Part One: The Tributes- We are introduced to Katniss Everdeen (the protagonist of the book). Right off the bat we find out that even though she is only a teenager, she is a very skilled and tough hunter, and provides for her family by putting food on the table. She lives with her mother and sister Prim, her father is dead, in the country Panem. Panem is separated into 12 districts and Katniss and her family live in the 12th district. So, every year the capitol of Panem hosts an event called the Hunger Games where two tributes, a boy and girl, from each district are chosen at random to go to an arena and fight to the death. Only one person can win (survive). This is to tell and remind each of the twelve districts not to rebel, this also is their yearly entertainment. This year …show more content…
Katniss nurses him back to health, but being a very smart girl she realizes that if she plays up the romance between the two she will get gifts frim sponsors to help them win. Now the only three remaining tributes are Katniss, Peeta, and Cato. So, they must face off with each other but first they get chased by genetically muted dogs, who are trained to do nothing but kill. So, they fight, and Katniss eventually shoots Cato in the back and he dies. So, Katniss and Peeta believe they have won, but an announcer comes on and says there can only be one winner. They can’t kill each other so they decide to both eat poisonous berries at the same time, committing suicide. But right before they eat the berries the announcer comes back on and says they won. Katniss and Peeta keep the act of being in love for the post game reunion, so they are not punished by the capitol for faking it and cheating the system. Katniss finds out that Peeta is actually in love with her. They arrive back at district twelve, grab hands and step off the train and onto the