The Hunger Games (novel) difficult parts of the book to write, but that she had accepted that passages such as these were necessary to the story. She considered the moments where Katniss reflects on happier moments in her past to be more enjoyable. "The Hunger Games" takes place in a nation known as Panem, established in North America after the destruction of the continent's civilization by an unknown apocalyptic event. The nation consists of the wealthy Capitol and twelve surrounding, poorer districts under the Capitol's dictatorial control. The Capitol exploits the districts for their natural resources and cheap labour. District 12 is in the
The Hunger Games (film) "improve on many sources. Quentin Tarantino has built his career on this principle." It reminded an author at "Salon" of the 1932 film "The Most Dangerous Game". "The Hunger Games" has also been conceptually compared to Robert Sheckley's 1953 short story "Seventh Victim" and its 1965 Italian film adaptation by Elio Petri, "The 10th Victim", as the story and film feature a government-endorsed, televised (in the film's case) "Big Hunt", featuring contestants from around the world acting as "hunters" and "victims". Wheeler Winston Dixon, a film professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, listed several precedents: "Battle Royale", Jackson's "The Lottery",