President Coriolanus Snow warns Crane about the unrest. She comforts Rue by singing to her and, after she dies, adorns her body with flowers, triggering a riot in District 11. Katniss later finds and frees Rue from a trap, but Marvel throws a spear which impales Rue. Katniss destroys the supplies the Careers stockpiled by detonating mines guarding them, while Rue provides a distraction. Rue helps Katniss recover, and they become friends and allies. Katniss becomes disoriented from being stung a few times. Using a knife, Katniss causes the nest to fall on the Careers sleeping below Glimmer dies, but the others escape. Rue draws her attention to a nest of genetically modified venomous wasps. The next morning, Katniss notices Rue, District 11's young female tribute, hiding in an adjacent tree. Peeta advises the Careers to wait her out. She runs into the Careers, with whom Peeta has seemingly allied, and flees up a tree. Katniss tries to stay away from the others, but Seneca Crane, the Head Gamemaker, triggers a forest fire to drive her towards them. Half of the 24 tributes die in the initial melee, and only 11, including all four Careers, survive the first day. At the start of the Games, Katniss grabs some of the supplies placed around the Cornucopia, a structure at the starting point, and narrowly escapes death. During a televised interview with Caesar Flickerman, Peeta expresses his love for Katniss, which she initially sees as an attempt to attract sponsors she later learns his admission is genuine. While training, Katniss observes the "Careers" (Marvel, Glimmer, Cato, and Clove), volunteers from the wealthy Districts 1 and 2 who have trained for the Games from an early age. Haymitch stresses the importance of gaining sponsors, as they can provide potentially life-saving gifts during the Games. She and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are escorted to the Capitol by their chaperone Effie Trinket and mentor Haymitch Abernathy, the Games' only living winner from District 12. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen of District 12 volunteers to take her younger sister Primrose's place in the 74th Hunger Games. As punishment for a failed revolt, each district is forced to select two tributes, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18, to fight to the death in the annual Hunger Games until there is only one survivor. ![]() Using popular literature to pique student interest, this article explores how to incorporate the books in the Hunger Games series into the ELA classroom to support literacy and critical goals.The nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts, ruled from the Capitol. Examples of social action projects that utilize multiple literacies are suggested as a way to inspire students take action in the community and to stand up to injustice and brutality in hopes of creating a better world and a better human race. Issues such as hunger, forced labor, child soldiers, and the sex trade that appear in both the fictional series and our world are discussed, encouraging students to assess their world and advocate for change. Focusing on Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series (2008, 2009, 2010), the author addresses how elements of the trilogy relate to violent acts in our world, helping student understand that violence and brutality toward children is not fiction, but very real, and that they can play a role in its abolishment, just like Katniss, through social action projects. ![]() ![]() This article explores ways to utilize students’ interest in fantasy literature to support critical literacy.
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