The Hunger Pains

The Trantüten of Panem - The dangerous Hunger Games Parody ( Original Title: The Hunger Pains - A Parody ) is a parody about Suzanne Collins ' work The Hunger Games - Deadly Games. Authors are the American writer team of The Harvard Lampoon, which generally only write parodies. The book is published in German translation at the Random House Publishing ( Hyène ).

Content

Action

The plot is about the same as in Collins ' work. The action takes place in the future. The world is ruled by a totalitarian government called capital with which President Snow Maiden. In the land of Panem - formerly North America has been - every year Cruel Games held in which 24 so-called tribute in an open-air arena against each other to fight to the death until one survivor winner remains. They are selected by a so-called nose game. The one who touched the last to his nose, is a tribute. The country is divided into 12 districts, before a failed uprising there were 200 District 12 is the Telemark Ting - District. In it the main character of Kant Kiss Never Clean lives.

People

Kant Kiss Never Clean Katniss Everdeen in the original She is the main character and narrator. Kant Kiss lives with her sister and Prin their depressed mother in the impoverished district, short of cracking, of District 12 She goes along with Carol on hunting behind the fence of District 12 in place of her sister she goes voluntarily involuntarily - to the games. As someone imitating her voice from the audience and they volunteered. At the beginning she is in love with Carol, in the middle of the book in pita and at the end of the book Gerd opponent. On the last page, we learn that the Capitol has the dead Pita transformed into a doggie Tranny and Kant Kiss takes him happy on his arm. It is together with Gerd opponent winner of the hunger games.

Pita bread flour in the original Peeta Mellark He is Kant Kiss' so-called Mittribut. You know him as the boy with the big head. He helped her once by saying, as she worked her in a tele markting office, a product bought from that they do not actually sold. In the interviews he does only with Emily, an unspecified themed character, closing, and then confesses his love Kiss Kant. Ally in the arena and they fall in love. To make to force the end, as Kant Kiss, Gerd and he decide the Capitol using poisonous berries them all winners, he eats them. On the last page he emerged as Pooch tranny again.

Carol Handsome stone in the original Gale Hawthorne He is Katniss ' hunting partner.

Princess " Prin " Never Clean in original Primrose " Prim " Everdeen It is Kant Kiss' snooty sister.

Gerd opponent in the original Cato Kant Kiss greatest enemy and later Zurzzeit friend. He is, together with Kant Kiss winners of the hunger games.

Allusions

In the Trantüten of Panem is alluded to several books and their film adaptations. All have a lot in common thematically. In addition, the Hunger Games as unvarnished plagiarism of books of criticism such as: called Steven Spielberg or the New York Times. The books are:

• Battle Royal ( to the 2nd part of the BR series is, however, not played ).
• Lord of the Flies
• Death march
• Running Man

Awards

The book became a New York Times bestseller.