Who are the tributes and what does each district produce in The Hunger Games?
What an excellent answer from wanderista. I do not have much to add to the conversation, but I will list the tributes from each District as well as the specialty of each District as found in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Males are designated with an (M) and of...
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course the females are designated with an (F).
- District 1 (luxury goods) Glimmer (F) and Marvel (M)
- District 2 (weaponry) Clove (F) and Cato (M)
- District 3 (electronics) unnamed tribute (F) killed 29 seconds into the Games and unnamed tribute (M) re-activated the mines near the cornucopia
- District 4 (fishing) unnamed tribute (F) killed 17 minutes and 23 seconds into the Games and unnamed tribute (M) killed 1 minute 18 seconds into the Games
- District 5 (electricity) Foxface (F) and unnamed tribute (M) killed in initial bloodbath
- District 6 transportation) unnamed tribute (F) and unnamed tribute (M) both killed in initial bloodbath
- District 7 (lumber and paper) unnamed tribute (F) and unnamed tribute (M) both killed in initial bloodbath
- District 8 (textiles) unnamed tribute (F) killed on day 2 and unnamed tribute (M) killed in the initial bloodbath
- District 9 (grain) unnamed tribute (F) killed in the initial bloodbath and unnamed tribute (M) first person killed on day 1
- District 10 (livestock) unnamed tribute (F) killed in the initial bloodbath and unnamed tribute (M) killed on day 8
- unknown tributes, except it was mentioned the boy had a crippled leg.
- District 12 (coal and mining) Katniss Everdeen (F) and Peeta Mallark (M) win the Games
District 13 no longer participates in the Hunger Games because it has been destroyed as a warning to any other Districts about what happens if they rebel against the Capitol:
Whatever words they [the Capitol/government] use, the real message is clear. "Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there's nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen."
References
Where are the tributes selected in The Hunger Games?
The answer to this question can be found in Chapter One of this exciting novel. The Reaping, which is the ceremony where the tributes are selected, is held in District 12 in the central square of the District, a place where people come together. Katniss describes the square in the following way:
It's too bad, really, that they hold the reaping in the square--one of the few places in District 12 that can be pleasant. The square's surrounded by shops, and on public market days, especially if there's good weather, it has a holiday feel to it. But today, despite the bright banners hanging on the buildings, there's an air of grimness.
The Reaping is therefore held in the centre of the District, and as we read the other novels in the series, we can see that each District has its own centre that is used for this purpose. What is of course so terrible about the Reaping is the way that Panem presents it as if it were something to be celebrated and a festival, when in fact it is only something that brings terrible sadness and mourning.