When do the tributes die in the hunger games

Even though he's an unnamed character, this man from District 11 suffers one of the most memorable and grim endings in the series. When Peeta and Katniss are in District 11 during their Victory Tour, they speak positively of Thresh and Rue and commit to donating a significant portion of their winnings to Thresh and Rue's families. As a sign of respect, this man from District 11 utters the Mockingjay whistle and gives them the three-finger salute.

As the rest of the District 11 citizens follow suit, the Peacekeepers are outraged by this sign of rebellion and unity among the Districts.

They seize the man, drag him up onto the stage, and put a bullet in his head as everyone watches. President Alma Coin proves to be a surprise villain who is the one truly responsible for Prim's death.

The arrow pierces Coin's chest and causes her to plummet to the ground, dying before the thousands of people watching the scene unfold before them. Coin thought she was about to cement herself as the new leader of Panem, but instead, she receives an ignominious and bloody end witnessed by the masses.

Wiress is a victor from District 3 who is chosen to compete again in the 75th Hunger Games. She helps Katniss realize that the arena is shaped and designed to operate like a clock. Shortly after this revelation, Wiress has her throat slit open by Gloss. The book describes the wound as a "bright red smile" and her death is also rather sudden and gruesome in the film.

Her death is even more unsettling when considering her childlike nature and that she's killed from behind while singing a children's song. Castor is a former citizen of the Capitol who joins the revolution.

He is part of the television crew that follows Katniss and also part of the "Star Squad" that infiltrates the Capitol. While traveling through the sewers beneath the Capitol, the Star Squad is attacked by a group of lizardlike muttations. While some members of the group escape, Castor is not so lucky as the muttations leap onto him and devour him as he thrashes around helplessly in the water.

Boggs is the first of many casualties faced by the "Star Squad" when they infiltrate the Capitol. While clearing an area of explosive pods, Boggs has his legs blown off by a mine pod and dies soon after from blood loss. Jonhatan Bentayeb Pundit. How was Katniss saved when she was 11? Katniss had to become the head of her family after her father died because her mother went into a deep depression. How was Katniss's life saved when she was 11 years old by Peeta Mellarch?

Peeta Mellarch saved Katniss's life by burning bread on purpose and taking it outside to her. Ale Rukhledev Pundit. Who won the first Hunger Games? Katniss and Peeta were both the victors, the first and only time this happened. For the 75th Hunger Games , the tributes were reaped out of their District's pool of victors.

This was the final Games in Panem. Melania Horstschrater Pundit. What happened to Katniss mom? Our hero's father died in a mine explosion when she was just 11 years old, leaving only Katniss , Prim, and her mother, Mrs. Everdeen, to take care themselves. She stayed at home and did not work, which forced Katniss to become the adult in their household, fending for both herself and Prim. Kone Conrads Pundit. Who killed prim? Beetee joined the district's technology division, working on the military equipment and designing a bomb that President Coin later used to bomb the Capitol children and medics, killing Prim.

Wiress is the District 3 female in the 75th Hunger Games. Stewart Jupanenko Pundit. How many tributes did Katniss kill? In total she killed 6 people face to face and the rest were aerial soldiers and infantry Originally Answered: How many people did Katniss kile? In the 74th, she killed Glimmer, Marvel, and Cato. Maryanne Cicuendez Teacher. Why does Katniss kill coin? As it was from book one, Katniss ' battle is against that part of the human condition, which Coin isn't immune to.

By Katniss killing Coin , she's symbolically killing that human condition, perhaps much more so than if she had just killed Snow. Linjie Stempfel Supporter. What does Katniss tell her mother and prim in the waiting room?

In the morning, Katniss boards a hovercraft. She is injected with a tracker, and with Cinna, departs for the arena. When they arrive, she and Cinna go into an underground room. She dresses in the outfit given to all the tributes, then Cinna takes out the gold mockingjay pin and puts it on her. He says if he could bet, his money would be on her, and he wishes good luck to the girl who was on fire. Then she is raised up through a cylinder into the arena, and the seventy-fourth Hunger Games officially begin.

The tributes must wait sixty seconds before they are released. While she waits, Katniss surveys the field. Just in front of her is a small tarp. In the Cornucopia, a large structure literally shaped like a cornucopia, she sees a tent pack and a bow and arrows. She grabs the tarp and decides to sprint to an orange backpack further in. The boy falls, and Katniss sees a knife in his back.

She runs for the woods while putting the backpack on, and a knife hits the pack and lodges firmly in it. Briefly she looks back to see the tributes fighting. Several already lie dead on the ground. During the Games, a cannon sounds to mark the death of a tribute, and once the main battle is over, Katniss hears eleven cannon shots. That means thirteen tributes remain. She wonders if Peeta is alive, then checks the contents of the backpack. It contains a sleeping bag, a little food, a bottle of iodine for purifying water, an empty bottle, and some other items.