A famous scientist once said, “The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability”. In the novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen is being enforced to fight to the death with 24 other teams in an arena. She has to find food, water, shelter, and a weapon to defend herself from the other tributes. The overarching theme is that allowing yourself to be vulnerable to others is the key to survival as shown by Katniss trying to find food, water, and shelter. The theme of The Hunger Games is survival because if you don’t know how to survive you will most likely die. One example is when Katniss was having trouble getting away from the fire and her leg was burned, but she survived. One of