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Summary edit
After winning the 74th Hunger Games in the previous novel, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return home to District 12, the poorest sector in the fictional country of Panem. On the day that Katniss and Peeta are to start a "victory tour" of the country, she is visited by President Snow.... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Katniss Everdeen: The protagonist and narrator. Katniss realizes that the Games aren't yet over for her and Peeta. She struggles through her Victory Tour, forcing herself to appear utterly in love with Peeta for President Snow and the rest of the Capitol, although she has no clue what her feelings are because she has both Gale & Peeta.
- Peeta Mellark: Son of the local baker and Katniss' recent co-victor, Peeta is desperately in love with Katniss and has been so since he was young. He has an unerring sense of what is right and is led by his heart. He is strong and likable, and an excellent speaker. He would do anything to keep Katniss alive. Also he is in the love triangle including Katniss and Gale.
- Haymitch Abernathy: Haymitch is a previous Hunger Games victor from District 12. After winning the Games, he became addicted to alcohol and now spends most of the time drunk. He mentors Katniss and Peeta.
- Gale Hawthorne: 18-year boy that sports the usual "Seam look": black hair, olive skin and gray eyes. Katniss's best friend and hunting partner. Both he and Katniss are the main providers for their families since their fathers both died in a mining accident. They hunt and gather wild edible plants in the woods.
- Effie Trinket: Katniss and Peeta's over-enthusiastic escort. She usually has a bright and positive attitude, which Katniss finds annoying. She is strict about her manners and is a very punctual person. She does not get along well with Haymitch
- Johanna Mason: A previous Hunger Games victor from District 7. She won the games by pretending to be weak.
- Finnick Odair: A handsome 24 year old from District 4, the fishing district. He was one of the youngest victors ever, winning the Hunger Games when he was only fourteen years old. His weapon of choice is a trident. Very charismatic and loved by the capitol because of his looks. Friend or foe?
- Cinna: Katniss's stylist, and one of the few people she truly trusts. All of his clothes are highly favored by the audience of the Hunger Games
- Primrose Everdeen: She is a healer and the younger sister of Katniss. She was picked to be the girl tribute from District 12 in the 74th Hunger Games, but Katniss volunteered instead. She is commonly known as Prim. Has blonde hair and blue eyes like their mother which makes her very noticable in the Seam. Has a talent for healing like their mother. Prim is a very bright young girl and loves her pet cat and Katniss very much.
- Maysilee Donner: A tribute from District 12 in the second Quarter Quell, when was an ally of Haymitch. Before the Quell, she was Madge's aunt and a friend of Katniss' mother
- Chaff: A previous Hunger Games victor from District 11. Chaff is a close friend of Haymitch. He lost his arm in the games
- Vick Hawthorne: Gale's brother. The second youngest child in the Hawthorne family, and too young to work or take tesserae
- Seeder: A previous Hunger Games victor from District 11
- Venia, Octavia and Flavius: Katniss' prep team. They all follow the trends of Capitol fashion and are kind to Katniss despite their clueless natures
- Caesar Flickerman: The interviewer before every Hunger Games event. He is flamboyant in appearance and easygoing in his demeanor. He is known for being able to bring out the best in every tribute and make them "shine
- Darius: A red-haired Peacekeeper for District 12. He gets punished for protecting Gale from getting whipped. And is turned into an Avox who is forced to serve Katniss
- Hazelle Hawthorne: Gale's mother. Her husband was killed in the same mining accident as Mr. Everdeen. She works tirelessly as a washerwoman to try to support her family. Also she is a friend of Katniss, and Katniss's mother
- President Snow: The President of Panem. White Roses are his trademark flower. Has thick lips and an unsettling demeanor. He smells of Roses and blood to Katniss
- Mrs. Everdeen: Katniss' and Primrose's mother. With Prim's help, Mrs. Everdeen runs a home-based apothecary where she helps the sick and injured of District 12
- Rory Hawthorne: Gale's 12 year old brother. The second oldest in the Hawthorne family
- Mags: Winner of the 6th Hunger Games from District 4 and Finnick's mentor. She is about 80 years old and can make a fish hook out of anything
- Brutus: A previous Hunger Games victor from District 2
- Bonnie and Twill: A Teacher and a Student from District 8 searching for District 13
- Wiress and Beetee: Wiress and Beetee are a couple from District 3. Both are intelligent with exceptionally great observation skills and get nervous or fidgety around other people. Nicknamed Nuts and Volts
- Plutarch Heavensbee: The Head Gamemaker in the 75th Hunger Games
- Cecelia: Previous Hunger Games victor from District 8
- Annie Cresta: Previous Hunger Games victor from District 4. Prone to mental breakdowns
- Cashmere and Gloss: Former Hunger Games victors from District 1. Brother and sister
- Madge Undersee: The daughter of the mayor of District 12. She gives Katniss a mockingjay pin in Book One which becomes her token for the games.
- Mayor Undersee: The mayor of District 12 and Madge's father
- Portia: Peeta's stylist who works with Cinna in coordinating Peeta's and Katniss' outfits
- Seneca Crane: Seneca Crane was the Head Gamemaker of the 74th Hunger Games, but made the fatal mistake of allowing both Katniss and Peeta to survive as victors--and was executed for it
- Cray: The Head Peacekeeper in District 12 who is disliked for making desperate women sell themselves for money
- Ripper: Ripper is the only person in town that you would see selling drinks to Katniss and Haymitch
- Greasy Sae: An old woman in District 12 who sold "soup."; used to buy supplies for her soup from Gale and Katniss in the Hob (black market)
- Romulus Thread: Cold-hearted Head Peacekeeper who replaces Darius Cray in District 12
- Buttercup: Prim's loyal pet cat
- Posy Hawthorne: Gale's four-year-old sister
- Cecelia and Woof: Previous Hunger Game victors from District 8 and the chosen tributes for the Quarter Quell
- Rue: Rue was a young tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. When Katniss does the Victory tour, she thanks Rue and her family. Rue reminds her of Primrose Everdeen, her sister. Very agile from climbing trees in the orchards
- Prim: Add a description of this character.
- Bristel
- Wiress
- Thom
- Venia
- Purnia
- Enobaria
- Flavius
- Gloss
- Octavia
- Twill
- Rory
- Beetee
- Bonnie
Quotes edit
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“At some point you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead. The hard thing is finding the courage to do it”
Katniss Everdeen -
“I don't have a talent, unless you count hunting illegally, which they don't.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“What does this mean? It means I get to spend the morning having the hair ripped off my body while Peeta sleeps in.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“Finally something I'll be good at.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“And I love it. Getting to be myself at last.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“'I swear if you cry, I'll kill you here and now.' 'Had a damp morning?' ' You could wring me out.'”
Katniss and Cinna -
“I can almost hear him growling at me, 'Use your brain if you have one. What is it?'”
Katniss Everdeen -
“Now he's arranging things around my living room: clothing, fabrics, and sketchbooks with designs he's drawn. I pick up one of the sketchbooks and examine a dress I supposedly created. "You know, I think I show a lot of promise."”
Katniss Everdeen -
“Finally Cinna stepped in and offered to help me develop my passion for designing clothes, which really required development since it was nonexistant.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“It's like when you wouldn't look at me naked in the arena even though I was half dead. You're so... pure," he says finally.”
Peeta Mellark -
“I don't exaggerate when I say she pushed me out the door.”
Katniss Everdeen talking about Effie -
“Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine... but I don't what your favorite color is?”
Peeta Mellark -
“I had to do that. At least once.”
Gale Hawthorne -
“Johanna's nicknamed them Nuts and Volts," he says. " I think she's Nuts and he's Volts.""And so I'm stupid for thinking they might be useful because of something Johanna Mason said while she was oiling up her breasts for wrestling," I retort.”
Katniss Everdeen & Peeta Mellark -
“Katniss, the girl on fire, has left behind her flickering flames and bejeweled gowns and soft candlelight frocks. She is as deadly as fire itself.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“"My nightmares are usually about losing you," he says. "I'm okay once I realize you're here."”
Peeta Mellark -
“What do you think?” he asks. “I hate them,” I say. I can almost smell the blood, the dirt, the unnatural breath of the mutt. “All I do is go around trying to forget the arena and you've brought it, back to life. How do you remember these things so exactly?” “I see them every night,” he says.”
Katniss Everdeen & Peeta Mellark -
“I'd like to walk away too, but she grips my hand so tightly I would have to pry off her fingers, and I don't have the strength for that kind of cruelty.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“But his are overly full, the skin stretched too tight. I have to wonder if his mouth has been altered to make him more appealing. If so, it was a waste of time and money, because he's not appealing at all.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
Haymitch -
“No wonder I won the Games. No decent person ever does. You saved Peeta, I think weakly. But now I question even that. I knew good and well that my life back in District 12 would be unlivable if I let that boy die.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“...I need to stop punishing her for something she couldn't help....Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.”
Katniss -
“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever.”
Peeta Mellark -
“Done knocking yourself out, sweetheart?”
Haymitch Abernathy -
“There's no choice but to strip him naked to get him clean, but I have to say this doesn't make much of an impression on me anymore. Our kitchen table's been full of so many naked men this year. You kind of get used to it after a while.”
Katniss Everdeen -
“Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.”
Katniss Everdeen (Referring to her mother) -
“Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?" "I don't know. I don't think or cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror." "You should wake me." "It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.”
Katniss and Peeta -
“Why don't you get some sleep?" ": . . . (Because I can't handle the nightmares. Not without you, I think.)”
Peeta and Katniss -
“Lover? Forget about that. He abandoned any pretense of even being my friend. I wrap my arms tightly around his neck before he can order me to do push-ups or something. Instead he pulls me in close and buries his face in my hair. Warmth radiates from the spot where his lips just touch my neck, slowly spreading through the rest of me. It feels so good, so impossibly good, that I know I will not be the first to let go.”
Katniss Everdeen (Referring to Peeta) -
“Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness. Except possibly when it comes to you.”
Peeta Mellark (Referring to Katniss) -
“Do we sleep? I don't know. We spend the night holding each other, in some halfway land between dreams and waking. Not talking. Both afraid to disturb the other in the hope that we'll be able to store up a few precious minutes of rest.”
Katniss Everdeen (Referring to her and Peeta) -
“I think... this is just hwat i need to face the others”
Katniss -
“Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty? i say."It must be. The sensation's completely new. how have you managed it all these years?"he asked."Just avoid mirrors."You'll forget about it,"i say. "Not if i keep looking at you,"he says.”
Finnick and Katniss -
“You know, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls," he says earnestly to Finnick.”
Peeta to Finnick -
“" I can't believe we actually got to meet you. You're practically all anyone's talked about since-" "I know. I know. Since I pulled out those berries," I say tiredly.”
Bonnie and Katniss -
“" It's like when you wouldn't look at me naked in the arena even though I was half dead. You're so... pure," he says finally."I am not!" I say. " I've been practically ripping your clothes off every time there's been a camera for the last year!""Yeah, but... I mean, for the Capitol you're pure," he says clearly trying to mollify me. " For me, you're perfect. they're just teasing you".”
Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen
Setting & Locations edit
The story takes place in the fictional post-apocalyptic country of Panem, a territory that was used to be North America, sometime in the future.
- District 1: Home district to the Career tributes Cashmere and Gloss. Production of luxury items for the Capitol.
- District 2: Home district to the Career tributes Brutus and Enobaria. Produces weapons for the Capitol.
- District 3: Home district to the tributes Beetee and Wiress. This district deals with the production of electronics.
- District 4: Home district to the tributes Finnick and Mags. The district is by the sea, and provides seafood to the Capitol (the fishing district).
- District 5: Home of "Foxface" who was part of the 74th Hunger Games. District 5's industry is power.
- District 6: District 6's industry is transportation.
- District 7: Home district to the tributes Johanna and Blight. Its primary product is lumber and paper.
- District 8: Home district to the tributes Cecilia and Woof. This district is the home of many factories that manufacture textiles.
- District 9: District 9 produces grain.
- District 10: This district deals with livestock.
- District 11: Home district to the tributes Seeder and Chaff. This district deals with agriculture.
- District 12: Katniss's, Gale's, and Peeta's home district. The district's main industry is coal mining. Within District 12 can be found the area called The Seam, in which the poorer folk of the district live. The town is where the merchants live, on the floor above their stores. Victor's Village is where all the victors of the Hunger Games live.
- District 13: The district that the Capitol destroyed during the Dark Days because of rebellion.
- Capitol: The capitol of Panem, so to speak. It contains the all powerful, cruel, dictating government controlling all of Panem. It is where the beginning of the Hunger Games are held, in which the new tributes are presented to the Capitol and interviewed before they are sent to the arena.
- The Arena: Where the Hunger Games are held. Every year, a new arena is built. It is not mentioned where specifically in the book, but everyone assumes it is somewhere beyond the Capitol and the districts.
- Panem: The post-apocalyptic known world which the Capitol rules. The future world after North America flooded.
- Everdeen's Old House: It is located at the Seam.
- Forest: It is a forbidden place to enter. This is where Gale and Katniss hunt illegally.
- Victor's Village: This is where those who won or will win the Hunger Games will live.
- President Snow's Mansion: This is where a party for Katniss and Peeta was held.
- Remake Center: It houses the huge gathering place for the tributes and their chariots before the opening ceremonies. =>
Organizations edit
- Peacekeepers: The Capitol's soldiers who exist in every district. Their name speaks for itself. The Peacekeepers try and keep peace in the Districts so that no rebellion or anything of the sort happens such as things that might interfere with the Capitol. Darius is one of the Peacekeepers in Catching Fire.
- Gamemakers: The people in charge of making the annual Hunger Games. The head gamemaker in charge of Katniss' first Hunger Games was killed because of the suicide incident that occurred with the poisonous berries. His name was Seneca Crane. The following head gamemaker in Catching Fire is Plutarch Heavensbee. The gamemakers judge the tributes on how competitive they are with their weapons before the games start. They also control the dangerous situations that happen in the arena including wiping out a tribute or two if needed.
- The rebels: Add a description of this organization.
- Career Tributes: Commonly known as Careers. An alliance of the strongest tributes in the Hunger Games who hunger for power and often set out to defeat all other tributes before turning against one another. They may be tributes from any district, but Careers are usually from the wealthy Districts 1, 2, and 4, as most volunteers rise from there.
First Sentence edit
I clasp the flask between my hands even though the warmth from the tea has long since leached into the frozen air.
Table of Contents edit
Part 1: The Spark
Chapters 1 - 9
Part 2: The Quell
Chapters 10 - 18
Part 3: The Enemy
Chapters 19 - 27
Glossary edit
- Muttation: Or "mutt", for short. It is a mutated animal, created by the Capitol for some purpose.
- Jabberjay: A bird muttation that the government used to spy on other districts. They have the ability to repeat exactly anything that a person has said.
- Mockingjay: A hybrid between a mockingbird and a jabberjay, these birds have limited ability to mimic human sounds. After Katniss wore a pin depicting one, it became the symbol of the rebellion.
- Quarter Quell: A special Hunger Games that takes place every 25 years. These Games are usually especially brutal and contain twists to make them more entertaining for the Capitol. The government's reason for holding these games is to remind the districts of the power of the Capitol.
- Career Tributes: The tributes that have trained their whole life for the Hunger Games and usually form a group in the arena and are known as the ones to beat. Career tributes include those from District one and two and sometimes others.
- Cornucopia: The structure in the arena in which all of the weapons, food, and necessities are kept.
- Hunger Games: The annual games that occur every year in which every child under eighteen in the nation of Panem's name is put into a drawing in which two names from each district are chosen to compete in. They will all fight each other until death and the last tribute, or child, remaining wins an unlimited food supply for their family.
- Arena: The place in which the Hunger Games take place. It is controlled by the gamemakers and has many unusual and dangerous aspects to it.
- Tessera: An extra entry in the drawing for the Games in order to get extra grain and oil. Adds to your chance of being drawn.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Good vs. evil: The rebels vs. The Capitol
- Autocratic government: The Capitol controls the entire nation of Panem, forcing the people in the districts to send their children to their deaths, and leaving them poor, hungry and helpless.
- Poverty and oppression: Every day, in District 12, people die of hunger and sickness. They are prohibited to leave the district. The men are forced to work in the dangerous mines. Yearly, the Reaping takes place, wherein one boy and one girl are picked to fight to their deaths in the Hunger Games.
- Survival: In the Games, the tributes must depend on their survival skills and only a limited number of means to get by and emerge as the sole winner. Outside of the Games, it is a daily struggle not only for Katniss, but everyone in District 12 to find food and to provide for their families. Many people die every day.
- Family: More than anything, Katniss loves her mother and sister Prim, and will do anything for them. She will put their protection over her own.
- Romance: There is a love triangle between Katniss, Peeta, and Gale.
- Friendship: Describe this theme.
- Dystopian Government: This story may be suggesting what might happen in the future.
Errata edit
On the back of the softcover book, it says: And the capital wants revenge. But in the book and further down the back, Capitol is spelled with an o, not an a.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in The Hunger Games. (standard series)
Preceded by The Hunger Games, and followed by Mockingjay.
This is book 28 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 35 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 162 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2010). (authoritative list)
This is book 19 of 145 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 5 of 216 in Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 (2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 2 of 121 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2012). (authoritative list)
This is book 5 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 2012. (authoritative list)
This is book 62 of 194 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2010). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Suzanne Collins (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Tim O'Brien (Cover Artist)
- D´elia, Alexandre (Translator)
- Carlo McCormick (Narrator)
- Jaime Araújo (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0439023491
Page Count: 391
Publisher: Scholastic
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0439023491
Page Count: 391
Awards edit
- Amazon.com's Best Books (November 2009: Editors' Picks, #42)
- Time Magazine's Top Fiction Books (2009, 4th)
- Teen Read Awards (2010: Best Read, #1)
- ALA Best Book for Young Adults (2010, #1)
- Indie Choice Award (2009: Young Adult)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7.C6837 Cat 2009
- Dewey: YA COL
Subjects edit
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Survival Skills
- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Adventure & Thrillers
- Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
- Books › Romance › Romantic Suspense
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Gaming › Strategy
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Scholastic.com: Official website for the hunger games.
- Mockingjay: another website for info about hunger games.
- Hunger Games Lessons: A website for teachers devoted to providing ideas, resources, and support for teaching the entire Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
- Catching Fire Unit Plan: A complete unit plan for teaching Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
- Hunger Games Trilogy Teaching Materials: Resources for teaching all three novels in The Hunger Games trilogy.
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