Each district must offer up a male and female tribute between the ages of 12 and 18 as punishment for an uprising. The tributes will be taken to the Capitol and forced to fight in an arena until there is only one survivor. This annual event is called the Hunger Games. The document then introduces Katniss Everdeen, who has been chosen as a tribute from her district, and falls in love with the boy from her district, Peeta, though only one of them can survive to win the Hunger Games.