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In this stratified society where the Capitol controls all resources, 16-year-old Katniss and her friend Gale forage for food  \nin the woods surrounding their impoverished District. The main support for both their families, Katniss and Gale are apprehensive about the approaching annual Reaping, when two “tributes”between the ages of 12 and 18 will be chosen by lottery from each of the 12 districts to compete in The Hunger Games, a survival contest on liveTV in which teenagers fight to the death.  \nWhen her beloved younger sister Prim is chosen as oneof the “tributes,” Katniss volunteers to go in her sister’s place. Her fellow tribute from District 12 is Peeta, a boy with whom she soon develops a complicated relationship. After traveling to the Capitol and undergoing elaborate training and preparation, Katniss and Peeta are launched into the Game. In the terrifying events that follow, Katniss must marshal all her skills to stay alive and all her emotions to remain a caring human being in the face of the stark brutality of the Games.  \n“It’s hard to choose one element that inspired The Hunger Games,” says Suzanne Collins. “Probably the first seeds were planted when, as an eight-year-old with a mythology obsession, I read the story of Theseus. The myth told how in punishment for past deeds, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to Crete where they were thrown in the Labyrinth and devoured by the monstrous Minotaur. Even as a third grader, I could appreciate the ruthlessness of this message. ‘Mess with us and we’ll do something worse than kill you. We’ll kill your children.’  \n“Other early influences would have to include watching too many gladiator movies, which dramatized the Romans’flair for turning executions into popular entertainment; my military specialist dad who took us to battlefields for family vacations; and touring with a sword fighting company in high school. But it wasn’t until the much more recent experience of channel surfing between reality TV programming and actual war coverage that the story for this series came to me.”  \nDisCussion Questions For the hunGer GAMes  \n1. How does Katniss feel about the country of Panem? Why does she need to make her face “an indifferent mask”and be careful what she says in public?  \n2. Describe Katniss’s relationships with Gale, with Prim, and with her mother. How do those relationships define her personality? Why does she say about Peeta,“I feel like I owe him something, and I hate owing people”? How does her early encounter with Peeta affect their relationship after they are chosen as tributes?  \n3. How does the fact that the tributes are always on camera affect their behavior from the time they are chosen? Does it make it easier or harder for them to accept their fate? How are the “career tributes”different from the others?  \n4. Why are the “tributes”given stylists and dressed so elaborately for the opening ceremony? Does this ceremony remind you of events in our world, either past or present? Compare those ceremonies in real life to the one in the story.  \n5. When Peeta declares his love for Katniss in the interview, does he really mean it or did Haymitch create the “star-crossed lovers” story? What does Haymitch mean when he says, “It’s all a big show. It’s all how you’re perceived”? Why do they need to impress sponsors and what are those sponsors looking for when they are watching the Games?  \n6. Before the Games start, Peeta tells Katniss,“  I want to die as myself . . . I don’t want them to change mein there.Turn me into some kind of monster that I’m not.”What does this tell you about Peeta? What does he fear more than death? Is he able to stay true to himself during the Games","cbCaieyzHpRP5qkd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieyzHpRP5qkd","pdf",827338,12,"English","# About the Hunger Games\n# Discussion Questions for the Hunger Games","[{\"question\":\"What event triggers Katniss’s involvement in the Hunger Games?\",\"answer\":\"The annual Reaping selects “tributes” from each of Panem’s 12 districts. When Prim is chosen from District 12, Katniss volunteers to take her place.\"},{\"question\":\"How do camera presence and the live audience influence the tributes’ behavior?\",\"answer\":\"With tributes constantly on camera, they must manage how they are perceived. 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