EXPERIENCE BASH. The Gr8 THINK PAD!: Book review: The hunger games

The Hunger Games is one of the best books I have ever read. It’s about this 16 year old girl named Katniss; she lives in a place called District 12. There was a place once called North America, but the Capitol (the leader of the Districts) had separated and made 12 districts. And Katniss lived in District 12. District 12 is quite a poor place where many families struggle to get food for themselves and their family. After Katniss’ dad died in a mine explosion when she was around 11 (Katniss’ dad was a miner) Katniss had to feed and take care of her family throughout her life. Her dad used to teach her how to hunt, so she knew a lot of skills on hunting and she was an expert on arching. Katniss hunted with her closest friend named Gale. Katniss and most of the families including Gale were very poor, that they could hardly get food, so they had to hunt for animals like squirrels, rabbits, and they would then trade these animals at the market for berries or something. Even bread was considered as luxury.

As punishment for a previous rebellion against the Capitol in which a 13th district was destroyed, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district are selected by annual lottery to participate in the Hunger Games, an event in which the participants (or “tributes”) must fight in an outdoor arena controlled by the Capitol, until only one remains. All the people aged from 12-18 and some family members gathered at the town square, in which the names were called out to participate in the Hunger Games. Katniss’ sister who’s 12 surprisingly got called out. Katniss who dearly loves her sister, volunteered to take her place and fight in the games. Then a boy named Peeta, who once gave her bread to feed her starving family, had been called out too.

Once all the names from the districts were called out, 24 kids from the age of 12-18 had to fight to stay alive in an outdoor arena. If you are the last one standing, you get rich and famous. The kids are then taken to the Capitol (a rich city) and begin to train for about 5 days. Peeta and Katniss are known as the “Star crossed lovers” and are a fan favourite. Once they are finished with the training and eating rich food that they’ve never seen before, they are taken to the outdoor arena to fight and stay alive. On the first day of the games, 11 tributes get killed, by people stabbing them etc. Katniss and Peeta are very good friends and are sad that only one can live. Katniss and Peeta team up and with Katniss’ skills of hunting, she can survive pretty well. But it’s scary to think that any tribute can come and kill them any second, so they need to watch out. The Hunger Games are televised to all the districts, and all the tributes are praying for their child to stay alive, while other fans are just watching it tributes kill each other in a bloody way. Everyone is loving the love birds Katniss and Peeta. Once the Capitol say’s in the microphone that two tributes from the same district can win, Katniss and Peeta (coming from the same district) immediately try and find each other, and they do. They fight for survival, and eventually, they kill the last tributes with their severe injuries and obstacles. They are then rushed to the hospital and taken care of their injuries in which Peeta has to get one of his legs amputated and replaced with a mechanical one. Peeta and Katniss have survived the hunger games, and are ready to face the world of rich and famous, something they wouldn’t have dreamed about coming from the poor backgrounds.