Peeta Mellark is chosen as District 12's boy tribute, which makes Katniss feel as if the odds truly are against her. She is not friends with Peeta, but she recalls how they first met.
He is portrayed by actor Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games film series. Peeta Mellark as portrayed by Josh Hutcherson in the series The Hunger Games. Peeta is the male tribute representing District 12 in the 74th annual Hunger Games, alongside female tribute Katniss Everdeen (portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence).
Against all odds, Prim's name is selected at the reaping. Katniss volunteers to take the place of her younger sister and becomes District 12's girl tribute for the 74th Hunger Games. Peeta Mellark, a boy Katniss' age and the son of the baker, is selected as the other tribute.
The male tribute of District 12 and the son of a baker. He is kind and loyal, and he becomes Katniss's love interest and main ally during the Hunger Games.
Summary and Analysis Part 1: Chapter 2. Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place as tribute, thinking about how the odds had been in Prim's favor, that her name was one in a thousand and never should have been drawn in the first place.
He only uses Katniss because the Capitol is brutally oppressive and he realizes that, with Katniss's help, the rebels have a real chance of bringing it down. This sort of cynical pragmatism largely defines Haymitch, and it stems from a combination of realism and a rebellious spirit.
Years before District 12's Haymitch Abernathy won the games, 16-year-old Lucy Gray Baird took the honor as the victor in the 10th annual event. Lucy Gray was mentored by Coriolanus Snow, the future president of Panem, which will be the focus of the prequel movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Haymitch Abernathy (played by Woody Harrelson in the Hunger Games movies) was the brusque, boorish mentor and overseer for Katniss and Peeta. Like them, Haymitch is from the area of District 12 and once competed in the Hunger Games himself.
Katniss returned to District 12, where she reunited with Peeta after she couldn't allow herself to fully forgive her childhood best friend. Meanwhile, Katniss and Peeta supported each other in the recovery process before starting a family.
How many times was Prim's name entered for the reaping?
Katniss, who is sixteen, will have her name in twenty times, and Gale, who is eighteen, will have his in forty-two times. Katniss's sister, Prim, is only twelve and has taken no tesserae, so her name is only in once.
He is said to be strong, young, with dark and curly hair. Katniss even admitted that he looked attractive, especially with the grey Seam eyes he had, making him look dangerous. During these times, he was mentored by Rummage Lorman, since he is the only victor before Haymitch won.
District 12 has the most Hunger Games victors, with five winners, including Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch, and Lucy Gray. Finnick Odair is the youngest winner in history, winning at just 14 years old.
She asks Gale and his family to escape into the woods with her. He agrees happily, and confesses that he loves her. He is disappointed by her reply that she cannot love anyone romantically at such a perilous time. He is further angered when he finds out that Katniss plans to bring Peeta along into the woods.
On March 23, 2011, Lionsgate began casting the role of Peeta for the film of The Hunger Games. According to The Hollywood Reporter, contenders for the role included Josh Hutcherson, Alexander Ludwig (later cast as Cato), Hunter Parrish, Lucas Till, and Evan Peters.
Effie is the escort from the Capitol who has been assigned to District 12. Gale and Katniss make fun of her affected Capitol accent and how she is overly enthusiastic about the Hunger Games, a truly violent and grim event.
Initially she views District 12 as a backwater and wants to use her tenure there as a springboard to a district with stronger tributes, but she eventually comes to support Katniss and Peeta. She despises Haymitch. Her catchphrase "may the odds be ever in your favor" is known across Panem.
Cinna wanted to make a dress with flames as a symbol of rebellion, and he asked for District 12 because it was the most appropriate district for that purpose - he probably worked on the flame material in advance, and when he had the opportunity, chose the tributes that could wear it to represent their district.
This interaction was so surprising to fans because it's not in the books at all. While, throughout the series, there's some chemistry between the two, nothing ever comes of the tension in Suzanne Collins' novels. Beyond the kiss, nothing happened between the two in the movies either.
Ultimately, Dr. Gaul considered these games a disaster, presenting the Capitol as far too vulnerable. She erased all recordings of the games, keeping only a master copy in her own personal vault for her own purposes.
After the 75th Annual Hunger Games came to an end when Katniss Everdeen destroyed the arena, which was the beginning of the revolution against the Capitol, many citizens were forced to be put back in their homes or other places in District 12 by 15,000 Peacekeepers under the order of Romulus Thread, who was getting ...
Haymitch is already drinking, and Peeta gets angry with him because he's supposed to be advising them. He slaps the drink out of Haymitch's hand. Haymitch punches him, and Katniss stabs her knife into the table between his hand and the liquor bottle.
Katniss understands and asks if Peeta's been told about this, but Haymitch says he doesn't need to tell Peeta because "He's already there." As Katniss readies herself to take the stage, she realizes that, although she has made it out of the arena, the most dangerous part of the Hunger Games has begun.
In the 75th Hunger Games, Finnick Odair from District 4 had a token that was a gold bangle with a flame pattern. This token was first given to Haymitch Abernathy from Effie Trinket as a sign of them being a team. Haymitch gave it to Finnick to tell Katniss to make him an ally, as he could later help her in the games.
