The Hunger Games

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The Hunger Games by Mind Map: The Hunger Games

1. Labor: What do the main characters do for a living?

1.1. Katniss Everdeen is a hunter. She hunts for animals in the forest and sells what she catches on the black market,

1.1.1. Peeta Mellark is a baker. He works with his father in a bakery.

1.1.1.1. Haymitch Abernathy is a trainer. He prepares candidate from DIstrict 12 for the games.

2. Capital: What kind of capital this society have? Is it a rich or poor or something else?

2.1. Capital city is the capital of Panam. It's very affluent which is in stark contrast to the most of the districts. Only Districts 1, 2, and 4 are wealthy the others just get by with what they can.

3. Politics: What type of government exist? How is the government structured?

3.1. Autocracy: An autocracy is a system of government in which a supreme political power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control

3.1.1. There are 12 districts that are identified primarily by the good they produce. District 12 is called the Seam. It got this name because it's located in the Appalachian Mountains where there is a lot of coal mining.

4. Economy: What are the main characteristics of this economy?

4.1. Capitalism: capitalism is an economic system that includes private ownership of the means of production, creation of goods or services for profit or income, the accumulation of capital, competitive markets, voluntary exchange, and wage labor.[

4.2. Rations: Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services. Rationing controls the size of the ration, one's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.

4.3. Black Market: A black market or underground economy is a market in goods or services which operates outside the formal one(s) supported by established state power.

5. Location: Where does this story take place?

5.1. Panam