The novel begins on the day of the "reaping," when each District must select two tributes, one male and one female, to represent them in the Hunger Games. Ever since her father's death, she has been the family provider, hunting illegally in the woods outside the district with her friend Gale. Katniss lives with her mother and younger sister Prim in District 12, the poorest of the districts. But their strongest tool to promote disunion and to discourage rebellion is the Hunger Games: a yearly event where two tributes from each district are pitted against each other for the country to watch on television. In a world of limited resources, the despotic government run by the Capitol keeps its citizens in line by separating them into Districts and reinforcing severe class separations. The novel takes place in Panem, a dystopic country built on what was once North America. The Hunger Games details the adventure of Katniss Everdeen, who is forced to engage in a fight-to-the-death tournament against other children.
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