Summary
Summary
The Hunger Games take place in Panem, modern day America, a post apocalyptic world. Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist is a tough teenager who hunts to provide food for her family. She lives with her younger sister Prim and their mother in District 12. Her illegal hunting partner is a young man named Gale, where that survive off what they can kill.
There is an annual event called The Hunger Games that sees members of all twelve districts gather in the Capital. This took place after the 13th cabin all decided to rebel, this is a reminder to all the other districts of the power of the capital. In this event, each district is supposed to randomly have two tributes a girl and a boy be taken to an arena where they are supposed to fight until death, with one winner. Prim, Katniss’s sister, is chosen as girl, but Katniss, basically being the mom ever sense she blanked, volunteerd in her place. This was a unheard of act in such a poor district, she was accompanied by the other tribute, Peetah.
After the process of selection, named reaping; the pair is taken to the capital in preparation for the hunger games. They have a support team consisting of a former champion named Haymitch, Effie, the wrangler and stylists named Portia and Cinna.
The stylists dress the two up in flames, having all attention be on the two on fire. They then go to training were Katniss excels getting very high points in archery. Peetah, on the other hand, scores low and requests separate training, so he can reveal his crush on live television and Katniss decides to play along as it worked in gaining support from the audience and even sponsors.
The 24 tributes are taken to the battle arena. Katniss is alone at first but then meets Rue, a young District 11 girl who reminded her of her sister. Peetah teams up with some Career tributes, people in high end districts that make a career out of the games, led by Cato. Rue and Katniss destroy the food supplies of the career tributes and in the process, realize that Peetah was not among them. One Career tribute kills Rue leaving Katniss infuriated at the president and the game makers. Katniss then honors her by covering her body with flowers.
Katniss hears news that now two people from the same district can now win meaning her and Peeta could both win she seeks out Peetah to find him in a mud camouflage wounded and takes care of him. They continue to play off the romance to get more food and other supplies from sponsors. Cato was the only other tribute alive by this point, and they knew the game maker are making them face off. They are suddenly chased by mutated dogs, and Katniss finds an opportunity to shoot Cato who falls to the pack. The announcer reveals that they are revoking the previous rule change and there can only be one winner.
Instead of trying to kill one another, Peeta and Katniss decide to take poisonous berries as a way to enact a double suicide as they cannot kill one another. The announcer reappears before they take the berries and says that both won. After the games, they keep up their romance routine. However, Katniss realizes that Peetah is genuinely in love with her, but she does not feel the same for him. They play this down and smile for the cameras.
There is an annual event called The Hunger Games that sees members of all twelve districts gather in the Capital. This took place after the 13th cabin all decided to rebel, this is a reminder to all the other districts of the power of the capital. In this event, each district is supposed to randomly have two tributes a girl and a boy be taken to an arena where they are supposed to fight until death, with one winner. Prim, Katniss’s sister, is chosen as girl, but Katniss, basically being the mom ever sense she blanked, volunteerd in her place. This was a unheard of act in such a poor district, she was accompanied by the other tribute, Peetah.
After the process of selection, named reaping; the pair is taken to the capital in preparation for the hunger games. They have a support team consisting of a former champion named Haymitch, Effie, the wrangler and stylists named Portia and Cinna.
The stylists dress the two up in flames, having all attention be on the two on fire. They then go to training were Katniss excels getting very high points in archery. Peetah, on the other hand, scores low and requests separate training, so he can reveal his crush on live television and Katniss decides to play along as it worked in gaining support from the audience and even sponsors.
The 24 tributes are taken to the battle arena. Katniss is alone at first but then meets Rue, a young District 11 girl who reminded her of her sister. Peetah teams up with some Career tributes, people in high end districts that make a career out of the games, led by Cato. Rue and Katniss destroy the food supplies of the career tributes and in the process, realize that Peetah was not among them. One Career tribute kills Rue leaving Katniss infuriated at the president and the game makers. Katniss then honors her by covering her body with flowers.
Katniss hears news that now two people from the same district can now win meaning her and Peeta could both win she seeks out Peetah to find him in a mud camouflage wounded and takes care of him. They continue to play off the romance to get more food and other supplies from sponsors. Cato was the only other tribute alive by this point, and they knew the game maker are making them face off. They are suddenly chased by mutated dogs, and Katniss finds an opportunity to shoot Cato who falls to the pack. The announcer reveals that they are revoking the previous rule change and there can only be one winner.
Instead of trying to kill one another, Peeta and Katniss decide to take poisonous berries as a way to enact a double suicide as they cannot kill one another. The announcer reappears before they take the berries and says that both won. After the games, they keep up their romance routine. However, Katniss realizes that Peetah is genuinely in love with her, but she does not feel the same for him. They play this down and smile for the cameras.