The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is a futuristic, sci-fi novel that takes in present day North America, known as Panem in the book. Panem is a country that is made up of 12 poor districts and a wealthy capitol. In the story the capitol rules over all the districts and the districts are to supply the capitol with the living essentials. The districts live in poverty and face the challenges of survival everyday.
The main characters of the story are Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, and Gale Hawthorn. Katniss is a wise sixteen-year-old girl that has gone from poverty to wealth and is trying to adjust her life to being a Hunger Games tribute. She is forced to feign love with Peeta, which is straining her relationship with her friend Gale Hawthorn. Peeta is a joint tribute with Katniss of the Hunger Games. He is tall buff and belongs to a richer family so isn’t as scrawny as the other boys from District 12. He is madly in love with Katniss but is not sure if she feels the same way about him. Gale is Katniss’ best friend he is two years older to her. The two of them met while hunting for food in the forest. Ever since they met they have been looking out for each other but after Katniss’ public display of love for Peeta their friendship is going through challenging times.
