The+Hunger+Games

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 * Read through Chapter 5 - to page 67 by Thursday**

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//For your first literature circles you will create a general overview of your novel. On this home page please create the following. Remember be creative, use color, images and sound!// 1. Setting- time, place, mood, and environment 2. Character List- make sure to list each main character and include a brief description and quote from the character

Alex, Aayush, Travis, Zhafir: 1. Anything is possible if you put your mind to it. ** Peeta and Katniss both came from District twelve, the poorest District of Panem. They were the underdogs by miles. No one thought that they would even reach into the top twelve. Also, Katniss managed to revive Peeta from the horrible state he was in. His leg was cut badly (he was bleeding profusely), and it got infected. Additionally, in the end, when the Gamemakers said that only one person could win the Hunger Games, they both threatened to kill themselves. Everybody thought that the Gamemakers couldn't be outsmarted.
 * Themes

In the beginning of the Hunger Games, Peeta decided to team up with the Careers. He acted like he was friends with Cato and Glimmer, and the rest of the Careers. Yet, when the time came to help Katniss, Peeta assisted Katniss to escape and then fought with Cato. Also, Katniss also stayed the same deep down inside. Since the time when Peeta gave Katniss bread, she liked and respected Peeta. Even in the beginning of the Hunger Games, when the rule was that only one person could win, she didn't want to kill Peeta.
 * 2. People can act different on the outside but will always remain same on the inside. **

Katniss was sleeping in a tree, when she saw Rue. Rue helped Katniss by pointing to the Tracker Jacker hive above her. After dropping the nest on the Careers, Rue followed Katniss for a while. To repay her debt, Katniss taught Rue how to hunt and what plants are safe to eat. Rue gave Katniss the knowledge of the herbs used to heal the tracker jacker wasp stings. In time they ended up as allies. Rue had faith in Katniss from the begining because she wore a badge of the mockingjay
 * 3. Friends can be found in the strangest of places. **

4. **Winning can be achieved in different ways.**
Technically Katniss won the Hunger Games when she a Peeta were allowed to live, and they avoided fighting each other. However, when they left the arena, Katniss discovered that the game makers were furious that they were outsmarted and that there was a chance that she could be killed. During the interview, Katniss had to pretend that she was blinded by love, in order to convince the audience that they she didn't mean to 'beat' the Gamemakers. When the interview had concluded, Katniss was victorious once again. This is how winning can be achieved in many different ways.


 * Setting** - The story starts off in the future, taking place in District 12, a run-down district of Panem, once known as North America. The mood in the beginning is anticipation, as we're waiting for someone to get chosen for the Hunger Games. The environment is black and cold. It comes as a complete surprise when Primrose gets chosen. However, an even bigger surprise is when Katniss runs up to the podium and starts shouting that she wants to take Prim's place as a tribute. Afterward, Katniss has to travel on a train, which is very luxurious and hi-tech. Peeta, the other tribute from District 12 seems to be a nice guy. The environment starts to improve form here-onward. The environment gets a lot more colorful, because of the lights in the Capitol. The mood stays gloomy, as you know that Katniss is going to die.
 * Character list** - The main character of the book is Katniss, also known as Catnip. She is a sixteen year old girl, who loves her younger sister Primrose a lot. She is friendly, and is an expert hunter. Her family is poor, and they have to fight to survive. Katniss' best friend is Gale, an eighteen year old boy. He is muscular, and is also a good hunter. Another main character in the book is Primrose. She is Katniss' cute younger sister. Katniss loves her a lot. She got picked as the tribute for the Hunger Games, but Katniss stood up and volunteered herself instead. The last main character is Peeta. He is a kind boy, who once gave Katniss' bread when she needed it. Peeta is the male tribute from District 12. These are the main characters so far.

Question 1 answers -


 * Major Themes **
 * By: VJ Henderson, Eli Solnick, Niek de Boer, and Mark Khurana **


 * 1.** **Sometimes relationships are formed by chance.**

This theme is very evident of the novel, when she meets Peeta. In the beginning, both Peeta and Katniss meet each other when they are both chosen for the Hunger Games. Ina million years, they would never have expected that Peeta and Katniss would have been friends. It was completely by chance that those two met, and because Peeta liked her was another piece of evidence of the chance. Also, I believe that it was by chance that these two met, as in some ways they almost owed each other already. In the beginning, they describe how Peeta saved her life by giving her the bread, and ultimately helping her survive. This was chance and it was lucky because they developed their relationships more because Katniss felt obliged to keep Peeta alive, as she was kept alive by him. Another example of chance is that Katniss happened to shoot the food and the apple in the mouth of the pig. When they have the private sessions with the Gamemakers, then Katniss becomes tired of the Gamemakers and shoots the arrow. However, it was by chance that she hit the apple, and because she hit the apple it saved her later in the game, because she got a high score and sponsors had the desire to support her, because of a possibly unlawful act.


 * 2. A game more than just winning.**

In the Hunger Games, then many people believ that winning is the only option, and they are jaded by the fact that they can have riches if they win, and don’t focus on the morals during the Games. However, Katniss and Peeta find the true meaning of the games. Unlike all of the others, as the game progresses, they notice the importance of friendship and how morals are important in all circumstances. Throughout the Hunger Games, Katniss is always polite in her ways, and never has to kill someone unless it is completely necessary. Also, she never goes out to kill the others, but is loyal to Peeta and uses her energy to keep him alive, not to kill the others. She realized it is not all about winning.


 * 3.** **Sometimes muscles have to bow down to brains.**

In the Hunger Games, brainpower always overcomes the strength of the careers. In the games for example, Katniss has the best strategies and therefore her and Peeta win. Peeta and Katniss keep isolated in their own areas, and try to seclude themselves from the rest so they limit their possibility of getting caught by the careers. Also, in the beginning, Katniss flees the center of the arena because she knows that she could possibly die if she did go after the mighty and precious materials that lay in the Cornucopia. Her main desire is to win, and because she realizes the consequences of her actions with her superior brainpower. Because she realized the consequences and acted on it throughout the games, she happened to survive with ease and eventually won the games. However, some of the brawns immediately went after the resources, and as a result then many people died, when they could have avoided their fate. Sometimes muscles have to bow down to brains!

By: Mark, Eli, Niek and VJ:
===|| Setting Mood || In the beginning, there is anticipation because the District is unsure of who will be chosen to go to the Hunger Games. There are some scenes of sadness in which Katniss doesn’t know whether she will die or not, because it is highly unlikely that she will survive the Hunger Games. Also, it is a little skeptical because Katniss is left alone to fend for herself, and she is skeptical because she doesn’t know who to trust in the Games, and is particularly suspicious of Peeta. There are also some scenes of determination and hope because now after the opening ceremony, people are excited and like her, so there is hope that she will win as well, even though she is skeptical, because there just might be some sponsors that will support her during the Hunger Games. || || Place || The story takes place in a place called Panem, which used to be North America. In the beginning, Katniss lives in District Twelve, a huge place that is responsible for mining coal in the woods. It is a very sad place because people are struggling to live. After this they are sent on a very luxurious place in which they have all the food that they want and they are provided with lush clothes. After this, they arrive in the Capitol, which is the center of Panem. This is the Capitol the strong center of the Districts, the luxury life, and the best food. This is where the tributes will meet. || || Environment || In District 12, the environment is very run down and very murky because it is a very poor city in which people are struggling to survive. In addition, the train is very lush and the train is luxurious with very nice carpets paving the whole train. In the Capitol is a very high tech city with very tall buildings and nice clean streets, with technologically advanced cars compared to the rest of the Districts. || || Time || The time is definitely in the future because they have trains that go at speeds much faster than ours. Also, the technology in the train is very advanced, in which they can create fresh food in a single minute. This is impossible in our time, and so this must be in the future. In addition, it is in the future of North America, as it clearly states ||===

Main Characters:
=== Katniss: Katniss is a sixteen year old girl, and her nickname for short is catniss. She sometimes has a mad temper, she is strong minded and she is very determined to succeed in her goals. Hunting all her life, she is extremely good at using a bow and arrow and has many skills with knives as well. She single handedly takes care of her family’s income since her dad died when she was eleven by going out into the woods and catching animals and finding vegetables. She is very family oriented and will do anything for the good of her family, one example taking the tributes place for her sister. Plain, she often wears her hair in a braid. Lives in poverty (the ‘Seam’). She is quite well known in her district. ===

=== Peeta: He is a sixteen year old boy and is very well built, especially his upper body strength. He is a baker’s son, and lives comfortably. He is s kind, does random acts of charity like giving bread to Katniss when she was in need. He loves and is the youngest of three. He is also very strong minded and physically. He is also a little bit sarcastic and has a good sense of humor. ===

=== Haymitch: Haymitch is a drunkard who is helping Katniss and Peeta create strategies and is there to help them win. He before was a past winner of the Hunger Games, but since he received so many goods for winning, he doesn’t have to do any work. This has left him in a very drunk state as he has almost unlimited riches in some ways. He is very smart, but a lot of the time is drunk and is useless. ===