The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games The Hunger Games is set in a fictional country of Panem with a total of 13 Districts in which everyone lives and the Capitol. Every District is special in what the produce. For example, District 11 specializes in crops and farming. The story revolves around Katniss Everdeen from District 12. Every year, there is what’s called a reaping in which every district picks one boy and one girl to participate in the “Hunger Games”. The Hunger Games is entertainment to some districts (i.e. The Capitol), and a terrible time for others (like District 11 and District 12). Every boy and girl from the district gather to be on a televised murder in which all 24 contestants have to fight to survive in the Hunger Games in different conditions and hard challenges. There are a few central themes in this amazing book. One theme is power. Another is competition. The first theme found in The Hunger Games is power. Everyone in this book is constantly fighting for power; especially the Capitol. The Capitol to Panem is like Washington D.C. is to America today. The people in the Capitol live amazing lives and are odd in the eyes of the other Districts. They are described as having tattoos, dyed hair, and strange bright colored clothing. One can only imagine that all the people in the Capitol look like a version of Nicki Minaji does today. They are described as speaking with strange accents, high pitched voices, and sentences that end going up as if they were asking a question. The Capitol is run by President Snow. President Snow has Peacekeepers in every district to keep his power. He feels that everyone must obey the rules and follow him. If someone were to question his power, he would execute them himself quietly. He is obsessed with power, and when Katniss begins to act out against him, he threatens her. “Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy.”