Katniss's Survival In The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

In chapters 1-5 of, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the reader is told of a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen. When Katniss was 11 her father died in a mine explosion, so she was then left with her mother and her younger sister, Prim. Katniss’s mother became ill and completely ignored her family, and since Katniss’s father was the one that did all the work, Katniss had to learn to follow in her dad's footsteps, since her mother couldn’t. She struggled at first but she soon figured out that her hunting skills, which she was taught by her father, will come in handy for her and her family's survival. The reason why Katniss had to help her family survive is because she lives in a very broken down world. The area where she lives is broken into 13 groups, 12 of them are called Districts, like District 1, district 2, and so on. Katniss lives in District 12, which contains 8,000 people, and it is the least popular of all the Districts. Then, the last group is the Capital, this is where all the rich people live, and the people who control the Districts live in this group. These are also the people who decided the create The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games was made to prevent wars throughout the Districts. And, in an …show more content…
So she does the unthinkable, Katniss volunteers as tribute so she will be the one in the arena and not Prim. After dramatic looks are shot through the District, Effie announces the male tribute, Peeta Mellark. This was a boy who gave Katniss bread and hope when she was near death after her father died, she couldn’t kill him. But Katniss ignores the topic and continues on with what she has to do. After she is able to talk with her mom, sister, friend Gale, Peeta’s father, and a young girl, she is off on a train ride to the Capitol. The young girl, Madge, gave Katniss a mockingjay pin and stated that she can have it when she is in the arena to remind her of her