Analysis
The five themes we explore in this unit are...
Power, Rebellion, Relationships, Deception, Class Inequality
The real sport of the Hunger Games is watching the tributes kill one another. Every so often, [the Gamemakers] do kill a tribute just to remind the players they can. But mostly, they manipulate us into confronting one another face-to-face.
Power
Inferring =
Text clues + prior knowledge
What region of our world is Panem located in?
North America
A larger idea the author is trying to convey, often related to real world issues or real moral questions.
A theme.
I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.
Relationships
Tasman threw his backpack onto the ground and slumped down onto his bed.
We can infer that Tasman is...
Anrgy
Annoyed
Not happy
According to the rules, how many tributes are picked for 'The Hunger Games' and how many winners are there?
24 Tributes (12 girls, 12 boys) and 1 Victor
Creating the Hunger Games
Exploiting the Districts
Limiting their food/resources
Keeping them separate
Encouraging distrust between the Districts
Laws enforced by the 'Peacemakers'
Etc...
To hate the boy from District 1, who also appears so vulnerable in death, seems inadequate. It’s the Capitol I hate, for doing this to all of us.
Rebellion
Name an important relationship in 'The Hunger Games'
Peeta and Katniss
Katniss and Rue
Katniss and Prim
Etc...
What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to rill in and die for their entertainment?
Class Inequality
Something inside me shuts down and I'm too numb to feel anything. It's like watching complete strangers in another Hunger Games. But I do notice they omit the part where I covered her in flowers.
Right. Because even that smacks of rebellion.
Deception