Katniss' background makes her a natural underdog. And even when people from District 12 win, they're still perceived as backwoods losers in Panem. Haymitch has to meet and help each subsequent set of tributes from District 12, only to watch them invariably die in the Hunger Games: a big factor in his ongoing alcoholism and drug abuse.
Before Katniss and her friend Peeta pull off their miracle win in the events of the first Hunger Games, the previous winner from District 12 was Haymitch Abernathy, 24 years earlier. Before being selected for the Games, Katniss poached deer and sold the meat to help her family scrape by.īut District 12 has an appalling record in the Hunger Games: the yearly event in which two young people are chosen from each District to fight to the death for The Capitol's amusement.
Its residents often work in dangerous mining conditions, and life is a day-to-day prospect. District 12 is among the poorest in Panem: devoted to the dangerous coal mining industry and located near what used to be the Appalachian Mountains.
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