If each of these objects was a person, what would you expect their personality to be like?

Reading Quiz 5 minutes

The Hunger Games: Chapters 1-3

All the information we learn about Panem is told to us from the viewpoint of Katniss. What are the key points we discover about the society of Panem?

District 12 The Town: The Seam

Hunting//The Fence

Katniss’s Father

Katniss’s Mother

Peacekeepers//Speaking Against Gov’t

The Reaping Unfair?

Gale

Prim

Effie Trinket

The History

Haymitch

Prim is chosen Reaction of Audience Reaction of Katniss Audience’s Response to Katniss

Peeta

The Dandelion

Visitors Who comes?

Who watches the games as entertainment? Why?

Muttations

Mockingjays

Manners Effie Trinket’s comment Katniss’s response

Why do you think the writer chose to name Katniss Everdeen after this plant? What does the name suggest about her character? Extension – Why do you think the writer chose the names Gale and Primrose for the other main characters we have met so far?

Is Katniss a typical Dystopian Protagonist? The Dystopian Protagonist • often feels trapped and is struggling to escape. • questions the existing social and political systems. • believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives. • helps the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.

• Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. • Information and independent thought are restricted. • A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. • Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. • Citizens have a fear of the outside world. • Citizens live in a dehumanized state. • The natural world is banished and distrusted. • Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad. • The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.