book 1----intro: this story described an oppressive government that replaced the u.s. government. this book was very popular. the author could have chosen a major "coal mine" such as china's shaanxi in its central north, but instead chose appalachian mountains for clever marketing, that people enjoy imagining america destroyed, and she was right. this was only ugly and a turn off for me i would never buy that book only write a summary from a summary website. many people enjoy that thought of america destroyed.
about coal, china is LARGEST CONSUMER of coal for power adding much pollution to our air unstopped. as even new york times warned in absurdly gentle words "china burns more coal putting climate goals at risk." but no echoing fuss about that nor china occupying tibet... except by me.
summary C1---- in north america's east part, by appalachian mountains, on "reap" day, Katniss awoke in a room with her ma and younger sister, Prim. Kat hunts food using arrows, in the forest, by crawling under a fence. Her father had taught her these skills before he had died in a mine explosion. now as usual, she joined Gale, her close friend and hunting partner in the woods by district 12. he suggested they live out here, by the food but both are providers for their families. They gatherd berries and caut fish.
about coal, china is LARGEST CONSUMER of coal for power adding much pollution to our air unstopped. as even new york times warned in absurdly gentle words "china burns more coal putting climate goals at risk." but no echoing fuss about that nor china occupying tibet... except by me.
summary C1---- in north america's east part, by appalachian mountains, on "reap" day, Katniss awoke in a room with her ma and younger sister, Prim. Kat hunts food using arrows, in the forest, by crawling under a fence. Her father had taught her these skills before he had died in a mine explosion. now as usual, she joined Gale, her close friend and hunting partner in the woods by district 12. he suggested they live out here, by the food but both are providers for their families. They gatherd berries and caut fish.
at black market, they traded for bread and salt. They visited the mayor to sell strawberries. his daughter was dressed fancily, for "reaping" that day. her risk is smaller, than theirs because of the hunger system: all age twelve have one name in the risk raffle. each year they added one more paper with the name. also poor can add an extra paper risk in exchange for food: a year’s supply of grain and oil for one person. Poor people's children add their names many times. [this matches the name hunger games for hungry people can get food if they risk the danger].
Kat, age sixteen, will have her name in twenty times because 5 by her age besides 15 added for food. Gale, age 18, will have even more papers with his name so a greater risk than the rich. at home Katniss dressed for the ceremony because the tragic danger is presented as festive. her mother, Prim and her went to the town square, where mayor gave a speech. he told how North America had droughts, storms, "rising seas" [marketing so people will buy her book]. The country of Panem emerged there. it had a Capitol and thirteen districts.
the districts soon rebelled until The Capitol's troops and bombers won. the thirteenth d. got destroyed. the government punished the districts to remind them of their submission, the Capitol 'reaps' tributes: two teens [a male and female between ages twelve and eighteen] from each district to kill each other in the Hunger "Games." one survivor can win earning extra food. Haymitch was the only one still living from only two winners in that District. he came on stage, visibly very drunk. a lady reached in for a girl's name, kat wished: not me not me... it was not her... the name was her sister.
C2-- Katniss rushed to the stage before Prim and yelled in a panic that she volunteerd, to take her sister's place. Kat hugged Prim. next, the name drawn for the boy tribute was Peeta, who worked at his family bakery where they bake peeta bread. Kat remembered, when her father had died, she had searched for food. Peeta, who knew her, tossed to her, two burned loaves of bread that they can't sell. she had fed her family with his help. she also ate dandelions and hunted wildlife for food. now they would be the team for district twelve.
C3-- Katniss sat in a room. Her mother and sister came to say goodbye love. they got led out. his pa, the baker gave cookies to her, a luxury. Madge gave a pin with a gold bird to her. Gale visited too but gards dragged him away. she went to a train station. she and Peeta entered the fast train toward the Capitol far west in the Rockie mountains. her new pin has the type of bird that was engineered [gene with parrot] and used to spy on rebels. similar to a parrot it repeated entire conversations. the rebels realized so lied by them. The pin is a hint to the rebellion.
Kat and Peeta watch a recording of the reaping in other districts. they joked about Haymitch’s drunkenness. He came drunk, vomited [tossed his cookies], and fell in it. --C--4 Kat tossed the gift cookies out the train window into dandelions. they reminded her when she and Prim had gathered them. kat had read a book about plants for healing and eating. later she had brought home many roots from plants named katniss. the next morning, she joined Effie, Haymitch & Peeta in the dinner car.
H' was already "drinking" so Peeta angrily slapd the cup away. H’ punched him and called them fighters. She responded by throwing a knife skillfully into the wall. when their train reached the Capitol, K&P felt amazed at the luxury. people had odd hair styles and painted faces. Peeta waved to them. she realized he needed to kill her. --c5-- Cinna a stylist gave her a costume with a synthetic flame, like the "coal" in her district for flame. she and p' wore matching costumes in the plaza with a huge audience. other tributes tried to impress the audience.
just before Katniss and Peeta went out, Cinna lit them and suggested, "hold hands." The crowd
cheered. --C 6-- Kat was in a luxurious room with electric features. at dinner Kat drank wine. Haymitch explained that the servers, had committed a crime. the punishment included brutally cut out their tongue. Later, Kat and Peeta went to the roof, that was surrounded by an electrified field. P&K went to a garden. wind chimes and wind hid their talk. Kat told the story: when she and Gale were hunting in the woods, they saw a tired and poor pair of kids running.
A hovercraft captured the girl in a net. it speared the boy. a cable attached lifted his corpse. The memory haunted her. the cold of the mountain forced them back inside. Peeta chatted until said goodnight. Kat gave clothes for the redheaded Avox girl to take to Cinna before sleeping. --C7-- during training, the twenty four teens practiced together. Kat's skill is arrow hunter. Peeta's skill is wrestler. He was also strong. Haymitch advised K&P to hide their skills from the others, who will want to kill this threat first.
on the last afternoon, each will perform skills separately, for the Game managers. also advised that they would always be seen together. At training, Kat learnt that some had trained for years to compete for their district instead of a raffle. The training area had different stations with instructors. the "Career" went to the stations with the weapons. Katniss and Peeta go to a station where they learn various knots. Next they move to the camouflage station, and Peeta used his skills decorating cakes.
later they visit more stations together. kat noticed Rue, a small young girl watching them train. Kat went to the Gamemakers and took a bow. she needed a few tries to use it accurately, due to different than her pa's bow. She noticed that most of them were focused on a roasted pig on a table. She shot an arrow into the apple in the pig’s mouth. --C 8-- kat feared punishment and also worried not get sponsors who gave items critical for survival in the arena. at dinner Kat told her story. they showed shock at her risk. H' laughed saying they probably liked her temper.
the performance scores were: Peeta eight but Kat eleven from 12. In the morning, Kat recalled meeting Gale when each was hunting in the woods. Katniss missed him. at breakfast, Haymitch said Peeta will get coached separately, as he asked. --C 9-- Kat wore high heels, and corrected her posture for “presentation.” Haymitch said the impression is important for sponsors he must get her. she ate dinner, away from people, in her room and angrily smashed dishes until she cut hands.
so the redhead came and wiped the blood. Kat helped her clean her mess. the next day, Kat wore a dress covered in jewels and tried to improve her bad mood. Kat went on the stage. The host interviewed her and she acted charming. Peeta went and exposed: he’s had a crush on a girl a long time who can't get. even if he survives and wins, he can't because this girl is in the game too: katniss.
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Katniss sat in a room. Her mother and sister came to say goodbye love. they got led out. his pa, the baker gave cookies to her, a luxury. Madge gave a pin with a gold bird to her. Gale visited too but gards dragged him away. she went to a train station. she and Peeta entered the fast train toward the Capitol far west in the Rockie mountains.
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