The Hunger Games - Chapter Summaries
Summaries adapted from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-hunger-games/section1.rhtml
Text Study Learning Objectives
In this lesson we will continue learning how to:
• Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says.
[CC.11-12.R.L.1]
• Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze it in detail.
[CC.9-10.R.L.2]
• Provide an objective summary of the text. [CC.9-10.R.L.2]
• Analyze how complex characters interact with others and advance the
plot or develop the theme over the course of a text. [CC.9-10.R.L.3]
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the
text. [CC.9-10.R.L.4 ]
• Analyze how structure contributes to the overall meaning and
aesthetic impact of the work. [CC.11-12.R.L.5]
• Analyze a text to determine symbolism, irony, metaphor and subtext.
[CC.11-12.R.L.6]
Chapter 11
The Hunger Games - Chapter 11 Summary
 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 horn of
plenty, she sees a tent pack and a bow and arrows. She thinks she
might be able to reach the bow before anyone else but remembers
Haymitch’s instructions to get away and find water. She’s preparing to
run when she notices Peeta. He is looking at her and shaking his head
as if telling her “no.” The gong sounds, and because Katniss was
distracted by Peeta, she misses her chance. She grabs the tarp and
decides to sprint to an orange backpack further in. She gets there at
the same time as another boy, and while they struggle for it, blood
sprays Katniss’s face. The boy falls down with a knife in his back.
 Katniss runs for the woods while putting the backpack on, and a knife
hits the pack and lodges firmly in it. She looks back to see the tributes
fighting. Several already lie dead on the ground. She continues into
the woods and doesn’t stop for a long time while she looks for water.
The Hunger Games - Chapter 11 Summary
 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. At night they’ll play the
Capitol’s anthem and project the images of the dead into the sky for
everyone to see. 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. Katniss was hoping for water, and she knows she won’t last
long without it. There was a lake by the Cornucopia, and she’s
worried it may be the only water source in the arena since it’s sure to
be guarded by Career Tributes. Eventually it gets dark, so Katniss
makes her bed in a tree and uses her belt to secure herself to a
branch. The faces of the dead tributes are projected one after
another in the sky, and Katniss is relieved that Peeta is not among
them.
The Hunger Games - Chapter 11 Summary
 Someone starts a fire nearby. Katniss lies in her sleeping bag, and
when it’s almost dawn, she hears several people running toward the
fire. A girl pleads and then screams, and Katniss realizes several
tributes are hunting in a pack. They stop a few yards from her tree
and discuss why the cannon hasn’t sounded to announce the girl’s
death. The voices belong to some of the Career Tributes, but another
voice says he’ll go back to make sure she’s dead. It belongs to Peeta.
The Hunger Games - Chapter 11 Summary
Character Development - Key Points
Katniss: Finds the skill, speed and luck to escape the bloodbath at the
cornucopia. Her climbing skills now also come to help save her life as she is
able to make a safe and secure bed for herself up in a tree.
 For reasons that are not explained, Peeta seems to have joined forces with
the Career Tributes.
Plot Development – Key Points
 The games start and Katniss survives the bloodbath at the cornucopia and
the first day.
 Peeta seems to have joined forces with the Career Tributes and is helping
them search for Katniss.
Key moments in the Chapter.
 Katniss fight for the pack with the boy from District 9.
 The pack saving her from the knife thrown at her back by the girl from
District 2. The pack also contains a sleeping bag to help her survive at night
and the knife can be used as a weapon and to help her hunt.
 Peeta being with the Career Tributes.