![]() In a strategy that has never been used before, Katniss and Peeta are presented as a pair during the opening ceremonies. Katniss is pleasantly surprised when she meets Cinna, a young man who dresses simply and wears very little makeup compared with the other stylists. They both get to know Effie Trinket, their escort, and Haymitch Abernathy, their drunk mentor and the lone surviving Hunger Games winner from their district who, after seeing that Katniss and Peeta have some fight in them, promises he will sober up enough to help them survive the Games.Īfter they arrive at the Training Center, Katniss and Peeta meet their stylists. ![]() On the train, Katniss experiences luxury like she's never known and gets to eat the richest, most decadent food. Katniss and Peeta ride the train to the Capitol. Peeta's selection doesn't bode well for Katniss, who feels that she owes Peeta for saving her life when they were children, which is inconvenient considering she's now expected to kill him in the Hunger Games.īefore she leaves, Katniss says goodbye to her mother and Prim to Madge, the mayor's daughter who gives her the mockingjay pin, a recurring symbol in the novel to Peeta's father the baker and to Gale, for whom her feelings are already conflicted, wavering between friendship and love. She remembers Peeta and the kindness he demonstrated toward her when they were children, giving her a burnt piece of bread so that she wouldn't starve. Peeta Mellark, a boy Katniss' age and the son of the baker, is selected as the other tribute. Katniss volunteers to take the place of her younger sister and becomes District 12's girl tribute for the 74th Hunger Games. The Games, put on by the Capitol, are meant to punish the 12 districts of Panem as well as to remind them of the Dark Days and how the 13th district was obliterated for its uprising against the tyrannical and cruel Capitol.Īgainst all odds, Prim's name is selected at the reaping. The victor gets to return home, and the victor's district is showered with gifts - namely food. Two tributes are drawn in each of the 12 districts, and those tributes are sent to an arena where they fight until only one tribute remains alive. The reaping is a nerve-wracking time because it determines which boy and girl, ages 12 to 18, will serve as the district's tributes in the Hunger Games. She thinks about her sister Prim, who is 4 years younger, and her mother, both of whom have depended upon Katniss for survival ever since Katniss' father died in a mine explosion when she was 11. ![]() As Katniss makes her way from her home to the Meadow and, finally, to the woods, where people of the district are forbidden to go, we learn about Katniss' life in the impoverished part of her district, the Seam, and her family. Katniss Everdeen, the story's 16-year-old narrator, sets out to meet her friend Gale so they can do some hunting and gathering before the reaping that afternoon. In 2013, speaking of her religion, she stated that she practices Judaism, though "I did not have my mikveh, so technically I'm not converted", but that she has "been essentially a Jew for like 15 years", adding "Frankly, because I'm already doing everything, I feel like I'm as Jewish as I'm ever going to be".The Hunger Games begins on the day of the reaping in District 12. In November 2012, Banks announced the birth of another son, Magnus Mitchell, also by surrogate.īanks went through parts of the process of conversion to Judaism, her husband's faith, and studied with rabbis. She and her husband had their first child, Felix, who was born through a surrogate in March 2011. She is also known for her appearances in TV shows such as Scrubs and Modern Family.īanks met her husband, sportswriter and producer Max Handelman, on her first day at college on September 6, 1992. Banks has been in films such as Man On A Ledge, What to Expect When You're Expecting, Pitch Perfect, The Hunger Games and The Lego Movie.
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