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Katniss Everdeen: Summary
Katniss Everdeen was a sixteen year old girl that lived with her mother and her little sister Prim in District 12. Katniss’s family depended on her to hunt for food ever since her father died in a mine explosion when she was only eleven years old. At the reaping, the mayor gave a speech about how the government in North America fell and the country of Panem took over. There was a war between the Capitol and the districts, and the Capitol won. To remind the districts not to rebel, the Capitol created the Hunger Games. Every year, two tributes (one girl and one boy) from each of the twelve districts are chosen to fight to the death in an arena and only one person can win. The mayor then introduced Haymitch, District 12's only living Hunger …show more content…
Katniss searched for Peeta and eventually found him injured from his fight with Cato. Katniss took care of him and soon realized that playing up the romance can help them get gifts from sponsors. Eventually, Cato is the only other living tribute and Katniss and Peeta defeat him. They thought they finally won but the announcer came back and said that the rules changed back: only one of them can win. Katniss and Peeta refused to kill each other, so they decided to eat poisonous berries. Just as they were about to eat them, the announcer came back once more to declare them as the winners of the Hunger Games. When they came out of the arena, Haymitch warned them that they were in danger. The Capitol took their stunt with the poisonous berries as a sign of rebellion. The Capitol thought that they were trying to outsmart them. They had to keep up the starcrossed lovers act to keep from getting punished by the Capitol. Peeta did love Katniss and got angry and hurt when he found out that Katniss didn't really love him back, but as the train got to District 12, they took each other's hands and put on a smile for the
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