Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final battle that will decide the fate of Panem. In the ruins of all this death and decay, Panem rises, a country consisting of 13 Districts, governed by the single city of the Capitol, separated from most Districts by a significant geographic distance.But, I was supposed to talk about history, wasn’t I?

With November 22 drawing near, legions of superfans are waiting with baited breath for Catching Fire, the second movie in the trilogy based off of Suzanne Collins’ hit young adult series The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.

Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. The administrative center of the country, the Capitol, is located in the Rocky Mountains.

To use an old Sheenism, Suzanne Collins probably has her feet up on a solid gold ottoman and is yelling "WINNNNNINGGG". The Hunger Games is already breaking box office records. According to the Panem map shown in Catching Fire, it is located in the southern area of North America. A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe. When King Leopold II ruled the Congo and forced the inhabitants to work on rubber plantations for him, he set quotas that every village had to meet, otherwise hostages would be taken and shot. There are three ways to think about the policing of bodies. In Panem, every District has one main export, though the degree to which they’re monitored and expected to provide that export varies District by District. Panem is located on the continent of North America, with its territory encompassing areas formerly controlled by the former United States, Canada, and Mexico. However, this was a cover for the truth: nuclear technology research and development, including weapons. Welfare levels vary significantly, and are often dependent on the goods it produces; some districts, such as Originally, there were thirteen districts in Panem. November 08, 2013 by Michelle Manno. Katniss settles down with him, and after many years of persuasion by him, she finally agrees to have children. For presumably the majority of its existence, Panem's government operated as an authoritarian-totalitarian dictatorship and a police state, with the outlying Districts subservient to the Capitol, expected to provide economic and material services in exchange for protection provided by the Capitol's armies of Before and during the First Rebellion and up until at least the According to the Capitol, Panem has a population of 4,556,778 people. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Major themes of the novels include distrust of authority (of adults and the government), and All three books have been favorably received.

Save Load Season Your History Save Statistics. For a Young Adult book, Foucauldian themes make an alarming number of appearances.For a Young Adult book, Foucauldian themes make an alarming number of appearances.So yes, within the Young Adult community, “The Hunger Games” was a big deal, and yes, the fact that it was made into four movies (continuing the “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” pattern) supports that claim. Much of Panem's history is shrouded in mystery, though known history dates back approximately seventy-five years prior to the beginning of The Hunger Games trilogy. I think it’s fair to say that.