The+Hunger+Games+-+Key+Facts

=//The Hunger Games// By Suzanne Collins= =**Key Facts** =


 * Full Title:** The Hunger Games


 * Author:** Suzanne Collins


 * Type of Work:** Novel


 * Genre:** Science Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult


 * Language:** English (Frequent usage of imaginary words by the author.)


 * Time and Place Written:** 2006 - 2009; United States of America


 * Date of First Publication:** September 14, 2008


 * Publisher:** Scholastic Press


 * Narrator:** Katniss Everdeen


 * Point of View:** Katniss Everdeen’s point of view. The readers view the novel through a First-Person Point of View.


 * Tone:** Katniss Everdeen’s tone varies between, calm, excited, overwhelmed, fearful, hatred and many other various emotions that she feels in different sections of the novel.


 * Tense:** Present


 * Setting (Time):** Unidentified future time period


 * Setting (Place):** Panem, located in North America after the destruction.


 * Protagonist:** Katniss Everdeen

“The Hunger Games”, she struggles to survive, fight against her friends and enemies, to stay alive and keep her promise with her sister.
 * Major Conflict:** At the beginning of the novel, Katniss volunteers to participate in “The Hunger Game” instead of her sister, Primrose Everdeen. While Katniss participates in

another tribute from District 12, goes through various training, interviews, and tests. When all the tributes had gone through all the process, they were taken to an arena, where “The 74th Hunger Game” took place.
 * Rising Action:** When Katniss Everdeen’s younger sister was elected, Katniss volunteers to replace her in “The Hunger Games”. Prior to the game, Katniss and Peeta Mellark,


 * Climax:** After 21 other tributes were killed and eliminated, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark and Cato are the only surviving tributes. Katniss and Peeta fight together to survive together, while Cato struggles to win the game.


 * Falling Action:** In the end, Katniss and Peeta become the only remaining tributes in the game. They are both considered to be winners and taken back to their home.


 * Themes:** Love, Peace, Opposing unfair and unjustifiable human nature.


 * Motifs:** Survival, Friendship


 * Symbols:** Mockingjays; Hunger Games; Avox;

of several main characters allows the readers to be able to predict the possible outcomes.
 * Foreshadowing:** The author, Suzanne Collins, uses detailed descriptions of surrounding environments to foreshadow the possible upcoming events. Also, the way of thinking