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The Hunger Games Chapter 5-9 Pages 61-130

What's going on as the story begins? When the story starts, we are immediately taken to a world of futuristic society. The people of this society are classified between districts and the wealthier ones are the Capitol, District 1, 2, 3, and 4. The other districts are all poor and the main character comes from the poorest. She has to support her whole family by herself because her father has died and she now worried that she will be chosen for the hunger games. The hunger games is basically a gladiators match made for kids and all of their fights are aired on national tv. She worried that will be picked and then she can't support her family anymore.

Who is telling the story? The story is told through first person because the one who is telling the story is through the main character's perspective. She is the one that tells what is going on around her and how she feels about it. She also describes almost everything around her which gives the reader almost a third person view because the details she described are very good.

What is the initial or first problem faced by the main character? The initial problem faced by Katniss is that her sister is drafted for the Hunger Games, but Katniss volunteers in her place. She does not want her sister to die so she takes her place because she has a better chance of surviving. Also, she does not want her sister to be there because that will be a sigh that she did not protect her well enough from the dangers of society. Now that she is in the Hunger Games, she is also worried that her mother and sister will not be able to take care of themselves at home and chance of herself wining the games is very low. She does not want to leave her family and face the possibility of never seeing them again. The problem that she is faced is not easy, but this is her challenge to conquer.

Plot The chapter starts off with Katniss and Peeta arriving at the Capitol and they are put to work right away. Katniss is given a bath and she receives a start altercation to her body because the Gamemakers like it so. When she finishes, she meets her stylist who will take care of her costume for the opening ceremony and other ceremonies. Her stylist will also act like a guide for her and he will give her tips on how to win the Hunger Games. The next thing that happens to her is that Katniss is in the opening ceremony with the whole nation watching her. Her stylist's dress for her was amazing and the audience loved which will be a good thing because they can sponsor her during the games. With her dress she seems like a better candidate for winning and is one of the only tributes for her district to have people supporting them. The main thing about her dress that encouraged people to like was how cool her costume were. It was on fire and gave audience the sense that Katniss was burning alive, but that wasn't actually happening. As the opening ceremonies finish, they are taken to their training facility where they are trained for a few days before starting the games. However, the career tributes from district 1,2, and 4 have been training for their whole lives and they their skills to intimidate Katniss and the other tributes. She is scared that she will be killed right away, but she realizes that she is actually pretty healthy compared with the rest of the group and that she has years of hunting experience. Her strategy for training is to train with Peeta and they will do things together including sessions together with Haymitch. Then, the training began and they move from stations to station learning how to make simple traps to tie knots. Their plan was to learn stuff that will help them survive instead of learning combat skills. Katniss was already a very skill archer from her hunts and Peeta is pretty s use trong which means that they do have a chance to do well in this tournament. A thing that Katniss really loves about the start of the games is how well she can eat. The food the Capitol provide is 1000 times better than from home and she can eat until she can eat no more. A few days later all tributes had a meeting with the Gamemakers about what different skills they have and Katniss was ignored so she aimed an arrow at the Gamemakers and walked out. This is not a good thing because the Gamemakers can determine the fate of every tribute and Katniss does not want to make an enemy of them. Also, the Gamemakers can provide a bow and arrow so that she will have an advantage right from the start of the games, but she made them angry instead. However this is just the start of her bad news because she then learns that she will now have private lessons with Haymitch. Peeta has decided to quit the sessions together and asked for them to be individual. Chapter 9 ends with Katniss feeling betrayed and just told about the change of plans.

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