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Katniss Everdeen is a sixteen year old girl who grew up in district 12, the coal mining district in the country of Panem. She enjoys going hunting with her friend Gale and is handy with a bow and arrow in her hand. Ever since her father died in a coal mining accident she had to take over the head roll of the family, considering that her mother got depressed and refused to do anything that included living her life. Making Katniss have to hunt for their food and money. She then became the only provider for her mother and sister.

Peeta Mellark is the other tribute selected to compete in The Hunger Games. He's the Bakers son, a really nice kid, is not much of an outdoors person, comes from a more privileged side of district 12 compared to Katniss and is a lovable guy. He's also in love with her ever since the first day of school .And vows to protect her in The Hunger Games as well as sacrifice his life just so she can have a happy ending.

Gale Hawthorne is Katniss's best friend and hunting partner. He's strong and one of the best hunters in district 12. Gale’s dad died in the same mining accident that Katniss's father died from. This leaves them both in similar situations, where they both have to take care of their family on their own. Gale is about three years older than Katniss’s

Primrose (prim) Everdeen is Katniss's little sister. Prim was originally chosen to be the tribute for district 12 in the reaping but Katniss made the sacrifice and took Prim’s place in the reaping. Prim is quite, sweet and loves animals. She owns one goat and one cat.

Katniss's Mother is a healer; she suffered from depression after her husband died. After that she saw no happiness in life and rejected her daughters for a long time. Katniss then greatly resented her mother in every way possible for putting such a heavy burden on her. Her father was a coal miner as well; He died in an explosion when she was eleven. That was when Katniss had to start taking care of her family by her own.

Haymithch Abernathy was a former district 12 winner of The Hunger Games when he was a teenager but who is now a middle-aged drunk attic. His job is to coach Katniss and Peeta to victory. He turns out to be a great mentor and fights for them to stay alive. He understands The Hunger Games and the celebrity status that comes with the prize of winning. He's also a very smart mentor when he's sober.

Effie Trinket is the escort for district 12 Tributes. She comes from the capital which only means she has wealth and power. Just like anybody else from the capital she views the hunger games as nothing else but competition. Everybody else finds her irritating but Katniss has a wired respect for how fine she does her job.

Cinna is one of the stylists during The Hunger Games who chose to become Katniss’s stylist. He’s described as one of the talented designers in the book. Even though he could’ve chosen any district he wanted, he still went for district 12 which everybody thought an odd choice for Cinna because it’s ranked as one of the lowest districts in Panem. With them only being able to win once in the games, there seen as the losers in Panem. He helps Katniss within the hunger games by making her realize who she truly is and designing original and great outfits for her to wear.