The annual coming of the reaping is present where a female and male tribute will be put to the tests from each district to see the last one standing. District 12, which happens to be Katniss Everdeen’s home, Panem, joins the ceremony of the 74th Hunger Game. The Hunger Games is a game that was created when the 12 districts and the Capitol broke out into a war, where the Capitol ended up becoming victorious. However, because of their victory, the Capitol hosts the Hunger Games as a reminder of the war. As Katniss’s worst nightmare comes to reality, her sister, Prim gets chosen. Without hesitation, Katniss steps up and volunteers for her place. Alongside Katniss, the male tribute is Peter Mellark who Katniss remembers as the boy who gave her bread from a friend-owned family bakery. Goodbyes are said, and off they go to begin their journey. At the Capitol, they train with all the other districts and see the competition they are going to face. The following days are made for preparation, and then they are sent off to begin. In front of all 24 tributes is the Cornucopia that has a variety of different useful supplies, but instead of risking to the middle, she runs off hiking for many hours for any type of resources. The next dreadful 18 days are full of many natural disasters, exhaustion, and anything above brings her conflict and having to think fast on what moves to make next. She creates bonds with others, however, having trust in the Hunger Games never had gone very right for anyone. From fireballs to deadly wasps, to long rainy nights, Katniss pushes forth to do what hasn’t been done in many years for district 12.
The Hunger Games novel is extremely captivating and grasps the reader in to read. Whenever reading the book, you could picture every scene in your head, and it was very easy to follow along but also has you thinking/imagining the whole storyline. The setting of a dystopian location made it even more interesting to see how future technology is imagined from this sci-fi point of view. I loved how Suzanne Collins captured Katniss’s personality and her connection to Peter. How it developed throughout the story. Something the book leaves out is more on Gale and Prim. These two characters helped lead the beginning of the novel when Katniss was still back home. However, they disappear further into the story. I wish that Gale was incorporated more into some type of drama with Peter because I think it could have elevated the romance hints in the story, and how Katniss wasn’t ever aware of either of their feelings towards her.
Overall, The Hunger Games is great to read if you’re looking for an action-packed and very detailed novel. When you’re reading it, something useful that I wish I did was to note any foreshadowing that you might find and write it down to go back and review later if it connects again. Suzanne Collins uses several symbols that carry though-out the book and are important to the ending to really fully understand the takeaway from the novel.
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