The Hunger Ga willmeans certain death The nation of Panem, formed from a post-apocalyptic North Aion surrounded by 12 poorer districts Early in its history, a rebellion led by a 13th district against the Capitol resulted in its destruction and the creation of an annual televised event known as the Hunger Garace of the Capitol, each district es of 12 and 18 through a lottery systea the annual Reaping and are forced to fight to the death, leaving only one survivor to clai sister, Prim, is selected as District 12&39;s female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place She and her er representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives , she sees it as a death sentence But Katniss has been close to death before For her, survival is second nature