The Hunger Games

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Does the dog die?
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KatarineMiller
They kill "Mutations" of wolves/dogs, but they were trying to attack them
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Is someone held under water?
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Are there heart attacks?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Abandonment
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The protagonist’s mother becomes catatonically depressed in the backstory and is unable to take care of her children, leaving the protagonist to become the primary caregiver. Although the mother recovers and her condition is treated sensitively, it’s still seen as emotional abandonment.
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loenlytraveller
In the later books, a cat is left behind in a ruined town, but is retrieved by the main character. A character who the cat liked is killed and the cat is left with one who doesn't like them very much.
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Abuse
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Jay_isnt_cool
Katniss is gaslighted throughout the entire book but it gets revealed in the second book
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Fgujbgr7k
Peeta has a physically and verbally abusive mom, who repeatedly beats him (mostly with cooking utensils because they live above a bakery).
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Is a child abused?
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Anonymous
The entire concept is that children are forced to fight to the death. Framing it as entertainment is part of the abuse--the villains are so powerful that they can force a whole society to act like watching kids kill each other is all in good fun.
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Is someone stalked?
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amwhite91
Characters hunt and pursue one another in the Hunger Games. Even before the Games, the protagonist and other characters always operate under the assumption that they are being watched or might be overheard by Peacekeepers
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loenlytraveller
All tributes, including the females ones, are brutalized and killed on screen for a live audience broadcasted nationally.
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C3
Mrs. Mellark is verbally abusive toward her husband and three children (specifically Peeta, the youngest), and is described as "a witch".
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Addiction
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KatarineMiller
Katniss drugs Peeta with a sleeping drug, so she can leave
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CeliaDeveaux
Haymitch, the mentor regularly drinks
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Is there addiction?
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amwhite91
Haymitch is heavily alcohol addicted.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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loenlytraveller
There are no horses in this book series.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Fgujbgr7k
Katniss is a hunter and kills many animals.
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Are animals abused?
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Anonymous
A cat is borderline manhandled but not abused.
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amwhite91
In the climax, anthropomorphic mutated dogs fight human characters but not one another.
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KatarineMiller
They hunt for food
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Is an animal sad?
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loenlytraveller
There are giant dogs who have the faces of past tributes who have died. They are vaguely described as being sad.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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loenlytraveller
Rabbits are killed to be eaten.
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Does a cat die?
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amwhite91
However, Katniss admits in her internal monologue to attempting to drown her sister's cat in the past. This obviously didn't happen. The cat survives through the whole series.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Anonymous
No, but snake imagery is mentioned often.
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Are there bugs?
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KatarineMiller
There are wasp mutations called tracker jackers that kill a tribute, and injure others
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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Yes in book one pidia is knocked out for his own good
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amwhite91
Rue gets trapped in a net, and this precipitates her death. After the Games, Katniss receives medical attention, some of which being against her will. She is restrained in her hospital bed at points.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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loenlytraveller
The two main characters pretend to be in love with each other and kiss each other throughout the book for the cameras.
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Bodily Harm
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elliotscreams
There’s a scene where the main character is waxed, but no self-harm.
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Fgujbgr7k
Katniss burns her hands during a forest fire and they blister. She later tears the blisters open while trying to climb a tree.
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Is there decapitation?
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Smoke caused coughing for a few characters, not gory though.
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Anonymous
Yes, a tribute's head gets smashed in.
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elliotscreams
Mentioned at the beginning of the book that a tribute a few years earlier would eat his victims in the arena and he was killed off by the gamemakers, so it’s an unspoken rule that cannabilism is one of the few things not allowed in the arena.
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Dreamdust1600
If I remember correctly Thresh crushes the girl who was attempting to kill katniss when she went to the cornicopia for peeta's medicine
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Jay_isnt_cool
She doesn't die but there is a part where she gets chased by a wall of fire and she gets severe burns
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Anonymous
Someone has a nightmare they are buried alive.
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Is there body horror?
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Fgujbgr7k
Peeta receives a leg injury that is described as "a deep cut oozing with pus" and Glimmer gets a fatal number of bee stings, and it graphically described her swollen and rotting body.
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Is there amputation?
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KatarineMiller
Peeta's leg gets amputated at the end of the book
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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loenlytraveller
Not in this book, but a main character hangs a dummy in the second book as a gesture of rebellion and there is a song known by the main character called The Hanging Tree, about a tree where a man was hung in her district. Hanging is depicted on page in the series' prequel Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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Fgujbgr7k
There is a forest fire in which Katniss struggles to breathe due to smoke inhalation
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Fgujbgr7k
Clove becomes brain dead after getting hit in the head with a rock, Rue passes out due to blood loss after getting impaled, Peeta loses consciousness after getting drugged, Haymitch passes out due to heavy alcohol consumption, and Katniss faints due to heavy blood loss.
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Lear_
Someone's head gets smashed in...
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feferipeixes
I don't believe so. If there is, it's very subtle.
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Is someone tortured?
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KatarineMiller
Cato is tortured by the mutations for almost a whole day, before being put out of his misery by Katniss
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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loenlytraveller
Multiple instances, some being fatal.
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amwhite91
Haymitch falls off the stage during the reaping. He is not seriously injured, but he falls unconscious.
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Fgujbgr7k
Cato falls off of a thirty foot structure (the fall itself doesn't kill him, but rather, the wolves waiting below)
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Fgujbgr7k
The book is about a modern day gladiator fight...there are many deaths and none of them are bloodless.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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feferipeixes
Obviously
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Dreamdust1600
Katniss mentions previous tributes from her district were forced to wear nothing but Charcoal all over their bodies to be shown off to all of panem, we do not know the age of these tributes but there is a high possibility that they were underage since the age range fir going into the games is 12 to 18
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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loenlytraveller
Characters form alliances which result in them having to die to protect each other.
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Does someone die?
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loenlytraveller
The entire premise of the book is children fighting to the death on live TV. Many major and minor characters throughout the book. Some are on the page and some are off.
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loenlytraveller
Characters the main character becomes close with die throughout the entire series.
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No pets, but plenty of animals are killed for food, as well as animals killed in self-defense
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Dreamdust1600
SPOILER: no but there is a double suicide attempt near the end of the book using berries that are poisonous and before that a tribute does die from eating these berries
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
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amwhite91
Katniss' father died in a mining accident before the events of the book.
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Romana
Katniss discusses the death of her father - this happened years ago but is still brought up
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Does someone cheat?
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Dreamdust1600
I don't remember any cheating
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Is someone kidnapped?
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amwhite91
The redheaded avox girl was apprehended while trying to escape her district.
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Fear
Are there razors?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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amwhite91
The protagonist gets to take showers while in the Capitol. The shower scenes are not sexual.
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Are there mannequins?
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loenlytraveller
There are creeks and rivers throughout the book. Nobody drowns in them and they provide drinking water for characters and a way to clean wounds. They are not presented as dangerous at all.
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Are there clowns?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Is someone eaten?
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Mentions of cannibalism having happened in past games
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Is there audio gore?
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Dreamdust1600
Not in the books but there probably is in the movies
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Does someone vomit?
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sunnylexi7
I wouldn't say constantly, but it does happen a few times. Mostly whenever someone drinks too much
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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loenlytraveller
Characters vomit and the main character chews up leaves to make a paste to put on wounds.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Anonymous
If anything, cops are heavily hated.
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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loenlytraveller
A tracking device is inserted into characters' forearms before the Games begin. It is not an invasive procedure (it is very quick), but the main character is uncomfortable while it's happening and it is against her will.
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amwhite91
Directly after the end of the Hunger Games, the Katniss and Peeta receive medical attention.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Mental Health
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Katniss says close to the end of the book, "I wonder now if Cato might not be entirely sane." Cato has outbursts more intense than his allies and goes to the length of killing one in his anger.
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Dreamdust1600
SPOILER: Whoever said no clearly doesn't remember the end of the games where katniss and peeta attempt to eat poisonous berries
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there misophonia?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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loenlytraveller
More so in later books of the series, but the main characters go through traumatic events which result in PTSD that is explored later in the series.

There is a scene towards the end of this book where the main characters are exploring a part of the woods and one character becomes distressed when she realises she can't find the other, similar to earlier events in the book which resulted in another character's death. In another scene the same character becomes upset because the other was about to eat berries that resulted in another minor character's death. Both scenes could be examples of the character being very impacted by previously experienced traumatic events, but I don't believe they would be triggering.
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amwhite91
Although no one has an eating disorder, as you can imagine with a name like "The Hunger Games," the series involves lots of descriptions of food and starvation.
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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karaszi
Not explicitly. One character who is shown to have proficient knowledge in plants, dies by eating poisonous berries. It is unknown if she knew the effects of the berries beforehand. Two characters are also almost of commit suicide, but they ultimately don't.
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Dreamdust1600
I would consider the part where katniss is restrained by the waist in some sort of hospital a claustrophobic scene
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Dreamdust1600
No but at the end it is said that the capital wanted to alter katniss's body against her will specifically by making her boobs bigger
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feferipeixes
Prim probably had one at the reaping. It doesn't explicitly say
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Noxious
Is there screaming?
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loenlytraveller
Characters are described as screaming throughout the book.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Does a baby cry?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Anonymous
In the movie, constantly. The book mentions vision swaying.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Dreamdust1600
The other comment is not in this book, I haven't read the second book yet but I believe its in that one
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freshD
No, that’s in the second book
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Prejudice
Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Are there fat jokes?
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loenlytraveller
There is an instance of a mother of another character being aggressive towards the main character because she is of the poorer class during a flashback/memory, but there are no in-world slurs.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there aphobia?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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freshD
The main characters friend, who’s two years older than her, wants more out of their relationship
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Religious
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aoibheyaps
Religion is completely nonexistent in this world
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Sex
Is there BDSM?
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Is there bestiality?
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Dreamdust1600
Yes katniss is nude when the capital is making her presentable (waxing her making her skin look soft ect) there is I think one shower scene and she is naked in the hospital after the games
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loenlytraveller
The themes are more prominent in the later books for some characters, but it's mentioned that the child tributes have been forced to wear very revealing outfits on the live television in the past and that some tributes' mentors specifically present them as promiscuous. The main character worries she will be presented in the same way but does not end up being.

The children, and the main character, are inherently objectified throughout their entire time in the games and after if they survive.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Dreamdust1600
SPOILER: the book ends with Peeta very angry with katniss for faking her love for him
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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Anonymous
In one of the books, a bomber jet is taken down.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car crash?
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Violence
Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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