Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, Fiction

Ermin Alemic

       The main character of this book is a 16 year old girl by the name of Katniss Everdeen. In this book there are 12 districts that people live in and, in each of those districts two people are chosen or volunteer to compete in The Hunger Games known as the reaping. The Hunger Games is the biggest event throughout these districts and, in this event people compete for a massive amount of gold and they have to fight to the death for it and, Only one district can be crowned winner.
        In the book the district which Katniss Everdeen is living in is a very poor district and, she is in district 12. When the two people from each district are picked they pick anyone that is 12 and over. Each district has to have one female and one male compete in the hunger games. If you are 12 years old or older it is mandatory for you to be in the reaping. Katniss's younger sister Primrose just turned 12 and she is qualified and forced to be in the reaping for the 74th hunger games. When they start picking the two people from each district everyone gathers around the speaker and, they choose names randomly. The first name that is picked sends Katniss Everdeen into shock. The first pick of the 74th annual hunger games from district 12 is Primrose Everdeen, Katniss's younger sister. When Primrose is picked Katniss had no other choice but, to volunteer herself to be one of the two people from her district to compete in 74th annual hunger games to save her younger sister. Peeta is a boy from the same district as Katniss and, is a boy who has been crushing on Katniss Everdeen for a while. Since Katniss volunteered to be in the 74th annual hunger games Peeta did aswell to become closer to Katniss. Katniss and Peeta are the two competitors for the 74th annual hunger games from district 12. Will they both get out alive with the prize or, will they both face defeat and die?

Question 6: If you could ask the author a question, what would you ask? If i could ask the author one question about the book so far it would be why did he think of this big event known as the hunger games and, if there was anything that gave him the idea of it from something in real life.

Question 10: Think of one way that a person in the story solved a problem. Tell or write what you learned about solving the problem that you could use sometime in  solving a problem of your own. What kind of trouble was he/she in? What was the problem to be solved? One problem in the story so far was when Katniss's younger sister primrose was chosen to be in the 74th annual hunger games. Primrose was only 12 years old and Katniss couldnt believe that she was picked and she had to do something about it. The only thing that she could possibly do was volunteering and risking her life to save her younger sisters, so that is what she did. One thing that i learned about solving problems in this passage is that sometimes you have to risk your life for someone close to you to save them and, if you know you would have a better job at doing something you should do it.