At the start of the Games all the Tributes are placed on a metal
platform. There all in a circle around the Cornucopia, a giant gold horn shaped
like a cone with a curved tail; all around the Cornucopia are the things they
need to survive in The Hunger Games. Which are food, water, weapons, medicines,
fire lighters. The contestants have sixty seconds before they are allowed to
get of the platform and another ten before it explodes beneath their feet and
they die immediately. This is when the bloodbath begins. It’s also the hype and
excitement of the game, when at average half of the tributes get slaughtered or
beaten to death by another tribute. Normally,
when the sound of the horn blows indicating them to all sprint towards the
Cornucopia to collect their equipment almost all the contestant go for the
weaponry part of the Cornucopia. Some people use this opportunity to eliminate
as much contestants as they can.
Katniss knew that she would never make it fast enough to reach
the weapons she needed to survive, because she was distracted by Peeta telling
her to go straight to the woods. So she ran for a bright orange bag containing
a sleeping bag, water, food and a knife. Knowing that she needed he bow and
arrow to fight, which were already taken by another girl, leaving her with no
option she ran straight to the woods.
If the Gamemakers think that there wasn’t enough bloodshed; they’ll invite all the surviving contestants to a feast at the
Cornucopia, usually this feast means that the tributes have something that they
desire, like armour, medicine, food or weapons and they’d be waiting for them
at the same spot at the beginning of the game. Going to the feast meant taking
a giant risk for your life because you'd be out in the open green fields with no protection and anybody could easily shoot you dead.
