Summaries
The TributesThe Tributes Pages 1-38
Summary The starting of the book is mainly introducing the main characters in the book. Katniss, Peeta, and Prim will be the main characters in the story. The author introduces Katniss’s best friend Gale who she hunts a lot with. After some of the characters are talked about the author lays out the rules for the annual ‘the Hunger Games’ in Panem. There are 13 different districts, but number 13 got destroyed. So 12 boys, and 12 girls are locked into an arena to kill each other (one boy, and one girl from each of the 12 districts).A volunteer is someone who volunteers to go the games. With the drawing of Rue to go to the games at the age of 12, makes Katniss volunteer right away. Peeta also get drawn. They each have to go through training, and will have to prove themselves to get a score out of 12. Katniss scores a 11 out of 12, while Peeta scores low in the rankings. Before the games here is an interview. With the opening ceremony interviews, each person is interviewed and asked a few questions. Peeta has one of the best by saying he has a crush on Katniss. Katniss doesn’t disagree about that thought and they begin to like each other because they want to get sponsors. |
The GamesThe Games Pages 139-244
Summary The games begin by the tributes entering the arena. It starts out with survival packs being available in the center of the arena. Many people are killed on the first day because of this. With Katniss running away, she is alone. She sets up by a tree. She plans on sleeping in the tree with her sleeping bag. She believes that if she is off the ground she will be less seen. She gets her first scare with the burning of parts of the forest, and then eventually having the career tributes walking near her. When they see a sleeping bag in a tree Peeta checks to see if anyone is in there, and says that he doesn’t think so. Until, they find her, and decide to kill her the next morning. In this tree she finds a jackers nest, and begins to cut the branch to hit it down on the career tributes. Katniss stays in the tree as she doesn’t want to get stung. With the career tributes running, from the jackers, she eventually takes the bow and arrows that were in the bag at the beginning of the games. She then meets up with Rue (District 11), and decides to team up with her because of the chances of one of them living. When they decide to take all of the career tributes food, they are successful but are seen. They both begin to run but Rue is killed in the process. Katniss immediately kills the man who shot her, and buries Rue in flowers, and sings a song. Following the death of Rue, the announcer changes up the rules, by having 2 people from the same district are allowed to stay alive. Katniss thinks of where Peeta is. |
The VictorsThe Victors Pages 245-374
Summary Katniss goes to find Peeta, as she knows he is hurt. She begins to search near water because you need water to survive. With Katniss no longer working with Rue she has no other reason why she should find Peeta, so they both can come home alive. She ends up finding him in camouflage on the ground, injured, and helps Peeta into a cave. She looks at Peeta’s wounds on his leg and soon realizes that he needs medicine in order to live. She starts to use romance as a way to get this medicine, by kissing him. When the Career tributes start to kill themselves, it is only down to 3 people. Katniss, Peeta, and Cato. In the night the game changes with the wild dogs being in the game now. Cato knows about the rule change, so when they are in the tree to hide from the dogs, he holds on to Peeta and threatens to kill him. Katniss only has a couple shots in her bow left. And she also figures that Peeta will fall from the tree if she shoots Cato. But with one shot she hits Cato, having him land on the ground filled with wild dogs. So Katniss, and Peeta wait for the cannon to go off, for the ending of the games, it doesn’t. The next day, there is a new announcement of changing the rules of the game again with only having one person survive. Peeta and Katniss threaten to eat poisonous berries because they know they can’t kill each other. When they are about to eat them, there is another announcement. They change again, which allows them to both live. When they return to the Capitol, they are fed, and Peeta is getting medical treatment on his wound. When Katniss sees Peeta after his treatment she is shocked to see that there is Peeta, with no more wounds. What Katniss figures out that Peeta wasn’t acting and she was the relationship changes. |