The Hunger Games; a quick overview.

For those of you who have yet to experience The Hunger Games trilogy, here is the back story to help make sense of future posts;

The Hunger Games is set in the fictional nation of Panem, which a post apocalyptic version of North America. Panem is made up of 12 districts and the Capitol. Each district specialises in a different industry, with varying levels of wealth. 

74 years ago, the people of Panem organised a huge uprising against the rule of the Capitol. A war was fought and ultimately lost, with the Capitol defeating the rebels. As a reminder of the war, and the 'forgiveness from the Capitol' the Hunger Games was created. Two children from each of the 12 districts (one male, one female, aged 12-18) would be chosen to fight to the death in an arena, broadcasted live as entertainment for the citizens of the capitol.

Here is the propaganda video shown to the districts on the day of the reaping (the process in which the tributes are chosen):

So we know that the districts of Panem are controlled by a totalitarian government, there is a class system in place to ensure that the people of each district know where they stand in society. The outer lying districts are poverty stricken, and are left to starve by their government, while districts closer to the capitol are much wealthier and less oppressed. 

That's The Hunger Games in a nutshell, stay tuned for my next blog post which will be about District 12!