Everything you need to know about The Hunger Games to watch Mockingjay Part 1

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 has been released this weekend in UAE cinemas, and you might be thinking that perhaps because you missed any of the previous parts that you need some catching up first!

Here is everything you need to know about The Hunger Games to be able to fully understand this part of the movie, and enjoy it!

Background:

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is the third movie in The Hunger Games movie series. The movie is a depiction of a book trilogy with the same name that has been authored by Suzanne Collins. Mockingjay is the last part of the book, but the team behind the movie decided to split it in to two parts

Part 1: The Hunger Games

1. The Hunger Games is set in the nation of Panem, which is a country composed of a rich Capitol, and 13 other poorer districts. Every district is known for a specific trade. In the past, the districts were suffering from starvation, while the Capitol enjoyed wealth and as a result, a rebellion had taken place to end this hunger; however, the Capitol had defeated the districts and in the process, District 13 was destroyed.
2. As punishment for the rebellion, every year The Hunger Games are held, and every district offers one boy and one girl as tributes. The selection of the tributes are random (via a lottery), and those tributes are expected to fight off against one another till the death, until one victor remains.
3. In the first part of the trilogy, the 74th Hunger Games are being held. Peeta Mellark is drawn as the male tribute from District 12, and Primrose Everdeen is drawn as the female tribute. Out of fear of loosing her younger sister in the games, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take Primrose's place. 
4. Katniss had always had feelings for her hunting partner, and friend, Gale Hawthorne. Gale is obviously devastated with Katniss being sent off to The Games
5. Katniss and Peeta get trained by Haymitch, the only living winner from District 12 who survived the 50th Hunger Games and whom since has been an alcoholic due to the state of mind The Games has left him in.
6. During the preparation for The Games, Peeta starts developing feelings for Katniss. He also proves that he is very good on camera as The Games are televised nationwide, a matter Haymitch believes will be imperative for the survival of at least either Peeta or Katniss. 
7. During one of the pre-Games interviews, Peeta confesses his love to Katniss which completely throws her off.
8. During The Games, Katniss gets very close to Rue from District 11 because she reminds her of her sister. Shortly after, Rue gets killed; this emotionally scars Katniss who makes a tribute to Rue by placing flowers over her body as an act of defiance against the Capitol. The other districts also get moved with Katniss' gesture which starts clashes between the districts and the guards sent in from the Capitol, i.e. the beginning of a new rebellion.
9. A game rule change that allows two tributes to be declared as winners if they are from the same district gets Katniss and Peeta to be working together. After defeating all the other tributes, the Capitol revoke the game rule change which means only one victor must remain. Katniss suggests then that both her and Peeta are to commit a double suicide in defiance and also in hopes that the game rule change will be reinstated. Their attempt is successful but at the expense of The Capitol being upset with this defiance. 

Part 2: Catching Fire

1. The rebellion gets more aggressive in all the districts
2. President Snow visits Katniss in her home and threatens that he will harm her family and loved ones if she doesn't help in defusing the uprising.
3. Peeta and Katniss plan to tour the districts as victors, and also plan a public wedding even though Katniss' love for Peeta is an act and he is aware of it. Peeta only agrees to this to spare the citizens of District 12.
4. During the tour, Katniss' speech in District 11 (Rue's District) inspires the citizens to stand in defiance, and fuels the rebellion. The mockingjay pin she wore during The Games becomes the sign of the rebellion.
5. The Capitol announces a special edition for the 75th Hunger Games where all the victors in all the previous games will have to face off each other, this includes Katniss, and Peeta.
6. While in The Games, Katniss discovers that some of the previous victors are in fact allies. Together, they manage to destroy the arena where The Games are being held in after Katniss fires an arrow tied to an electrocuted wire and escape with the help from rebels from District 13 (which apparently hasn't been destroyed). During the escape, Peeta and District 7 ally, Johanna Mason, don't manage to get out and Katniss presumes that Peeta would be killed by The Capitol.
7. Gale informs Katniss that District 12 has been destroyed. Katniss also learns that her rescue had always been planned all along by Haymitch, Plutarch Heavensbee, and Finnick Odair among others given her symbol status to the rebellion as its mockingjay.

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