haymitch who gives them advice. At the start of the games, only 11 of the contestants survive and Katniss decides to stay far away from the others to survive as long as she can in the game. This plan fails because the man controlling the game creates a forest fire where Katniss is staying; this forces her to stay closer to the others. She meets up with her partner Peeta who has already made them some allies in the game. The next day Katniss watches one of her allies (Rue) cut down a wasp’s nest, which lands on some of the other contestants, most of them escape but one of them dies from the venom.

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

When she awakens she notices that Rue is watching her, and Katniss makes a truce with her. They both share supplies and information that they know about the other tributes, which there are only 10 left, and Peeta left the careers. As they share, they think of a plan to take down all of the careers food, since they don’t really know how to find it themselves. But before the plan takes place, Rue brings up the mockingjay pin that Katniss has and teaches her a little melody to sing to the birds, this melody will signify that everything is

Katniss is a citizen from District 12. Katniss gets so hungry that she eats bread off the floor--bread meant for pigs. Katniss is hiding in the woods when she sees the baker throwing away some burnt loaves of bread. ‘“He began to tear off chunks from the burned parts and toss them into the trough... I stared at the loaves in disbelief.

Katniss and the young farmer suffer under an oppressive government, but muster the courage to shield their loved ones from certain peril. Katniss loves Prim and is willing to risk anything for her. When it is Prim’s first reaping, Katniss is worried and prays

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

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.

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.

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

After this, Katniss teams up with Rue, a tiny girl from District 11 who reminds her of her sister Prim. The two are able to take out the Career Tributes ' food supply, which totally infuriates their leader, Cato. Also, Peeta doesn 't appear to be teamed up with them anymore. Where is he? Wounded? Unfortunately, Rue is killed around this time by one of the Career Tributes. Katniss honors her body by covering it in flowers.After Rue 's death, the announcer, wanting to bring back the romance story between Peeta and Katniss, changes the rules of the game: two people from a single district can now win. Before she can stop herself, Katniss calls

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

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 reaping begins and Prim’s name is drawn. Katniss freaks out and volunteers to take her place, making her District 12’s girl tribute. The boy tribute’s name is drawn and it’s Peeta Mellark, who is the baker’s son and the same age at Katniss. Katniss remembers, when they were children, Peeta saw her starving outside in the rain and gave her a burnt piece of bread that his mother had told him to feed to their pigs. Katniss wonders how is she supposed to kill him in the Games after he was so

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.