Episode 1 | The Hunger Games

The extreme poverty of the districts versus the decadent wealth of the Capitol .

– Covers the Reaping and the journey to the Capitol. The Hunger Games Episode 1

– Deals with the final confrontation and the fallout. The extreme poverty of the districts versus the

Characters like Prim represent pure innocence, while Katniss and Gale represent the hardened pragmatism required to survive in a totalitarian state. IV. Structural Note (The "Acts") The Hunger Games Episode 1

The plot accelerates during , the lottery where "tributes" are selected.

A between the first book and the first movie? The political metaphors used throughout the story?

The "tesserae" system—trading extra lottery entries for food—ensures that the children of the poor are most likely to be reaped.