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Hunger Games Book Review
The Hunger Games: Book Review
The Hunger Games is a novel aimed at young adults first released in September 2008. It was first published in the United States of America. Suzanne Collins was the author of this amazing novel. She came up with the idea while channel surfing and watching real war footage and reality TV. It also came because of her dad’s involvement in the Vietnam War. It was then published by the group Scholastic, who have published many famous books such as the highly successful Harry Potter series, the now major motion picture, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and many others.

The Hunger Games storyline takes place in a rather self-contradicting Post Apocalypse setting in North America. We are introduced to the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen. We see her as the provider for her family. She takes on the role of her father, who died years ago in a mining accident. Katniss provides for her family which consists of her mother and sister Prim, by hunting illegally with her best friend Gale Hawthorn in the wood outside District 12, in which they live. There are a total of 12 districts in the first book. Each of them goes from best to worst in wealth and riches. District 1 and 2 and all the other districts like 3,4 and 5, all have successful businesses and are all exceptionally wealthy.
The reason we have all the districts is: After the apocalypse, North America collapsed and the country of Panem then took its place. Then a war ensued between the Capitol and the Districts. The Capitol won and as a reminder of their victory, every year they hold a “Hunger Games”. This tournament is designed to get 24 contestants from the 12 districts. A boy and a girl. They are randomly selected from a drawing by the Capitol. They are trained before being put in a simulated arena, with different environments to fight it out until there is a Victor who outlasts everyone else.
The night of the drawing arrives. After all the pomp and show by Effie Trinket, a capitol representative,



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