3. Is there life outside of Panem? At one point in Ballad, a group of District 12 rebels plan to leave 12 and escape into the woods. They believe that there are people living north, outside of Panem, but Coriolanus dismisses this idea and insists that there's nothing beyond Panem, which isn't entirely true. Part 1: The Tributes. In the first third of the book, we are introduced to our protagonist, Katniss Everdeen. Though she's only a teenager, she's a tough hunter who puts food on her family's table. Her father is dead and she lives with her mother and sister Prim in District 12 in the country of Panem. 9. The ending is rushed. Strange to say, given that Mockingjay Part 2 is two-and-a-half hours long, but Katniss’s post-war life is given the short shrift. In the book, she’s forced to wait out Hunger Games (Book 1) was just an introduction. A story about a girl and needing to survive, figuring out what love is/is not, scratching the surface of how dark the world is outside of her day to day life in D12. She ultimately has to play the part of a pawn in larger game for the entertainment of the Capitol. By Suzanne Collins. 'The Hunger Games' is a young adult dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic universe where children are pitted against each other in a battle royale to the death. Written by Neesha Thunga K. B.A. in English Literature, and M.A. in English Language and Literature. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins follows the story of By Robert Vaux. Published May 13, 2023. Gale forms the third side of The HungGameses' love triangle. His ultimate fate hinges on how that plot thread develops over the saga. Among its other subplots, The Hunger Games embraces a strong love triangle, with both Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne making overtures to Katniss Everdeen. The Hunger Games (2008) was an instant bestseller, appealing to both teen readers and adults. It was called “addictive” by Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly , and “brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced” by John Green in the New York Times Book Review . Seneca Crane, the Head Gamemaker, was the one responsible for producing the Hunger Games. He's the one who thought of the trick to announce two winners, and then withdraw that rule, to further excite the viewers. But when Katniss bluffed her way out of the games with the poisonous berries, he was humiliated - him, and worse, President Snow. MOCKINGJAY is the last book of THE HUNGER GAMES. Katniss is fighting for the rebels as the Mockingjay, but she has a hard time keeping herself together because she knows that Peeta is being tortured by the Capital. Katniss's job is pull the rebels together against the Capital, but Katniss starts to question District 13's motives after the war Chapter 1. The day of “the reaping” is when warriors called “tributes” are drawn for the annual Hunger Games. In the Games, teenaged boys and girls fight to the death to benefit their home districts in the dystopian, hunger-stricken nation of Panem. Effie draws Prim Everdeen’s name to be the girl tribute in a televised gathering. xY48uh.