1. Summary

2. District 12 is one of the less fortunate districts and most people are gatherers and hunters, and rely on raising livestock instead of purchasing food. Almost all of the men are Miners, who earn every little work very hard, despite the horrific conditions of the Mines. District 12

3. The Capitol is a beautiful and wealthy city and also the center of government in Panem. The Capitol is full of rich people and high-tech. It also has a very powerful society and an excellent military force. The city is very harsh on it’s districts and governs them with an iron fist. The Capitol

4. The Arena is a very large area it is over 20 square miles in diameter. It is full of obstacles such as mines, animal dens, and various snares and traps set by other tributes. There is a large lake in the middle, and a large gold horn like structure lies at one side of the lake. All tributes start on platforms around the horn which is called the “Cornucopia”. The Cornucopia is where all the vital equipment and supplies are. The worse the supplies the further it is from the Cornucopia. The Arena

6.  Katniss is a feisty girl who never gives up.  She hunts for a living and barters for other goods and medicines  She is tall, skinny, a brunette and has brown eyes  She seems to be a very attractive woman  She is the main character and is the protagonist The book describes Katniss to look like this

7.  Peeta is about 5½ feet tall and has a strong build  He takes an interest in throwing and experimenting with large objects such as throw able boulders during the games and training.  He is a major character in the book and is a protagonist, although he seems to cause some problems throughout the story.  His father is the baker  Peeta is attracted to Katniss Peeta is described like this, he has blond hair and a muscular build

8.  Haymitch is one of the two victors from District 12 of the games  He is a drunk  Haymitch has scraggly blond hair and a light beard  He seems to know a lot of good strategies and tips  He is a lazy man in the beginning but when he realizes that the two tributes this year may win he ‘cleans up his act.’ The author describes Haymitch to have a short beard and long hair

9.  Effie has fake white hair and wears lots of makeup  She is very wealthy  She is also the announcer for the reaping and watches over the tributes while in the capitol and during preparation Effie is described to wear a lot of makeup

11.  Smooth, glowing bright bed of soft dull needles (Page 315)  Overflowing cloud of water in the stream (Page 313)  Runs cut off in jagged, imperfect lines as dissonant notes fill the sound of the woods (Page 329) Red=

12. Evaluating the storyline

13.  In part one of the story Katniss is picked in the reaping along with Peeta Mellark, who she knows but doesn't know how  They are both devastated but Katniss tries to show no emotion  They arrive in the Capitol and are taken to their rooms where Katniss cries  The next morning they stuff themselves with a huge breakfast, both of them have never experienced such an amazing food The events leading up to the climax

14.  The tributes go to the practice grounds to get familiar with the weapons  After three days of learning they go for private interviews to get more sponsors  When Katniss goes for her interview she misses her first arrow and the sponsors look away and marvel at a roasted pig Katniss was enraged and shoots the apple in the pigs mouth out and leaves The events leading up to the climax

15.  When Katniss goes to her room she starts to cry but when they say its time for dinner she comes out and watch to see her rating  To her surprise she gets a 11 which is very good especially for a poor district  The next day they go for interviews with Ceasar Flickerman, Katniss does a good job of making the crowd lover her  By the time Peeta goes the crowd is crying because he admits he loves her and he will die without her The events leading up to the climax

16.  The day after the interviews they are going to the arena to enter the Hunger games  Their designers prep them for they games and they’re off  the games start and Katniss runs for the woods while picking up a backpack  She makes her way deep into the woods and decides to rest for the night up in a tree  Late at night she hears sticks cracking and someone lights a fire The events leading up to the climax

17.  As soon as the fire starts a group of people attack the person who is a girl from the sound of her shreeks  The group comes near her tree and she sees it is the pairs from 1,2,4, and Peeta  She is very upset but after they leave she sleeps  The next day she moves to a new tree and finds food and gets settled in  The group form 1,2,4 and petta find her and unsuccessfully try to kill her The events leading up to the climax

18.  Rue is in a tree near her and points out a wasp nest above her and Katniss comes up with a plan  Before the Careers(kids from rich districts like 1,2,and 4) wake up she cuts the nest down and runs, she is stung several times and sees the Careers running and one fall, the one with the bow  She runs to get it just as she sees Peeta running back telling her to go, she grabs the bow and runs The events leading up to the climax

19.  The gamemakers realize that the tributes are spreading apart and worry that the audience is losing attention and care  They then spawn a forest fire to bring the tributes together and a flaming fireball nearly kills Katniss  Katniss gets injured by the shrapnel  Katniss runs to a new tree  She applies the healing cream to her leg  Peeta comes to her aid and they team up The events leading up to the climax

20.  They find a cave  She realizes that Peeta is hurt too and uses the remaining healing cream on him  They argue on who is most fit to go hunt  Katniss informs Peeta on the bird call strategy  She leaves the Cave to go hunt  After walking a few yards and doing a bird call with no respond, she sprints back to Peeta  Turns out he was not hurt, just forgot to respond The events leading up to the climax

21.  Katniss and Peeta run to the Cornucopia as a result of being chased by giant vicious dogs  They notice another tribute running to the Cornucopia for safety  Katniss fires an arrow at him, knocking him off of the structure  The awaiting dogs chew him to shreds and eat him alive  Katniss and Peeta are worried since there can only be a single victor, they agree to eat poisonous berries to ‘send a message’ The turning point, decides the outcome of the story and characters

22.  Man vs. society  In all of the book Katniss was fighting against society to eat, hunt, and live she was in a constant struggle to find food for her family and find a safe place in the games  In the arena she had to find ways to survive against stronger, taller, and faster components than she ever had to because she has never had to kill another person

23.  Man vs. nature  In The Hunger Games Katniss continually has to fight against weather, the terrain, and animals.  During the games she is stung by bees, burned by fires, chased by wild dogs and, battles dehydration. She has to fight through fires and animals every step of the way just to get water.  It is evident that she verses nature in the book when she has to go against nature.

24.  Man vs. Man  In The Hunger Games Katniss is constantly struggling against other humans  She fights against Cato, Clove, The Careers and the boy from district one  She almost dies several times but fights to live and gets away barely. Here drive to live and skill in the wild proves her to be a good contestant to live against the powers of her opponents

25.  Katniss and Peeta win the games and are treated for all their injuries  Katniss is strapped into her hospital bed and when ever she wakes up gets food, eats, then is knocked out again  She wakes up and all the constraints and tubes are gone, she gets up and leaves the room and sees Haymitch, Effie and runs to him she talks to him and goes to her room. The next day she wakes up and gets ready for her interview The events following the climax