HISTORY OF THE HUNGER GAMES

Seventy-five years before the 74th Hunger Games, the thirteen districts of Panem revolted against the Capitol. Together, they stood strong, but when District 13 was destroyed by the Capitol, resistance became impossible, as District 13 was the driving force behind the rebellion. The remaining districts submitted to the Capitol and lost their hope for change.
Every year since the rebellion, the Capitol forced 24 children into the arena and used hidden cameras to televise the events in order to both entertain the Capitol citizens and remind the twelve districts how completely at the Capitol's mercy they are. Only one tribute can win the games, with the exception of the 74th Hunger Games, where Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark of District 12 both won because of their joint attempted suicide.



Meet the Woman Who Created 'The Hunger Games'

This article describes where the idea of the Hunger Games came about by Author Suzanne Collins. She is a very shy woman who does not like being in the lime light but took the idea of the Iraq War and put it into a book. She said her first idea for the Hunger Games came about when she was watching the news ... "I was flipping through images of reality television, there were these young people competing for a million dollars ... and I saw images of the Iraq War," Collins said in a video from her publisher, Scholastic. "Two things began to sort of fuse together in a very unsettling way, and there is really the moment when I got the idea for Katniss' story." .. I think it is amazing that one woman could think of this incredible trilogy.  The story of the Hunger Games stems from not only the Iraq War but also the Vietnam.


The Victors of The Previous Hunger Games
This article sums up who the victors are, how they came to be victors, and what many of their futures hold.  A total of 75 victors were known before the quarter quell, 59 of them still alive. Sixteen of them died of natural causes, 18 during the 75th Hunger Games, and the other 34 during the victor's purge and capitol rebellion. I liked this article because it gave you more information about the victors that you may have forgotten or not discovered in the movies or books.