THE HUNGER GAMES

MAIN CHARACTERS

• Katniss Everdeen- narrator, district twelve
• Peeta Mellark- second tribute of district twelve
• Gale Hawthorne- Katniss's best friend
• Haymitch Abernathy- Katniss and Peeta'S mentor
• President Snow- maker of the games

MAIN CHARACTER TRAITS

• Katniss Everdeen- hardworking, daring, loving, caring
• Peeta Mellark- thoughtfull, helpful, kind, compasionate, strong
• Gale Hawthorne- loving, outgoing, sensitive, passionate
• Haymitch Abernathy- stubborn, selfish, cold, heartless
• President Snow- ruthless, evil, selfish, smart, controlling

Point of View
The point of view in this book is in first person. The person that tells the story is Katniss Everdeen. She is the main character in the book and the entire story revolves around her life.

PLOT (Beginning, Rising Action)
The book begins in district twelve. Two tributes are chosen from each of the 12 districts and are forced to fight to the death in the Hunger Games. Katniss and her sister Prim arrive at the Reaping and Prim gets chosen. Katniss then volunteers as tribute so her sister can live. Peeta Mellark also gets chosen and is forced to begin training for the annual games.

PLOT (Climax)
Katniss and Peta have to fight against twenty two other tributes chosen from the other districts. Haymich their mentor helped them through training and prepair them for the games. When the games began Katniss and Peta split up and decide to defend for themselves. After eight hours twelve tributes had already died.

PLOT (Falling Action, Resolution)
Katniss and Peta find eachother by the river and Katniss realizes that Peta is hurt. They then decide to work together now and win the games together. In the final day of the games Katniss and Peta were the only pair left. When the other tributes died, the two of them were left. They were expected to kill eachother but they couldn't so they decided that both of them should die. Right as they were about to die the game maker President Snow stoped the games and they were taken out in hovercrafts. They both had won.

SETTING

• District 12- run down town, mining industry
• Panem- main city, very different, colorful, fancy
• The games- forest, hot, rivers, blood bath

The theme of this book is never give up. We chose this theme because we believe that all of the characters represent this through out the book. One example is Katniss and the other tributes never give up in the games. Although they are forced to fight to the death, they try and battle for as long as they can.

CHARACTER MOTIVATION
Katniss Everdeen- Katniss lives for love. She cares about others more than herself and lives her life around her family.
Peeta Mellark- Peeta lives his life based on hope. He hopes for love and strives for greatness. He try's to be the best he can be based on hoping for the best in everything.

SYMBOLS
This is the pin that Katniss wears throughout the games. The symbol of the mocking Jay pin represents determination. This is represented throughout the book because all of the characters never give up. Katniss and the other characters are forced into the games and by never giving up it can help them through hard times.

THE END