In the book the Hunger Games, Katniss is living off of what her dead father taught her. That is until the hunger games come around again. Prim, Katniss's younger sister, is chosen to compete in the deathly games. In a rush to save her sisters life Katniss volunteers to compete instead of Prim.
Who is also chosen to compete in the games is the bakers son, Peeta. Katniss and Peeta are taken to a fancy Capitol train that along the way picks up the other competitors from all the districts. From district twelve to the Capitol Katniss's and Peeta's chances of winning seem to be getting slimmer and slimmer at each district stop. When they finally get to the Capitol the competitors are getting ready for their moment to be shown to the watchers. Katniss and Peeta gets known as the girl and boy on fire from their firey costumes. After all the show things are out of the way the children are trained and prepped for the games. During the training they meet a small girl from district nine who seems to be weak but soon learn not to underestimate her. They also get training and tips from the mentors who all have won the games. Sadly for Katniss and Peeta the only winner from district twelve is the drunk Hymitch. As the last day for training comes closer and closer the tension is getting higher and higher. Finally, the dreaded day arrives. Katniss and Peeta are risen to the stands and are waiting for the timer to ring. As the timer rings Katniss grabs the bow and arrow as numerous kids throats and other body items are cut open. She disappears into the forest. As days go by with her running for her life she notices that all the upper district kids (well, the ones who are still alive) gang up together ang kill all the children that aren't in their group. As Katniss spots the group below the tree she was sleeping in she spots Peeta withe the group. As time goes by their are only five kids left, when she stumbles across the Cato group and all their supplies like food, water, and med's (the higher district group is called the Cato group). This is when she teams up with the districts nine Ruth. Ruth and Katniss make up a whistle warning but in the end Ruth gets stabbed by one of the Cato group people and dies. This is the famous part where Katniss lays Ruth down and places flowers around her and does the famous two finger hand sign to the camera. Meanwhile in district nine there is an uproar when Ruth is killed. Katniss and Peeta find each other and is in a show down with Cato. In the end Cato is feed to the dogs (literally!) and the rules exclaim that there must be one winner only, but Katniss and Peeta refuse to kill each other and they threaten to kill themselves if they don't both win and end up getting what they want. This upsets the Game Makers very much.
