The Reaping

Effie Trinket drawing Primrose Everdeen's name out.

The reason it is called The Hunger Game is because it’s mostly aimed at the poor people in the districts. If you are in the age limit your name would be automatically added every year. But here’s the catch if you’re starving and have nothing left you can add your name to the draw as much as you please in exchange for grain and oil supply. So now, at the age of twelve Katniss had her name entered four times and at the age of sixteen her name was in the reaping twenty times. This puts her at a higher stake of being chosen. Although she had a higher risk then her sister prim whose name was only in the lottery once. Prim still got chosen to participate in the 74’Th Annual Hunger Games. There for leaving Katniss with the only optional to volunteer as a female tribute for district 12 and take her sisters place in the games to 

protect her from getting killed by the other tributes .