Gale Hawthorne & Weiss Schnee
"Panem is not a nice place," Gale said. "It's getting better, but it's not perfect, and probably never will be. For seventy-five years, the government has made each of the 12 Districts sacrifice a boy and a girl between 12 and 18 to The Hunger Games. It's a fight to the death, and it's televised for everyone to see. Literally. Everyone is expected to watch, even when it's your friends and loved ones in the Arena." He shook his head. "That's over now, but...we still have a long way to go to restore peace and whatnot."