Chloe Snyder and Timara McElroy

The hunger games Project

Settings.The Hunger games is post-apocalyptic, takes place in North America, renamed

Panem. It takes place in the future, and North America is divided into districts, 12 to be exact. District 12 is the poorest, while district 1 is one of the richest.

• District 12: very poor, coal-mining district. Katniss and her family live in the poorest part of the district, the seam. The district is surrounded by a sometimes-electrified fence, dividing them from the woods. The district also includes the Hob, which is the “Black market” where Katniss can earn money selling game.

• The seam: The seam is the poorest area of district 12, where Katniss and her family live. The seam lies on the border of district 12, next to the forest and the unknown area of district 13. Everything in this area is covered in coal dust. People who live here also seem to look similar, with black hair and gray eyes, and olive skin.

• The woods: The woods symbolizes freedom and peace for Katniss, and also for Gale. There are bushes, wild animals and wild dogs, poisonous snakes, lakes, rivers, ponds, trees, and much, much more. Katniss hunts here and sells her game in the hob. She also sets snares and catches rabbits to eat with her family.

• The hob: The hob is the black market in district 12, where people are able to sell banned things, such as game from the woods, spirits, and other illegal items.

Settings cont.• The train: The train is what is taking Katniss and Peeta to the capitol.

On the train, Katniss and Peeta enjoy food of all sorts, even food they’ve never even heard of. The train moves very, very fast and there is a slight hum coming from the engine. They can barely tell the train is moving. The train moves through out mountain ranges and Katniss is amazed at the sight.

• The capitol: The capitol is known for its fashion and food. The capitol is the richest, most powerful area of Panem. The capitol is basically the government of Panem. The capitol enforces the they are in charge by having peacekeepers, harsh punishments, and over all, the Hunger Games.

• The Training center: The training center is where all 24 tributes train for the arena and the game. They have many different “stations”. A couple are snare making, plant eating, archery, weight lifting, and knife throwing

• The arena: An arena is a large, enclosed, outdoor area where the Hunger Games are held each year. Arenas are designed by the game makers, and a new one is built every year. It could be a forest or a wasteland. The Game makers plant traps and ideas into the arena, to entertain the people of Panem. All arenas have a Cornucopia where the tributes launch into the arena to begin the Games. Also all the arenas have force fields around the arenas that bounces back anything that hits it. Over the years a few tributes have used it as a weapon.

Names of the Known Tributes

Female

• Katniss• Glimmer• Rue• Clove• Foxface

Male

• Peeta• Cato• Thresh• Marvel

Key:

Static/Dynamic

• Static- lack of change, doesn’t effect much

• Dynamic- changes the storyline, effects the story

protagonist/antagonist

• Protagonist- leading character

• Antagonist- The “bad” guy of a story

Major/Minor Character

•Major-More important, big part in the story•Minor- less important, not a big part

Gale• Gale is 18 years old, has straight black hair,

olive skin, and grey eyes. He is Katniss’s best friend.

•Major Character•Static•protagonist

Primrose Everdeen

• Primrose is Katniss’s little sister, she has blonde hair and blue eyes.

•Major Character•Static•protagonist

Katniss’s Mom

Katniss’s Mom has blonde hair and blue eyes, just like Prim.

•Major Character•static•protagonist

Katniss EverdeenKatniss is 16 years old, has straight black hair, olive skin, and grey eyes.

•Major Character•Dynamic•protagonist

Peeta Mallark

Peeta is medium height, has stocky build, and also ashy blonde hair that falls in waves over his forehead.

•Major Character•Dynamic•protagonist

Effie Trinket Effie is a Bright and bubbly person, with

pink, curly hair

•Major Character•static•protagonist

Claudius Templesmith

Claudius is described to have a large, booming voice. He is the announcer for The hunger games.

•Minor Character•Static•protagonist

Haymitch

Haymitch is a Paunchy, middle aged man who almost always appears drunk

•Major Character•Dynamic•protagonist

CinnaCinna has Golden brown eyes, he is Tall, African American, and

wears gold eye-liner. He is a very friendly person. Quote from The hunger games, “It crosses my mind that Cinna’s

calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.”

•Major Character•Static•protagonist

Caesar Flickerman • Caesar has powder-blue hair, and his eyes and lips are always coated in the

same powder- blue hue. He never looks older.

•Major Character•Static•protagonist

GlimmerGlimmer has flowing blonde hair and blue eyes, she is tall with a lush body.

•Minor Character•Static•antagonist

Rue• Rue has satiny brown skin and bright, dark

brown eyes. She is 12 years old.

•Minor Character•Static•protagonist

Cato Cato is 16 years old, and is a huge, strong,

brutal person. He is 6’2 and brutal. He would jump at the chance to kill someone. He is blonde with gray-blue eyes.

•Minor Character•Static•antagonist

ThreshThresh has dark skin, and is a giant! He is 6 and a half

feet tall, and built like an ox. He is very solitary.

•Minor Character•Static•antagonist

CloveClove is a knife-throwing expert. She has brown hair and

Blue-gray eyes. There is no absolute description of her.

•Minor Character•Static•antagonist

MarvelMarvel has blonde-brown hair and blue-gray

eyes. Marvel is ruthless and strong, yet he is over-confident. Katniss says in the hunger games, “he may be smart but he is not the smartest.”

•Minor Character•Static•antagonist

FoxfaceFoxface has bright, red hair, and is fast and sly. She

is tricky to spot in the arena. She is very exclusive.

•Minor Character•Static•antagonist

Figurative Language Examples, from The Hunger Games.

Figurative LanguageImagery

• "And then I see her, the blood drained from her face, hands clenched in fists at her sides, walking with stiff, small steps up toward the stage, passing me, and I see the back of her blouse has become untucked and hanges out over her skirt.“

• “A fox faced girl with sleek red hair ran by.”

• “She fastened a small golden bird and attached a ring on it, making the ring look complete and gorgeous.”

Imagery

• "Birds are settling down for the night, singing lullabies to their young. Night creatures emerge. An owl hoots. The faint scent of a skunk cuts through the smoke. The eyes of some animal peer at me from the neighboring tree - a possum maybe - catching the firelight from the Careers' torches.“

• “Mashed in nose, half of one ear missing, eyes the color of rotting squash, he was a hideous cat.”

Figurative language, cont.Foreshadowing

• When Peeta admits he’s had a long-lasting crush on Katniss, “Winning won’t work in my case” “why ever not?” asked Caesar. “Because… she came here with me.”

• When Katniss was in a tree and the career tributes, including Peeta, found her, “Oh, let her stay up there, its not like shes going anywhere, we’ll deal with her in the morning.”

Alliteration

• "Right now, it's silent as a stone."

• "I noticed him, a boy with blond hair peering out from behind his mother's back.”

Figurative Language, Cont.

Simile• "Could Gale and I have been

eating blackberries only this morning? It seems like a lifetime ago. Like a long dream that deteriorated into a nightmare.“

• "My legs, arms, torso, underarms, and parts of my eyebrows have been stripped of the stuff, leaving me like a plucked bird, ready for roasting."

Metaphor • "I am not pretty. I am not

beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.“

• ""Katniss, the girl who was on fire."“

Figurative Language, cont.

Personification• "With both of us hunting

daily, there are still nights when games has to be swapped for lard or shoelaces or wool, still nights when we go to bed with our stomachs growling."

Personification• "We have to stand for a few

minutes in the doorway of the train while the cameras gobble up our images, then we're allowed inside and the doors lose mercifully behind us.

Figurative Language, Cont.

onomatopoeia• "R-i-i-i-p! I grit my teeth as

Venia, a woman with aqua hair and gold tattoos above her eyebrows, yanks a strip of fabric from my leg, tearing out the hair beneath it.“

• “I wait for the next Hisssssss, but it doesn’t come.”

onomatopoeia• ""Oh good," I say,

immediately taking a huge bite. The strong fatty cheese tastes just like the kind Prim makes, the apples are sweet and crunchy. "Mm.""

As punishment for a past fight against the Capitol, where a 13th district was destroyed, one boy and one girl from each district are selected by a lottery (the reaping) to participate in the Hunger Games, an event in where the tributes must fight to the death in an outdoor arena controlled by the Capitol, until only one person remains. a girl from District 12, Katniss, volunteers for the Hunger Games in place of her younger sister, Prim. The boy tribute is Peeta Mallark.

PLOT

The reaping

Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Capitol, where their mentor Haymitch instructs them to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the other tributes. "Stylists" are given to make each tribute look their best. Katniss's stylist, Cinna, is the only person at the Capitol with who she feels understands. The tributes are displayed to the Capitol audience in an interview with host Caesar Flickerman, and have to appeal to the audience in order to gain "sponsors". During this time, Peeta reveals his love for Katniss. Katniss believes this to be a trick to gain sponsors, who can be critical to survival because they can send gifts such as food, medicine, and tools to tributes during the Games.

PLOT

Katniss and Cinna, her “stylist”

While almost half the tributes are killed in the first day of the Games, Katniss works on her hunting and survival skills to remain safe and hidden from the other tributes. A few days into the games, Katniss gets an alliance with Rue, a 12-year-old girl from District 11 who reminds Katniss of her sister. In the meantime, Peeta appears to have joined the tributes from the richer districts. When he has the chance to kill Katniss, he instead saves her from the others. Katniss's alliance with Rue is brought to an end when Rue is killed by another tribute, who Katniss kills with an arrow. Katniss sings to Rue until she dies, and spreads flowers over her body as a sign of respect for Rue and disgust towards the Capitol.

PLOT

Katniss and rue

Katniss in a tree

Because of Katniss and Peeta's trick, in the minds of the audience as “Star crossed lovers” a rule change is announced through the Games, saying that two tributes from the same district can win the Hunger Games together. Hearing this, Katniss begins searching for Peeta. She finds him, wounded and hiding. As she nurses him back to health, she acts like a girl falling in love to gain favor with the audience and, gifts from her sponsors. When the couple remain as the last two surviving tributes, the Gamemakers change the rule back in an attempt to force them into a finale, where one must kill the other to win.

PLOT

Katniss helps nurse Peeta back to health.

Katniss, knowing that the Gamemakers would rather have two victors than none, gets poisonous berries known as "nightlock" from her pouch and gives some to Peeta. Realizing that Katniss and Peeta intend to commit suicide, the Gamemakers announce that both will be the victors of the 74th Hunger Games.

PLOT

Katniss and Peeta holding the “nightlock” berries.

Although she survives in the arena and is welcomed in the Capitol, Katniss is warned by Haymitch that she has now become a target after making the capitol seem undesirable. After, Peeta is heartbroken when he finds out that Katniss in the arena was just a part of a trick to earn sympathy from the audience. Katniss is unsure of her own feelings and realizes that she is doesn’t want to see the when she and Peeta will go their separate ways.

PLOT

Katniss and Peeta as the victors of the 74th hunger games.

ConflictMan vs. Nature

Katniss Battles:• Forest fires• Tracker jackers• Lack of food• Dehydration• Injuries• Disease• Predators

Man vs. man

• Katniss Battles:• The Capitol• The Career tributes• President snowThe main conflict is man vs. man,

known as Katniss against the rest of the 23 tributes. She fights against most of them in the Hunger Games for her life.

Conflict

Man Vs. Society• Katniss Vs. The Capitol.The Capitol controlled all the districts

and made them work while it got to enjoy all of the luxuries. The Capitol also controlled The Hunger Games and sent over a thousand children to kill each other as tributes while they treated it as a celebration and they didn’t care about the mass-murder. Since Katniss was a tribute, she was disgusted by all of this and tried to defy the Capitol. By doing do she started an uprising and rebellion of the districts.

Man vs. self• Katniss vs. Katniss.Katniss fighting with who she

is willing to kill and whom she doesn't want to kill.

ThemeOne of the most important themes in The Hunger Games is

survival, and keeping your humanity and dignity as you try to survive. Katniss and Peeta survive the games, but they also survive their daily lives in the district. The capitol has made life difficult for those living in the districts, and to survive the lack of food requires great strength. Some people in the districts give up, and others survive but become heartless or mentally unstable.

Katniss has to survive her everyday life at home and in the Hunger Games arena with Peeta

Theme, cont.

Katniss is a true survivor, she pulls her family through the tough time after her father's death, when otherwise they would not have survived. Peeta tells Katniss that if he dies in the arena, he wants to do it with his dignity intact. Peeta says, “ Even though chances of survival are slim, I will die as myself, if my humanity and dignity is in place, I can face death.” Peeta is not going to compromise his humanity, and would rather die with dignity.

Resolution

• The resolution The Hunger Games would be when Katniss and Peeta are the official victors of the 74h hunger games and are getting off the train to be reunited with their friends and families.

Katniss reunites with her friends and family

MoodThroughout the book, Katniss gives off a strong and

confident mood. Her mood is unexpected. The book its self is suspenseful. The Hunger Games is a

very unique book. It is depressing, joyful, surprising, and much, much more.

•Dangerous•Sad•dark•Serious

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