This week OBS is bringing you a special A to Z feature in honor of our Book Club of the month The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. We’ve put together a list of words with the purpose of helping you through the story and some interesting facts. Enjoy!
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The Hunger Games
A: Avox
(A traitor, who has had their tongue cut out.)
B: Bandage
(Katniss uses many bandages to dress Peeta’s wounds)
C: Catnip
(Gale’s nickname for Katniss.)
D: District 12
(Kat’s home district.)
E: Effie Trinket
(This is Peeta & Katniss’s escort through the tour of districts leading up to the games, also she acts as a coach to them for public appearances.)
F: Famished
(All districts are sick with hunger, excluding the capitol and most of Districts 1,2 & 3.)
G: Gamemakers
(The fat rich men who plan out The Hunger Games, who oversee the trials and the games.)
H: Hunger Games
(One boy and girl selected from each district as tribute to the Capitol.)
I: Intervened
(A lot of intervening happens in the games either by participants, sponsors, or wild beasts.)
J: Tracker “Jackers”
(A weapon invented by the capitol – a yellow jacket that was developed in a lab to attack the rebellious.)
K: Katniss Everdeen
(The main character in The Hunger Games, a girl of 16 years of age but holds more responsibilities than a child.)
L: Lies or Lying
(The Games and most of the people in the districts have been built around lies.)
M: Mockingjay
(A combination of mocking bird and Jabberjay. A genetically altered bird.)
N: Night Time
(When the capitol announces who has died that day in the Games via a picture in the night sky.)
O: Orchards
(District 11 is full of orchards, the district is all about agriculture.)
P: Panem
(The country that Kat lives in, once North America.)
Q: Quiver
(A long skinny makeshift bag, that hangs on one shoulder that holds the arrows for Katniss.)
R: Reaping
(The drawing of names for the Hunger Games.)
S: Surviving
(the Hunger Games are all about surviving, you must survive the harsh conditions, hunger, opponents, deadly animals, etc.)
T: Tesserae
(Putting your name into the Reaping extra times to afford food for your family.)
U: Undersee
(The Mayor’s last name, and Katniss’s friend Madge Undersee, who gave her the MockingJay pin.)
V: Victor’s Village
(The housing area that Katniss will live with her family in District 12 since she won the games.)
W: Winner
(There can only be one winner in the Hunger Games…that is until Katniss changes all the rules.)
X: FoXface
(The female Tribute from District Five. She is the second to last tribute to die, after Thresh’s death, but before Cato’s.)
Y: HaYmitch
(The only living winner from district 12 and is the mentor to Katniss and Peeta – always drunk.)
Z: DiZzy
(Katniss and many others find themselves very dizzy due to blood loss, because of injuries sustained.)
What do you like about this series?
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On w they are not called a winner they are called Victors so that a V a W could be Woof a character from Catching Fire(so sorry if I spoiled that for you but if you are a true hunger games fan like I am you would of read the books by now!) or water source, wire Beetee’s weapon in Catching Fire ( again sorry! Read the books if your a true fan) and you could always look through the book, watch the film again for more ideas!
i love the hunger games there the most fast paced, thrilling, romantic, grusome, book i”ve ever read!!!!!!!!!!
Here’s my version- i took a few of your ideas [:
A – Abernathy, Haymitch
Haymitch is the only living tribute of District 12, and is therefore the only available mentor for the new tributes of 12. He’s drunk more often than not, always sleeps with a knife, is very sarcastic, and has a bad temper. After years of having tributes that go into the arena and just die, he is happy to have Katniss and Peeta, who actually show some desire to make it home.
B – Best Friend
Gale Hawthorne is Katniss’ best friend and hunting partner. Their fathers died in the same mining accident and they were forced to be the providers of their families. So now they go hunting and trading together and split their game. He’s in love with her, but she doesn’t know it.
C – Capitol
The Capitol is like the ruler of all the districts. It’s where the president lives along with the rich, fancy-free capitol citizens.
D – Districts
Panem is divided into 13 districts, one of which was destroyed in the rebellion. Katniss and Peeta live in District 12.
E – Effie Trinket
Effie is the District 12 escort for the Games. She is perky, punctual, and upbeat. She is very “capitol” and likes to wear a different brightly colored wig each year at the Games.
F – Famished
Many of the people in the districts were famished, not receiving enough money from their hard work, and not receiving enough food from the tesserae they had signed up for.
G – Gamemakers
The Gamemakers are in charge of designing the Hunger Games. They choose the arena and oversee everything that happens. They also set up traps designed to kill the tributes, or to drive them together when things have been getting too dull.
H – Hunger Games
The Hunger Games were invented after the rebellion and destruction of District 13. One boy tribute and one girl tribute are sent from each district every year to fight to the death for the entertainment of the Capitol.
I – Interfering
There is a lot of interfering in the Hunger Games, whether by participants, sponsors, or Gamemakers.
J – Jabberjay
Jabberjays are muttations that were created during the rebellion to record conversations and bring them back to the Capitol. Once the people in the districts found out, they fed the Jabberjays lies. The Capitol then sent off all the Jabberjays (that were all male) into the wild to die off, but instead they mated with female mockingbirds and created the Mockingjay.
K – Katniss Everdeen
Katniss is the main character and narrator of the book. She is 16 years old, with grey eyes, black hair, and olive skin. After her father died in a mine explosion, and her mother sunk into a depression, she became the main supporter of the family. She had to hunt, fish, gather, and trade in order to keep her family fed.
L – Law Enforcement
The laws are enforced by “Peacekeepers.” In some districts, the Peacekeepers are stricter than in others. In District 12, they are easy going, and don’t really enforce the laws, seeing as they break some of the laws, too. But in other Districts, like 11, there are hundreds of Peacekeepers, armed with machine guns that will shoot at random whenever there is the slightest inclination of rebellion.
M – Mockingjay
The Mockingjay is a mix between a Jabberjay and a Mockingbird. It’s somewhat of a slap in the face to the Capitol because they weren’t meant to exist. They can’t copy human conversations like jabberjays, but they can mimic human tones, like songbirds, only they make it sound more like actual singing. Later, the Mockingjay becomes a symbol of rebellion.
N – Night
Many of the Career tributes hunt at night in the arena. It is also when the names and pictures of the dead tributes are displayed.
O – Oppressed
The districts were oppressed by the Capitol, which lead them to rebellion 74 years ago, and will lead them to rebellion again.
P – Peeta Mellark
Peeta is the boy tribute from District 12. He makes himself memorable by professing his love for Katniss, who thinks it’s just an act. In the arena, her feelings for Peeta are mixed and confusing, but in order to get gifts from sponsors, she pretends to be in love with him, not realizing that Peeta really loves her.
Q – Quiver
Katniss is an amazing archer and always has a quiver of arrows when she goes hunting.
R – Reaping
The Reaping is the day when the names of the tributes for the Hunger Games are chosen.
S – Snow
Coriolanus Snow is the president of Panem. He started the Hunger Games after the districts had failed to rebel, to remind them that the Capitol is always stronger.
T – Trinket, Effie
Effie is the District 12 escort for the Games. She is perky, punctual, and upbeat. She is very “capitol” and likes to wear a different brightly colored wig each year at the Games.
U – Undersee, Madge
Madge is the Mayor of 12’s daughter and one of Katniss’ friends. Her aunt, Maysilee, was Katniss’ mom’s friend. Madge gives Katniss Maysilee’s Mockingjay pin to wear in the arena.
V – Victor’s Village
Victor’s Village is the place set aside for the winners of the Hunger Games. There are 12 homes in each district, 3 of which are occupied in District 12 by Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch.
W – Winner
The winner of the Hunger Games is the only one who returns to their families. There can only be one winner, until the 74th Hunger Games, when Katniss and Peeta both return home.
X – avoX
A traitor to the capitol that has their tongue cut out and is forced to wait on Hunger Games tributes.
Y – ?
Z – ?
Y is ‘years’ hunger games have been going on for years
Z is ‘zany’ (couldn’t think of anything haha) cuz the way the capitol dresses is zany.
and i accidentally put Effie twice, T should be Tesserae
love it very informational and helps you understand the book if you don’t get it.
cool, thanks for the info. do you know who is staring in the movie?
yes they are making it right now, it comes out in 2011
cool, thanks for the info. do you know who is staring in the movie?
the official cast is said to come out in february.
ok i have a prob wit some thing why do they give away the ending just dont thank you veri much 🙁
yes they are making it right now, it comes out in 2011
will they ever make amovie of the hunger games
Yes Lionsgate has the rights to the film, and there is a producer signed on as well. I believe that Suzanne Collins is doing the screenplay…cant wait!
The movie comes out on March 23, 2012. And the cast is currently being casted for as of right now.