They set the fire and let it run wild until Katniss was closer to the other tributes. Then they just turned off the fire. If the arena is actually real and has living plants, they would not be able to control the fire once they started it. In reality, the fire would have run rampant and they probably would have had to send some type of fire crew to put out the flames.
Alas, this is only a movie, so stopping a forest fire is as easy as flipping a switch. If only it was this easy in real life.
As sick as the idea of the Hunger Games truly is, at least the victors get to live a happily ever after once they win the games. The Quarter Quell is a special edition of the Hunger Games that takes place every 25 years. For example, the first Quarter Quell made the citizens vote on who went into the arena, and four tributes rather than the usual two had to compete in the second Quarter Quell. The third Quarter Quell saw another unique change, which made victors from previous Hunger Games compete a second time. If his plan was to use her as a symbol for the revolution, why did he even let her go into the arena a second time in the first place?
Katniss could have easily been eliminated in the Quarter Quell and people already saw her as a symbol of rebellion. Why risk her life if she was so important? Part of what drives the Hunger Games is the fear that President Snow has cameras basically everywhere. There are cameras in the arena since the Hunger Games are basically a sport that is televised.
The cameras are not only expensive high-tech equipment, but they are also everywhere so that they can capture every little thing that happens in the games. While it makes sense for the cameras to be in the games, the placement of the cameras outside of the arena get a little more confusing. Plus, if Snow was this concerned about another uprising or rebellion, why did he not put a camera in every house within the districts?
The Capitol certainly had enough money to do this and the technology is also present for something like this to take place, yet it never happens. The cameras are not everywhere but the way the plot relies on them you would think they would be. Love triangles are often depicted in movies and books. Many times these love triangles can become quite awkward for the characters and viewers alike. The love triangle between Gale, Katniss, and Peeta dragged on for four movies and got incredibly awkward in The Hunger Games: One of the main reasons for this is because Snow forced Katniss to pretend that she was in a relationship with Peeta.
In a scene early on in the movie, President Snow visits Katniss to tell her that since she got away with her berry stunt, people in the districts may start to think that the Capitol is weak.
He was worried that since Katniss was never punished for breaking the rules of the Hunger Games, people might try to start another rebellion, which could likely lead to a war. Snow tells Katniss that while they are on tour, she needs to pretend to be in love with Peeta to prevent a war between the districts and the Capitol. Katniss, obviously wanting to protect her people, agrees to his terms but fails to make it convincing. They made it painfully obvious more than once that it was a sham but they continued to try to keep up appearances. Also, why would Snow think that a relationship would stop a war?
One of the many traps that the gamemakers set for the tributes is poisonous fog. The fog does not make any sense for a number of reasons. Secondly, why did Katniss not assume that the fog was going to be harmful to her? She has seen all types of traps in the 74th Hunger Games, yet she did not think that a mysterious fog that appeared out of nowhere could potentially be harmful? The group eventually outruns the fog except for Mags, who sacrifices herself so that Finnick can help Katniss save Peeta.
They trip and tumble down a hill but eventually stop, and Katniss watches the fog approaching. It stops just before it can get to her because it is being contained by some type of force field. What was the point of even using the fog in the first place if it was going to be stopped before it could fatally harm Katniss? Anybody who fights evil has to have some sort of a secret lair or base of operations.
The first rebellion against the Capitol took place 75 years before the events of the first Hunger Games. The first attempt at an uprising was led by District 13, which was in charge of nuclear weaponry and graphite mining. The first rebellion proved to be unsuccessful, but 75 years later, District 13 succeeded in overthrowing President Snow. District 13 was thought to have been destroyed at the beginning of the Dark Days, but the heads of District 13 struck a deal with the Capitol so that they could secede.
Even though a deal was struck, you would still think that the Capitol would have been keeping a close eye on District 13 since they were in charge of making nuclear weapons, but apparently, this was not the case. District 13 functioned from an underground facility and was able to build up enough supplies for a second uprising. However, for some reason, Snow had no idea. With all of his cameras around the districts, are we really supposed to believe that he had no idea that people were planning a rebellion?
The relationship between Katniss and Peeta is on the odd side for sure. Their relationship arc was one of the most complex storylines of the entire series and it is easy to see why. In the first film, Katniss seemed to get very close to Peeta but that could have just been so that she could survive. Peeta, on the other hand, has always seemed to love Katniss ever since the first movie. Yes, he should have walked the bread over to her, but he was still thoughtful enough to give her food rather than feeding it to the pigs. Peeta and Katniss are forced to pretend that they are in a relationship under the orders of President Snow during the events of Catching Fire.
Throughout the movies, Katniss can often be heard saying that the rebels should have saved Peeta over her but why does she think this? It is never explained, yet Katniss repeats it several times during Mockingjay- Part 1. Early on in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1 members of the rebellion are sent to visit a hospital in District 8 with Katniss Everdeen. The team had previously tried to film Mockingjay promos in the comfort of a studio, but Katniss had trouble getting into character.
In order to make Katniss seem inspiring in the promos, they took her to see the sick people in District 8. All was going to plan and the people in the hospital were in awe of having the Mockingjay in their presence. Angry that the people would align themselves with the Mockingjay, Snow orders for the hospital to be targeted rather than Katniss and her team. They quickly run to find some higher ground to get a clear shot at the incoming planes. The bombers shoot at Gale and Katniss but completely miss.
Katniss is able to shoot one of her explosive arrows up in the sky to destroy one of the planes, which then conveniently slams into the other one, destroying both of the bombers. However, upon further speculation of the plan, it really was kind of dumb. Peeta was captured by the Capitol sometime after the 75 th Hunger Games, probably after Katniss destroyed the arena with her electrified arrow.
Peeta is missing in action until he is seen on TV being interviewed by Caesar Flickerman. His appearance is quite unlike the Peeta who we are used to since he looks very frail and exhausted. In order to try and convert Peeta, the Capitol had tortured and brainwashed him. If that was not enough, they convinced him that the woman he loved, Katniss, was actually the enemy and was also some sort of mutation. Apparently, the brainwashing can also be reversed, which President Snow and his minions did not think through.
Cutting Mockingjay into two movies served no real purpose and actually made both films drag on, creating several boring unnecessary scenes. View all 3 comments. En este libro podemos encontrar la historia, resumida, de "Los juegos del hambre". Menos mal que lo compre de segunda mano por cien pesitos argentinos. May 29, Becky rated it liked it. Anyone who knows me, knows I am a massive Hunger Games fan - we're talking obsession here! So anything to do with HG is going to be devoured by me. Being broke - I couldn't afford to buy this, plus I didn't know much about it, so I requested it from the library.
There was a delay with the order as it only just came in this week and I had totally forgotten about it. When it arrived I was excited and had a quick flick - and noticed a lot of pictures, but it looked cool so I put it in my bag to take Anyone who knows me, knows I am a massive Hunger Games fan - we're talking obsession here! When it arrived I was excited and had a quick flick - and noticed a lot of pictures, but it looked cool so I put it in my bag to take home.
I had 30 minutes spare and had just finished my last book so I picked this up to start, however I managed to get through the whole thing in that time. Also in the synopsis it says "full-colour guide to all the districts of Panem" but apart from District 12 which it talks about a little bit, it mostly glazes over the others, it mentions that there are 12 districts surrounding the capitol and that they all have their own purpose but that's about it, there isn't any more detail than that, it's not really a guide to them at all.
Overall this is a nicely turned out little book with some good pictures and quotes but not really anything special. Proper fans would expect more. If you are only just getting into the world of the Hunger Games then this would be very good, but otherwise too basic. Un libro que nos recuerda la historia de Panem y la lucha de Katniss. View all 41 comments. Jun 24, Amanda rated it it was ok.
The book itself looks really nice and includes some pictures I don't remember seeing officially released elsewhere, but it's basically just a summary of the movie and a bad one at that. It provided completely random pieces of information and then left out other, more worthwhile parts of the storyline like the changes in rules during the games that allows Katniss and Peeta to team up.
As for the additional, new content from interviews with Suzanne Collins, I remember reading one or two quotes from her in the book, but they were so uninteresting that I don't even remember what they were about. I have no idea how this book is averaging 4. This is most definitely another book that was written for the sole purpose of capitalizing on the release of the movie. I just wish Scholastic had been honest and said these tie-in books were literally just amateur summaries of the movie.
May 14, Rxmi rated it it was ok Shelves: Feb 16, Aleina rated it liked it Shelves: This is probably an even better refresher than the other one I just reviewed with ton more pictures. This one actually acts much more as a summary than the other though. El libro se basa en: Sinceramente, no lo recomiendo. Jun 18, Emi rated it did not like it. Bastante churro la verdad, fotos muy grandes y letra muy, muy gorda. Oct 31, Taschima marked it as to-read.
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Jun 27, Carla rated it it was amazing Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I liked the way this book jumped back to the Hunger Games book! The rebels were losing in the district until the fall takeover in the book; destruction in the movie of The Nut, and Katniss' speech in both to the people of District 2.
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District 3 specializes in the production of electronics. Most of its inhabitants work in factories and are very adept in skills such as engineering, which its tributes have used to their advantage in the Games. In the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games, the male tribute from District 3 manages to reactivate the land mines surrounding the Cornucopia so they can be used to protect the supplies of the Careers. One of the previous victors to come from District 3, Beetee , won his Games by setting a trap that electrocuted six tributes at once, crowning him the victor.
He also used his skills after being chosen to compete in the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games in Catching Fire. The other victor chosen to compete in the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games is a woman named Wiress, who discovered that the arena operated like a clock and told Katniss how to detect force fields , after she pointed or at least started to point out the force field put up between the Gamemakers and the victors.
Wiress died during the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games, while Beetee joins the technological division for the Second Rebellion's war effort and becomes the only surviving Victor from District 3. After the war's end, Beetee made a special bow and arrows for Katniss. The arrows included explosive arrows and regular arrows. Although District 3 seems to have technological advantages over other districts, it is actually the poorest of the wealthy districts and typically does not do well in the Games. District 4 is a coastal district that specializes in fishing.
It is another wealthy district in which children often train to become Careers tributes from this district are not considered Careers in the film. It is said that District 4 has the most "decent-looking" people. The most popular bread baked in this District is a salty, fish-shaped loaf tinted green by seaweed. In the first book, the male tribute from District 4 is one of the eleven to die in the initial bloodbath at the Cornucopia; in the film he is depicted as having his throat slit by Cato after an attempt to flee. In the book, the female tribute is shown as a Career and killed by the tracker jackers alongside Glimmer; however, in the film she rarely makes an appearance.
She is seen as picking up one of the backpacks at the cornucopia bloodbath and running away. It is believed that she is the tribute that Katniss saw before falling down the hill. The district 4 female may have been the last to die in the bloodbath. Mags is an elderly victor who mentored Finnick in his first Games and could make a fishing hook "out of anything. During the third Quarter Quell, Mags is killed by a mysterious blister agent in the form of a fog. As for Finnick, Katniss describes him as "beautiful" and mentions that he won his Games at the young age of fourteen.
In Mockingjay , Katniss and Finnick turn out to become great friends and eventually Finnick is killed by part-lizard, part-human mutations during the second rebellion, so that he could save Katniss's life. This results in Annie being the only surviving Victor from District 4 left after the war.
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District 5 specializes in electrical power , [8] which Caesar Flickerman referred as the "Power Plant Workers" in the first film. The third book reveals that the district is dotted by dams providing the Capitol with electricity; this fact is exploited by the rebels, who destroy the dams, briefly cutting off electricity within the Capitol and allowing District 13 to rescue the captured Victors. This is only mentioned in the book but is shown fully in the third film. In the first book, Katniss nicknamed the female tribute from District 5 "Foxface" because she looked similar to a fox, with a slim face and sleek red hair.
She was one of the last to die, due to her cleverness, avoiding any form of contact with other tributes. She also steals a small portion of food from the Careers' supplies, dodging the bombs set up by the Careers, shortly before her death. She dies by eating poisonous berries known as nightlock possibly on purpose after watching Peeta harvest them. No name or description is given to the male tribute from District 5, except that he is one of the eleven who die in the bloodbath on the first day.
In the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games, Finnick kills the male tribute with his trident at the Cornucopia on the first day. In the film, the female tribute is killed by the 10 o'clock wave that propels itself through the jungle. District 6 specializes in transportation, serving as a hub for the transport network. During the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games, both tributes were killed in the bloodbath on the first day.
In the film the male was targeted by Cato, who accused him of taking his knife during a pre-Games training exercise though it was in fact stolen by Rue. During the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games, both tributes are nicknamed the "Morphlings" due to their addiction to morphling, a psychoactive drug similar to that of morphine. During training, they often go to the camouflage station and paint. The male tribute is killed in the bloodbath, while the female tribute dies when a monkey muttation bites her in the chest and ruptures her internal organs as she blocks it from Peeta, who was its initial target.
Peeta allows her to paint flowers on his face with her blood, and describes the many colors in the sky to her as she dies. District 7 specializes in lumber and paper. Its two tributes in the 74th Hunger Games die in the initial bloodbath. In the 75th Hunger Games, the tributes selected are Blight , who protests his inclusion, and Johanna Mason , a sarcastic woman who has no qualms over killing with her axe, a signature weapon from her district, who in the film, also protests her inclusion in an expletive ridden tirade with Cesar Flickerman, and is the one mentioned Victor closest to Katniss and Peeta in age, having won the very recent 71st Hunger Games.
District 8 specializes in textiles including at least one factory in which Peacekeeper uniforms are made. Along with Districts 7 and 11, It was among the first districts to rebel, as Katniss saw on Mayor Undersee 's television On a monitor on the Victory Tour train in the film, showing all three; 7, 8, and Two people from District 8, Bonnie and Twill, escaped during one of the uprisings and informed Katniss of the theory that District 13 still existed.
It is implied that security is strict in District 8 following the uprising, and the citizens are desperate for hope. In Mockingjay , Katniss visits a hospital in District 8, which is later bombed by the Capitol. It is thus the second-most targeted of the districts during the Second Rebellion, after District 12 which is outright destroyed. A leader of the District 8 rebels, Paylor, is able to command fierce loyalty from her soldiers who follow her orders in preference to those of Alma Coin , the president of District Paylor later becomes President of Panem after Katniss assassinates Coin.
In the 74th Hunger Games, the male tribute from District 8 died at the Cornucopia at the hands of Marvel; the female tribute was attacked by the Careers on the first night and "finished off" by Peeta when her death did not occur immediately, as indicated by cannon blast. In the 75th Hunger Games, both tributes from District 8, Woof and Cecelia , died in the initial battle at the Cornucopia. Woof was an elderly, senile tribute in his 70's. Cecelia was a young mother of 3, and was noted to be about 30 years of age.
It is later revealed that Cecelia was to be an original member of the arranged alliance to save Katniss and Peeta from the second arena; however, she did not survive the initial bloodbath. Woof also had knowledge of the plot. District 9 specializes in producing grain and salts. It is the least mentioned district in the series; no named character from the district has appeared in the series. The only mention of note from the district is the male tribute in the 74th Hunger Games who tackles Katniss for a supply bag until Clove puts a knife in his back.
District 9 is the only district to lose both of its tributes in the bloodbath of both the 74th and 75th Hunger Games, and the only one to have no named characters in the trilogy. District 10 specializes in livestock. At least one job is mentioned throughout the book: Katniss does not note any major tributes from District 10, except one boy with a crippled leg who is mentioned several times. In Mockingjay , Katniss meets Dalton, a District 10 refugee who explains to her a bit about District 13's history.
At the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss notes that the District 10 tributes, who are dressed as cows, have flaming belts on as if they are broiling themselves, a poor imitation of Cinna and Portia's techniques to showcase Katniss and Peeta at the 74th Hunger Games. District 11 specializes in agriculture. It is located somewhere in the South and is very large, possibly occupying nearly all of the Deep South. The people are housed in small shacks and there is a harsh force of Peacekeepers. Common traits are dark skin and brown eyes. According to Rue, many tracker jacker nests were left there, leading the workers to keep medicinal leaves on hand.
In the orchards, small children were sent into the branches to pick the highest fruit. Sometimes during the height of the harvest they were given night-vision goggles to allow them to work after dark. The district also contained fields of vegetables. Electric fences are set up 24 hours a day, in contrast to District The inhabitants apparently have extensive knowledge of herbs. Overall, the condition of the district is worse than District 12, because, as the food-producing district, security is enforced greatly and harsh measures, including summary execution, are implemented to keep people from stealing anything meant for the Capitol.
In the 74th Hunger Games, the tributes from District 11 are Thresh, the tallest and most imposing of all tributes whom the others try to avoid as much as possible, and Rue, a year-old petite girl who can climb and jump between trees and becomes Katniss' steadfast ally until her death. In the 75th Hunger Games, the victors selected as tributes are Chaff, Haymitch's drinking comrade who refused a prosthetic arm, and Seeder, an elderly but healthy tribute who reminds Katniss of Rue. District 11 was also one of the first Districts to rebel, its rebellion erupting during the events of the 74th Hunger Games in response to the way in which Rue was killed and Katniss' tribute to her, with 7 and 8 rebelling shortly soon after.
District 12 specializes in coal mining , replaced by medicine after the Second Rebellion, and is the farthest from the Capitol. Katniss , Peeta , and other major characters come from District It is located in the Appalachian Mountains , and the district itself is split into two distinct housing areas and social classes. Both classes are easy to distinguish physically and generally socialize amongst themselves.
Those from the Seam generally have dark hair, grey eyes, and olive skin, and those from merchant families typically have blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. Katniss and Gale are from The Seam, whereas Peeta is a baker's son from town; however, Katniss' sister, Prim, despite coming from the Seam, has characteristics typical of the town residents because she resembles her mother, who was one of the few town residents willing to move to the Seam to marry Katniss's and Prim's father.
It is unclear if this class divide exists in other Districts or is unique to District On the victory tour in Catching Fire Katniss mentions that she cannot see where the well-to-do live in District 11, as it surely is not the square where their speech is being held.
She also notes that many members of the crowd during the Victory Tour seem even poorer than the Seam inhabitants in District 12 is the poorest out of the 12 districts and starvation is a major issue for the citizens. The electric fence surrounding the district to prevent access to the woods is usually turned off, and Katniss and her friend Gale often hunt there for food for their families or to raise money by selling their catches on the local black market.
The black market, located at an old coal warehouse named the Hob, was where many of the citizens made their money. The Hob was destroyed by the Peacekeepers whose local commander was replaced in Catching Fire. This was followed by the bombing of the entire district after the escape of the tributes during the 75th Hunger Games. District 12's geography is dominated by forests and meadows. The meadow, which is located just outside the community, ends at a long electric fence constructed to keep the wild animals from escaping the forest outside.
It has many holes and, as mentioned above, is usually turned off, giving Katniss and Gale chance to hunt; however, the fence is fully electrified after Romulus Thread replaces Cray as Head Peacekeeper. The forest has a lake, is vast, and contains a large amount of wildlife enough to support more than residents of the district stranded after the bombings in Catching Fire. Many do not know where it leads to; as revealed in Catching Fire , the forest eventually ends at District 13, located a week away from District 12 on foot.
Another feature of the district is a small hill, which is where the Victor's Village is located. It contains twelve big villas facing each other in two rows. It is very quiet for most of its history since District 12 has few Victors, though more people begin to settle there after the war. After the Capitol bombs District 12 at the end of Catching Fire , most of the residency is destroyed with its meadow turned into a mass grave of the residents unable to escape and with only the Victor's Village left unharmed.
After the Second Rebellion, though, the District 12 refugees begin to return to their home, including Katniss, who states in the epilogue that the mass grave is returning into the meadow again. District 12 is notorious for having only two Victors in the history of the Hunger Games before the 74th, one of them having died due to natural causes. Because of this, it is a laughingstock among the other districts; volunteering for the Hunger Games in District 12 is seen as suicide, since the tributes of the district often perish early in the game. Before the Dark Days war, District 13 specialized in nuclear technology , mining graphite , and the development of emerging technologies for use by Panem's military.
It was also the Capitol's primary military—industrial complex and weapons manufacturer until the rebellion. During the Dark Days, they were one of the major forces of the rebellion. Near the end of the Dark Days they managed to take control of the nuclear arsenal. District 13 was supposedly bombed and destroyed before the first annual Hunger Games at the end of the Dark Days war, but it was hinted in Catching Fire that they had survived, and in Mockingjay it is confirmed that District 13 had become, literally, an underground district when the population retreated to bunkers.
After the Capitol and District 13 agreed to cease hostilities towards one another under the doctrine of mutually assured destruction , the Capitol spread the story that District 13 had been destroyed; District 13 had control of the primary nuclear weapons stockpile and the Capitol did not want a nuclear war.
This underground district maintains concealed livestock and vegetable farms in order to survive after the Capitol destroyed everything above ground, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the other districts. This was a risk that, according to Katniss, the Capitol had underestimated. District 13 is a week away from District 12 on foot. In Mockingjay , District 13 is the center of the new rebellion.
It is led by President Alma Coin, who aspires to succeed Snow as President of Panem and has orchestrated the events in books two and three to circumvent District 13's truce with the Capitol. The lifestyle in District 13 is very strict because of their circumstances.
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When a citizen wakes up, they are given a temporary tattoo of their personalized schedule for the day, though Katniss usually ignores it, wandering around and sleeping. They are very thrifty and ration food carefully — even a small thing wasted is heavily frowned upon and minor theft is punished by detention; everyone wears the same grey uniform and sleeps in identical living quarters. Everyone over the age of 14 is addressed as "Soldier" because almost everyone in District 13 is being trained for a military rebellion against the Capitol.
On the other hand, free education is provided, and all refugees are allowed to become citizens.
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This is, in part, due to the eagerness of the district to add more genetic diversity in the population due to a deadly virus hitting the district years before which made many infertile. Weddings are usually not celebrated since marriages are done through simple paper-signing, though the wedding of Finnick Odair and Annie Cresta in Mockingjay deviates from this.
Every year since the Dark Days, which occurred 75 years before the events of Mockingjay , the Capitol hosts an event called the Hunger Games. The Games consist of a gladiatorial -style battle royal combat fought amongst twenty-four teenagers tributes aged 12—18, with one boy and one girl chosen by lottery from each district except for District The game is held to remind the citizens of the districts of their failed rebellion and the absolute power of the Capitol while simultaneously providing entertainment for the Capitol citizens. The game is discontinued after the second rebellion, following the fall of President Snow and the ascendancy of Commander Paylor.
Thus, there are a total of district citizens who were reaped as tributes from the start to the end of the games the 50th Hunger Games had double the number, while the 75th reaped the victors from the previous games. Also every 25 years from the first hunger games there is a special games that has something unique about it. Such as the 50th hunger games that was unique in the fact that twice the tributes competed with 4 from each district.
This is know as the Quarter Quell.
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All citizens from each district between the ages of 12 and 18 are entered into the "reaping," a lottery system that chooses the tributes. On the day of the reaping, spokespersons from the Capitol, known to the Districts as "escorts," visit their respective districts District 12's is Effie Trinket, and Katniss describes that she has been the escort for a number of years before the events of The Hunger Games and choose one male and one female name at random, selecting the two tributes who are to compete.
However, any other citizen of the same sex aged 12 to 18 can volunteer to become a tribute, taking the place of the child originally reaped as Katniss did for Prim in The Hunger Games. In Districts 1 and 2 and 4 in the book , most children spend years training specifically for the Games and then volunteer to compete, in spite of the fact that this is technically against the rules. All year-old candidates are entered once in the reaping, and older candidates are entered one more time for every year past The names are written on slips of paper and placed in glass bowls "reaping balls" , one each for males and females.
Since many families live in poverty, a candidate may request additional tessera a year's meager ration of grain and oil for one person in exchange for additional entries in the reaping. One such entry is issued for every tessera that a candidate has requested since turning Thus, a candidate who requested three tesserae every year would be entered four times at age 12, eight times at age 13, and so on, up to 28 times at age Following the reaping, the tributes are taken immediately to the Capitol, where they are given a makeover by a team of stylists in order to look appealing for a TV audience.
Female tributes are usually waxed to remove all their body hair. One of the stylists on the team focuses on designing a costume for them to wear in the tribute parade, which reflects the resource their District provides for the Capitol. Each District's tributes are then put in horse-drawn chariots and attempt to impress Capitol citizens while they ride down the Avenue of the Tributes. Afterwards, they learn strategy with mentors drawn from their District's pool of past victors for Katniss and Peeta, Haymitch, who is the only living victor from District 12 and train in combat and survival skills with the other tributes.
On the last day of training, they demonstrate their skills before a team of judges, including the Gamemakers, who then score them on a scale of 1 to 12 according to their performance and skill. These scores are made public to show who has the best chances of surviving, which can attract Sponsors and influence the betting; tributes awarded the highest scores are often targeted first in the arena because they are considered to be the largest threats. Time in the Capitol is also spent courting the cameras; on the eve of the Games, each tribute dresses formally and appears on television for an interview, where they attempt to attract Sponsors by being charismatic.
On the morning of the Games, the tributes have a tracker chip inserted in their skin so the Gamemakers can track them. The tributes are then flown to a dedicated outdoor location, called the Arena. A new Arena is built every year, while past arenas become popular tourist attractions for Capitol citizens. Each tribute is given special clothing to wear, depending on the environment, and then confined to an underground room, referred to in the Capitol as the "Launch Room", until game time.
The tributes are lifted into the arena by glass tubes, emerging via tubes surrounding a giant, supply-filled horn made of solid gold, called the Cornucopia.