HUNGER GAMES!!!!!! Part One Overview...

It was hard to pick which topic to talk about in this book, so i decided to focus on just one thing with all the details, and leave the other juicy parts out.

The Hunger Games is a suspenseful story of how brutal government can become when it is hungry for power. The amazing storyteller, Suzanne Collins, captured my curiosity, leaving me with so much eagerness, I cannot stop reading and can only anticipate for more.

Every year, one girl and one boy from ages 12-18 in each district is picked arbitary from hats to determine who is to be the contestant of The Hunger Games, a game where the group of 24 children are put into an inhabitable location, like a forest or desert. The only way to survive, or to win, is to kill all the others. The reward is a lifetime supply of food. Even more cruel is that every minute of the torture is broadcasted like a sport entertainment. The government sets this game as a reminder to the people of the failed revolution in history. There were originally 13 districts, but because of the revolt, the 13th district was liberate. Now, the remaining 12 districts suffer the government's abuse, passing ridiculous laws like, no making weapons (in fear of revolts) and no hunting, keeping the citizens always with empty stomachs.

The main character, 16 year old Katniss, is a brave hunter feeding her family of a depressed mother (after dad died) and a 12 year old sister, Prim, alive by hunting secretly and trading. When her beloved sister was chosen, she takes Prim's place. Her and the other contestants immediatedly become celelbrities. This transfromation shows how immortal the high- class people in the captol have become, entaertained by violence with no other better things to worry about.

The differnce in the capitol and the Districts also shocked me. The districts are mostly poor. Some districts are poorer than the others, dependent upon what the districts do. For example, District 1 is most favored because they have most contact with the Capitol. They focus on manufactoring. District 12 is the most poor because they focus of coal mining. Districts are so poor, they seem to be living in the past regimes. They did not even use money, but traded. There were no lights and no technology. When I was reading about District 12's environment, I thought it took place in the past. In contrary, The captiol is so advanced, they could have been living in the future. The press of a button, gives a buffet of food. The government power over them suppressed them to ever thrive.

Lastly, I found that the people in District 12 had the most morals. They were the most dispiced and degraded. 

"District 12 had always been a bit backwards" (46).

The other Districts that were favored even trained their kids all their lives to kill in the Hunger Games. Perhaps District 12 is the ones that are most human in Panem.

I'll leave the rest of the exciting parts for next time.