Characters
She is the protagonist and narrator of the novel.
Who is Katniss Everdeen?
This is the age range of children eligible to be selected as tributes.
What is 12–18 years old?
This industry provides most of the work in District 12.
What is coal mining?
Katniss's family depends on hunting and gathering because the official system does not provide sufficient food. This suggests the government's treatment of District 12.
What is neglect?
This is the name of the televised competition in which the tributes are forced to participate.
What are the Hunger Games?
This character is Katniss's younger sister, whom she deeply protects.
Who is Primrose Everdeen?
Katniss reacts to Prim's selection by doing this.
What is volunteering?
Katniss and Gale risk punishment by entering this forbidden area to hunt.
What is the woods/forest?
Madge and Katniss come from different backgrounds within District 12, demonstrating this inequality.
What is social/class inequality?
The government ruling Panem is called this.
What is the Capitol?
This character is the drunken District 12 victor who becomes Katniss and Peeta's mentor.
Who is Haymitch Abernathy?
A family receives food today but increases its child's chance of being selected tomorrow. This system creates this dilemma.
What is the tesserae system?
This setting represents community survival and informal trade.
What is the Hob?
The Capitol has abundant food and wealth while District 12 struggles to survive. This contrast demonstrates this type of inequality.
What is economic inequality?
The children selected to participate in the Games are called these.
What are tributes?
She is the Capitol escort responsible for District 12's tributes.
Who is Effie Trinket?
The Reaping can symbolise the Capitol's ability to control this aspect of people's lives.
What is their future/freedom?
This area represents the poorest section of District 12.
What is the Seam?
The fact that District 12 must send children to the Games demonstrates this type of inequality.
What is political/power inequality?
The people who train and guide tributes after they are selected are called these.
What are mentors?
She is the mayor's daughter who gives Katniss a symbolic gift before the Games.
Who is Madge Undersee?
The contrast between the cheerful presentation of the Reaping and the fear of the districts creates this literary effect.
What is irony/juxtaposition?
This building symbolically represents government authority, despite being the location of an unjust event.
What is the Justice Building?
If children in wealthy areas have more resources and opportunities while children in poor areas must focus on survival, it creates this type of inequality.
What is opportunity inequality?
The official representatives who accompany tributes and help prepare them for the Games are called these.
What are escorts?