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//The Hunger Games// is the story of Katniss' life, a 16 year old girl from District 12. Being told in first person, the reader gets to experience her life around The Hunger Games. The title of this novel directly relates to an actual games that happens yearly. Supposed to be a form of entertainment, like the Olympics, it is actually the Capitol's way of keeping power over the now remaining 12 districts. Children between the ages 12 and 18 are forced to fight against each other in an arena that holds all sorts of secrets-- to the death. The story is set in the future of North America which is now called Pamen. The main problem Katniss has throughout the first part of the book is that she isn't the kind of person to kill other humans ruthlessly in order for her own survival. Of course, she will have to kill at least one person in order to live and become the victor of the 74th Hunger Games. There are many areas of the book that could be thought of to be the climax, but I belive that the true climax is when Katniss pulls out the "death berries" that will kill her and Peeta if they are swallowed. At that moment the chapter ends and you could assume that they both die. The only reason those berries were pulled out in the first place was a subconcious act of rebellion towards the Capitol. Katniss and Peeta are stopped from swallowing the berries however by the official announcer of the games. So you //could// say that the climax is resolved... for now. I liked this book quite a lot and, in all honesty, I'm not much a reader-- at all. I enjoyed how the author kept making you feel as if Katniss were safe, and then put her in a potentially very dangerous situation. I could never imagine what it would be like to live in such a future as that of Panem.