There is a futurist world, that used to be North America, called Panem. Panem consists of twelve districts and one Capitol. The Capitol controls and rules all of the Districts, and they have done so for 74 years, ever since the Dark Days when the districts tried to rebel against the Capitol. As the districts punishment for rebelling, and to make sure a rebellion will never happen again, the
Capitol forces one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen from all twelve districts to fight to the death on national television for everyone to watch. It a way for the Capitol to show the Districts who is really in control and has power. In District 12 during the 74th annual
Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, a girl who lost her father in a mining innocent, and has been forced to take care of her family single handily, steps up to take her younger sister, Prim's place in the games. Katniss and the male tribute from district 12, Peeta Mellark, must venture into the
Hunger Games, and be prepared for anything. Through Katniss Everdeen actions and characteristics the writer, Suzanne Collins reveals the main ideas of the importance of appearance and the individual verses the state in a quest for freedom and through setting the idea of inequality between rich and poor is explored.
Through the use of setting, the main idea of inequality between the rich and poor of the districts are explored. The totalitarian government of Panem is who holds all the power over the districts.
The citizens have no say over their lives or what the government will impose on them. The Hunger
Games is the ultimate display of the government’s power over the citizens of Panem. They were designed to continuously