“And right now, the most dangerous part of the Hunger Games is about to begin.” (Collins 359) This sentence towards the end of the young adult dystopian novel The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins is the culminating factor to the dangers of punishment. In this part of the book, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have just won the Hunger Games. Normally, for these games, there is only one winner, but Katniss had the idea that she and Perta would eat a lethal berry unless the rules stayed true to the adjustment that was made earlier on in the game. The original plan was that if the last two people were from one district they would both win, but the Capital of Panem, the place where the games are run, changed the rule back to its original