The Trick

Authors Note: This piece is for conflict/resolution from the novel "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins. 

In the book “The Hunger Games” written by Suzanne Collins is about a girl names Katniss that had volunteered as tribute for her younger sister Prim. Katniss will now have to fight for her life against all other 23 tributes to stay alive. Fortunately Katniss meets the other tribute from district 12 named Peeta and they figure out a trick to win victory.  

The main conflict/ problem throughout the novel is the fact that Katniss had volunteered and now she is ordered to fight for her life. This is the main conflict because Katniss doesn’t know what’s coming; she could die any second of the day.  Luckily for Prim Katniss volunteered because if she hadn’t Prim would immediately be dead. The conflict would be way different if it wasn’t for Katniss’s act of kindness, Prim would be dead and Peeta would also be deceased. 

But in the book the conflict gets resolved by the sneakiness of Peeta and Katniss.  Their act of “love” outsmarts the Capitol and they change the rules of The Games.  Two people from the same district can both win! Peeta and Katniss defeated Cato and both tributes win together.  The conflict gets resolved because Katniss isn’t on her own anymore fighting by herself, they both outsmart the Capitol and they are now victors. 

In conclusion, the main conflict is Katniss entering the games with only little knowledge and is fighting for her life. The conflict progresses by Peeta and Katniss’s secret act of loving each other. The final resolution is tricking the Capitol and now Peeta and Katniss both won The Hunger Games.