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16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, volunteers in place of her sister Primrose. 16-year-old Peeta Mellark is chosen to be the male tribute.
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Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Capitol Were they meet their mentor Haymitch Abernathy Who is a Hunger Games victor
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They are publicly displayed to the Capitol audience. During this time, Peeta reveals on-air his l unrequited love for Katniss
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The Games begin with eleven of the 24 tributes dying in the first day,Katniss relies on her hunting and outdoor skills to survive
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The period in which the games take place
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Katniss develops a short alliance with a twelve year-old girl from District 11, Rue
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Rue is killed by another tribute, Katniss shoots him through the side of the neck with one of her arrows and sings to rue then spreads flowers over her body
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a rule change is announced midway through the games, stating that two tributes from the same district can win the Hunger Games as a pair Due to the crowds emence view of peeta and katniss as "starcrossed lovers"
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When the couple are the last two tributes, the Gamemakers suddenly twist the rule change and try to force them into a finale, where one must kill the other to win.
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Katniss, in the hopes that the Gamemakers would rather have two victors than none, retrieves the poison berries called “nightlock” from her pouch and offers some to Peeta.
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Upon realising that Katniss and Peeta ar about to commit suicide, the Gamemakers announce that both will be the victors of the 74th Hunger Games.