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HUNGER GAMES – Aréna smrti
Author: Suzanne Collins
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HUNGER GAMES – Aréna smrti connects Katniss's personal struggle with a violent public display of state power. The first installment explores how loyalty and humanity can survive a competition whose rules are set by an oppressive system.
HUNGER GAMES – Aréna smrti is the first book in Suzanne Collins's dystopian series. In Panem, the wealthy Capitol rules over twelve subordinate districts and demonstrates its power each year through the Hunger Games. One girl and one boy from every district must enter a televised arena and fight for survival. When the younger sister of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeenová is selected, Katniss volunteers to take her place. In the arena, the struggle to stay alive collides with questions of humanity, loyalty, power, and resistance to the system.
Book information
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- FRAGMENT
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- young adult, dystopia, sci-fi
- Original title
- Hunger Games 1
- ISBN
- 978-80-253-1012-0
- Publication date
- 1. June 2011
- Pages
- 328
- E-book formats
- PDF (ISBN 978-80-253-1524-8)
What is HUNGER GAMES – Aréna smrti about?
The story takes place in a dystopian future in Panem, a country established in what was once North America. Its political center is the Capitol, which controls twelve districts and holds the annual Hunger Games as an instrument of control and a reminder of its power.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeenová lives in District Twelve and cares for her family. When her younger sister Prim is chosen by lottery, Katniss volunteers in her place. Alongside Peeta Mellark, she becomes a tribute representing her district and must enter an arena where only one winner can remain.
The competition tests not only the ability to survive but also the relationship between personal morality and the Capitol's rules. The public nature of the Games turns violence and the struggle for life into a spectacle watched by a mass audience.
Themes and motifs
Survival
Katniss must use her skills and make decisions under immediate threat in the arena.
Power and control
The Capitol uses the Hunger Games as an instrument of political power over the districts.
Humanity
The rules force characters to confront how much of their values they can preserve while fighting for their lives.
Media and spectacle
The Hunger Games are also a television show that turns violence into public entertainment.
Family and sacrifice
Katniss enters the Games voluntarily to protect her younger sister.
Setting
The dystopian country of Panem in what was once North America, particularly District Twelve, the Capitol, and the Hunger Games arena.
Main characters
Katniss Everdeenová
A sixteen-year-old from District Twelve who volunteers for the Hunger Games in her sister's place.
Peeta Mellark
The boy selected as District Twelve's second tribute.
Primrose Everdeenová
Katniss's younger sister, whose place in the Hunger Games Katniss volunteers to take.
Who is this book for?
For readers of young adult dystopia, science fiction, and stories about survival, power, and social resistance.
Book context
The Hunger Games was originally published in 2008 and launched the Hunger Games series. This Czech electronic edition uses Zdík Dušek's translation.
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What is HUNGER GAMES – Aréna smrti about?
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeenová volunteers to enter the deadly Hunger Games in place of her younger sister.
Who wrote Hunger Games?
The author is American writer Suzanne Collins.
What is the book's original title?
Its original English title is The Hunger Games.
Is Aréna smrti the first book in the series?
Yes. It is the first book in the Hunger Games series.
Who translated the book into Czech?
The Czech translation is by Zdík Dušek.
Where is the story set?
In the dystopian country of Panem, located in what was once North America.
How many pages does this e-book have?
Both the source record and the electronic edition's distribution record list 328 pages.
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