Discourse Community Presentation

Brianna Torres, Bethany, Delilah, Alma

Three discourse communities

1. Katniss Family
2. Hunger Games
3. District 12

Community Goals
Discourse community goals
Katniss volunteers as tribute in place of
her sister.
District 12 is Katnisss home, where the
main industry is coal mining. District 12
is located in the nation of Pathem.
The Hunger Games is where she's a
part of a show for the public she's in a
game for survival with 11 other districts.

Members

Katniss Everdeen
Mrs. Everdeen
Primrose Everdeen
Peeta Mellark(District 12)
President Coriolanus Snow
Rue
Haymitch Abernathy
Effie Trinket
Cinna
Gale Hawthorne

Members Identified

Katniss is the main character.

Mrs. Everdeen is the Katniss mom
Primrose Everdeen is Katniss sister
Peeta Mellark is Katniss Everdeen partner in the games
since they are both from the same district.
President Coriolanus has ruling over the districts.
Rue is in district 11 and she becomes friends with Katniss
Everdeen in the games.
Haymitch Abemathy is a mentor for Katniss since he was
the one who won/ survived the last Hunger Games.
Effie Trinket is the escort for district 12
Gale Hawthorne is Katniss Everdeens bestfriend in district
12 and hunting partner. Hes completely in love with
Katniss.

Language

Mocking Jay Pin

Mocking Jay Whistle
Both are used to communicate with Rue.
She tries to give Rue the pin, but Rue refuses.
Rue trusts Katniss because of the mocking jay
on her pin.
Rue comes up with the idea to communicate
with mocking jays by whistling to signal each
other they are okay.
The purpose of these is to communicate so
that the other districts wont find out that
theyre alive, and where their location is.

Discourse Community Map

Katniss Everdeen is apart of
her family, which includes her
mother and sister. Theyre her
support system through rough
times, and good times.

Hunger games, is the true

survival for your life.
Katniss competes with not
only the 11 other districts,
but with her partner in
district 12. When it comes
to survival, youre against
everyone.

District 12 is where Katniss

lives with her people. The
other 11 districts are not too far
away from district 12, but are
not considered as a whole
community.

Katniss friends are Gale

Hawthorne, Cinna, Haymitch, and
Rue. All her friends are always
there to support her no matter
what, and they never once look at
her differently. Their advice gets
her far in the games.

Communities Differ

The communities differ, because the districts are

from the same Capitol, but from different locations.
The capitol is where they control all the different
districts . They have the power to rule their
communities . They obligate each district to
participate in the games as a form of entertainment
for their people.
The people of the districts are not free, theyre all
from the poor districts, trying to survive everyday
living.
Communities starve from hunger, and usually have
to go hunting for their food, or negotiate with the
capitol to receive food in place of their name being
raffled to be chosen for The Hunger Games.

Character Analysis
My character became a member of this
discourse community because she
volunteered as tribute to save her sister.
She is now obligated in this community
because there was no other way to save
her sister. She is unable to change her
mind once she made this decision.
Katniss has the will power to succeed in
the Hunger Games she's intelligent enough
to win the games but she also has help
along the way.

Communicating
The way she communicates with roo in the
hunger games is by whistling like a
mocking jay to let each other know they are
ok.
Technology impacts the communication
practices because technology controls the
games setting , and takes place within the
game such as conflict with surviving
amongst the others and it interferes with
the goal of winning the games.

Technology
Technology impacts the communication
practices because technology controls the
games setting , and takes place within the
game such as conflict with surviving
amongst the others and it interferes with
the goal of winning the games.
President Coriolanus Snow does his best
to kill off the members, before they kill off
each other. For example, he tells his
people to add in animals, fire, to kill the
districts.

Topics discussed in the discourse

communities

Katniss promises her mom and sister she will win the
hunger games and return home safely.
Katniss and peter discuss how to win the game even
though there can only be one winner.
Guidelines/Rules
Stay alive
Out smart the other districts
Trust no one
Worry about yourself in the game
No communication outside the games with family
No cheating
Win