Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Hunger Games - Chapter 1

Part I – “The Tributes”

Chapter 1 (p. 3-20)
In chapter one, we are introduced to the main character, Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen year old girl living in District 12 of the nation of Panem, in a poor area known as the “Seam.” Hunger and poverty are widespread for many of the residents, and since the death of her father, Katniss supports her younger sister and mother by hunting and gathering on restricted lands with an older boy named Gale. They split what they acquire between them, selling some things on the Black Market.

The opening chapter takes place on a holiday, with the tradition greeting being “Happy Hunger Games!” We learn that being selected to compete in the Hunger Games is not something to be desired. It is meant to reinforce poverty, strengthen the Capitol’s control over the Districts and to be a lasting reminder of the futility of revolting against the Capitol.

At the conclusion of the chapter, despite the odds against her being selected, Katniss’ sister Primrose is selected to be District 12’s female competitor in the Hunger Games.
  1. Describe the narrator. What is her family situation?


  2. Describe District 12 and the “Seam.”


  3. What happened to father?


  4. Why don’t most people have weapons like Katniss’ bow?


  5. Who is Gale?


  6. What is the Hob?


  7. How is the reaping system unfair? How does it work? What is a tesserae?


  8. What are the Hunger Games?

3 comments:

  1. 1 The narrator is also the main character, she is a sixteen year old named Katniss. The family is struggling to get food supplies because of the strict capitol. The future basically went back in time to the ruling ages, you would think they learned their mistakes by now.

    2 The Seam is an area in District 12. There are 13 Districts making up the future North America, until the 13th was demolished because of rebel.

    3 Their Father died in the coal mines.

    4 Katniss' father made her that bow, not everyone would have the resources.

    5 Gale is Katniss' friend and they go hunting illegally together.

    6 The black market is the hob.

    7 They draw names from a hat and expect them to go slaughter each other.

    8 The Hunger Games is a game of survival including 24 contestants that fight to the death.

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  2. 1- the narrator is the main character and her she is girl called Katniss that is sixteen, also her family is very poor and Katniss has one sister and a mom.

    2- District 12 is where Katniss lives and district 12 is also poor in a lot of spots and has an eletricfence around it. Plus district 12 has an arena around it called the Seam.


    3- Well Katniss' Father died in a coal mining explosion.

    4- katniss ahs bow that she keeps in the woods. I also think other people in district 12 can not own a weapon because it is ilegal there.

    5- Gale is katinss' best friend.

    6- the hob is the black market in district 12.

    7- well the reaping sytem is unfair because anyone can get picked and the tessare is were you put your name in again so your family gets food.

    8- the hunger games is a survival game were only one out of 24 will survive.

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  3. 1. The narrator's name is Katniss, she is 16, she's on the Hunger Games show, and her family is poor.

    2. Well, from what I understand, Seam is the district in which Kat is from. And District 12 is this rundown neighborhood.

    3. He was killed... I think.

    4. 'Cuz the govt. thinks it will launch an unstoppable rebellion. DIZZY-DAWG!

    5. Her friend who calls her Catknip.

    6. The Black Market.

    7. It picks you out a thousand other names, and sticks with it, even if you are the weakest of the crowd.

    8. A SICK GAME WHERE LITTLE KIDS ARE PUT ON AN ISOLATED AREA, THEN ARE FORCED TO KILL EACH OTHER! IT'S SICK! But I think it should be made into a real show.


    SaNcHo wants to squeeze macaroni with Kat ;D

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