Katniss and Primrose live in District 12, where each year two tributes - a boy and girl - are selected by lottery to participate in the Hunger Games. The Games are a brutal fight to the death broadcast by the authoritarian Capitol for entertainment. Primrose is worried about the prospect of killing others or being killed. Katniss promises to protect Primrose. At the reaping, Primrose's name is drawn to represent District 12 in the Hunger Games.