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The Hunger Games Chapter 22-27 Pages 298-374 Is the novel believable? I believe that the novel is believable because what the characters are described as determined the outcome of the story. For example, Peeta says he loves Katniss and when the Gamemakers told them that one of them as to die, he was prepared to die so that Katniss will live. Also, Katniss is described as someone who will not kill someone for no reason and that she will only do so if she must, for example, she did not kill Cato in vengeance, but in pity for him because he wasn't going to live anyways and all she did was to take his pains away. Overall, the characters acted like any realistic character would do and therefore making this novel believable.

What is the climax of the novel? The climax of the novel is when the gamemakers send mad wolves to attack the last tributes of Cato, Katniss, and Peeta. Katniss and Peeta escape, but Cato gets surrounded and is virtually dead. What happens next is him stumbling to Katniss and Peeta and begging them to end his misery. Katniss kills him and therefore she and Peeta become this year's winners for the hunger games, but the gamemakers tried to get them to kill each other. So the two of them pretended to suicide and so then the gamemakers decided to make them the winners. This is the climax of the novel because through out the story, Katniss and Peeta were not contenders and now that has been turned around and they are the winners. Also, after this section, there is no more new information shared in the novel making this the climax.

What were the major things that helped to resolve the plot? The major things that helped to resolve the plot were that Peeta and Katniss teaming up together and also when Cato becomes the last career tribute. Peeta and Katniss teaming up saw the deaths of few of the other tributes and also describe their past. From learning of their past, we learn that Peeta actually loved Katniss ever since they were little kids even though they never talked and this helped to resolve everything at the end when the Gamemakers tried to get them to kill each other because they would have killed themselves so the other would live. Cato becoming the last career tribute helped to resolve the plot because he helped to kill Thresh and he also made Katniss and Peeta to learn about each other so that they can forget their experiences and to fight against Cato.

Plot The continues as Peeta and Katniss continue to hide since the Gamemakers brought non stop rain and that there are still other tributes out there hunting other tributes. When they are in the cave, the two of them start sharing past experiences and Katniss finds out that Peeta has been in love with Katniss every since they were five years old and that he loves it when she sings. Just then, Haymitch sends them a gift that contains a picnic of apples, cheese, and other food so that the two of them will not starve to death, but then on the big screen that shows up at the end of the day, Thresh's name is on there meaning that Cato has killed him. Now Cato is probably going after Katniss and Peeta because the only tributes left are Cato, Katniss Peeta, and Foxface but Cato hates Katniss which means he is going after her. Later, the rain is gone and Katniss and Peeta goes hunting for food because they don't have much left. Katniss hunts live animals while Peeta will gather berries and other fruit so that they will gather more food and they will signal with a whistle. However, when Katniss whistles and there is no response she starts looking only to find Peeta by the river gathering some sort of berries. Katniss accuses him of eating without her seeing that someone has eaten stuff from their supplies basket, but Peeta says he didn't and shows her the berries. Katniss realizes that these are poisonous ones and just then, a hovercraft comes out and takes a body 100 meters away. Now, Katniss realizes that they have just killed Foxface by a mistake from Peeta. After this, they decide to head back to their cave, but they see Cato running towards them. They prepared to fight, but realizes that he is actually running away from wild wolves that the gamemakers has send. All three of them start climbing for a cliff and when they are on top, Katniss shoots Cato which makes him fall over the cliff. Under the cliff, the wolves attack him, but he has a knife and tries to fend for himself. By nighttime, Cato stumbles towards Katniss and begs her to end his misery of injuries he recieved and so she does. Theoretically, Peeta and Katniss have won, but the Gamemakers decide that they have to kill each other until there is one victor. Katniss decides that both pretend to suicide so that the gamemakers will not have a winner when they must have a winner. This causes the gamemakers to announce that they win which is great new for Peeta and Katniss. The book ends with Katniss and Peeta preparing to head back to their district and with the gamemakers furious with the pair of them for both living.


 *  Write a short plot summary of your novel. This should be about 250 words(1 page). Include information such as: What the title has to do with the book, where and when the story happens, who is telling the story, what the central conflict is in the story, what the climax is, how the climax is resolved – or if it isn’t, and whether or not you enjoyed the plot and your reasons.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is novel that takes place in the future. This future is a future where the world is totally destroyed with only 13 cities left. The Capitol controls all of the districts and life on the district is terrible. People from places such as district 1,2,3,4 live really well like the Capitol, but people from the other districts have barely anything to eat. Each year, the Capitol hosts a Kids Gladiators match known as The Hunger Games which is aired on national tv and everyone must watch. The Kids are trained for a few weeks at the Capitol and then forced to fight against each other in the wilderness. The story is told through the main character which is Katniss and she describes everything through her perspective. What the title of The Hunger Games have to do with the story is that the story is about the Gladiators match which is The Hunger Games just like the title of the book.The central conflict of this story is that Katniss must win the Gladiators match so that she can go home to her mother and sister. However, she must withstand all the odds against her and kill all of the career tributes that have been training for their whole lives. Her accomplice is Peeta and he saves her life a few times, but she doesn't really trust him because he teamed up with the Careers. The climax of this story is resolved when Foxface dies and there is only three tributes left of Katniss, Peeta, and a career tribute called Cato. The gamemakers changed the game so that tributes from the same district can team up together and win the competition which is great for Peeta and Katniss. They are both in the same district which means it is now 2 on 1 against Cato, but Cato is a fierce warrior who can kill both of them. The climax of this novel is resolved when Cato dies because of wild beasts with Peeta and Katniss winning the gladiators match. I enjoyed the plot of this book because it has twists and turns of whether or not Peeta is on Katniss' side or not. Also, I really liked the action and how the tributes plotted the plans to win the competition. Every tribute has their reasons for winning and it was just really interesting to see how each of them acted because of reasons. Overall, The Hunger Games had a really nice plot and concluded well with Katniss and Peeta winning. ||