When the man and his son nearly cross paths with a gang, they hide in the bushes, leaving their shopping cart of supplies in the path of the gang. One member takes a bathroom break, and accidentally confronts the man and his son. The man shoots him before he could warn the rest of the gang, but the gunshot obviously being loud gives up their position. They are forced to abandon their supplies and successfully escape the gang at the expense of their remaining material possessions.
The man and his son narrowly escape trouble again, this time by cannibals.
Later in the film, the pair discover a shelter filled with food, and a wide array of other things. However, they leave shortly after due to potential danger. The man later searches for supplies while his son stayed back to observe for danger, but when the boy fell asleep, they were robbed. They encounter the thief, and take back their possessions, leaving the thief with nothing, even without his clothes. When the boy later begs his father for mercy for the thief, the man decides to listen and leaves the clothing and some food for the thief.
After the man is shot by an arrow, they are forced to abandon their cart once again. The man then kills the archer with a flare gun. But when the father realizes he is gradually dying, he expresses the significance of survival and compassion to his son. The man dies, and the boy is left alone. Through this, the audience can see that finally, the boy can now grow into his own man; in the sense that although the father had passed on, the boy will live to learn from the lessons his father instilled in him, regardless of whether or not this society wasn't conventional and post-apocalyptic.
After the man's death, the boy is confronted by a family. Consisting of a man, his wife, their 2 children and a dog, the wife of the family expresses her concern for the boy and asks if the boy would like to join them. The boy reluctantly agrees as the film then fades out.
(Pictured below: The gang that the man and his son hide in the bushes to avoid)
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In the first few scenes of the film, we already can get a sense of how monetarily deprived this society is. District 12 was not very scenic, and frequently we saw citizens dressed in very plain, non-colorful attire. However, as soon as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, the 2 tributes of district 12 head to the capitol, they are shown a life like none they have ever imagined (Katniss volunteered as tribute so her younger sister who was chosen at random would not have to serve as a tribute).
People in the capitol dress extremely colorful, often changing their entire look including makeup simply to focus on one color. (From left to right: Peeta, Effie Trinket (district 12 tribute chaperone) and Katniss pictured above) Trinket, who comes from the capitol, clearly has more style and it seems as though style sort of determines rank in this society.
Meanwhile, Peeta and Katniss board a lavish luxurious train to head to the capitol, where they meet Haymitch (played by Woody Harrelson, aka one of the best actors out there) who won the Hunger Games years before as a tribute for district 12. When they arrive at the capitol Peeta and Katniss are treated like celebrities. They were lodged in an amazing suite, as it seemed as though the tributes deserved to enjoy their life to the fullest at least for a few days before their fight to the death.
All 24 tributes were absolved of their faults (they were waxed, hosed, pimples removed etc), and were dressed superiorly as each pair road in chariots in front of thousands upon thousands of spectators who wanted to see a glimpse of this years tributes.
They trained for a few days and were put in front of sponsors, who gave each tribute a score. The higher the score, the better. Katniss received an 11/12 and Peeta got an 8/12. Sponsors had the ability to give an assortment of things to the tributes during the games, such as medicine, food etc.
When the games started, each tribute was standing on a platform. In the middle of all 24 tributes was the Cornucopia, which at first glimpse had supplies, weapons, and was a common ground for all tributes. See above for pictures of both..Haymitch advised Katniss not to go to the Cornucopia, rather escape and hide in higher ground. She did not listen and almost died in the opening minutes of the games. The opening minutes saw almost half the tributes dead, many fleeing into the woods which spanned for several kilometers.
Seneca Crane, the gamemaster, was in charge of putting obstacles into the game (ie forest fire, wild beasts, poisoned berries etc). Katniss was to far away from the tributes that formed an alliance, including Peeta, so he used his power to make them cross paths. Thanks to Rue, the little girl tribute from district 11, Katniss was able to find a deadly wasp's nest When the alliance is asleep, Katniss cuts the branch of the nest. The nest fell to the ground and erupted with countless dangerously venomous insects. Another tribute dead. After Rue is killed, Katniss kills her murderer. She makes a ceremonious flower burial for Rue, sparking a riot throughout district 11.Crane changes a rule, thus allowing 2 victors if they come from the same district. Katniss finds a wounded Peeta and gets him medicine from the Cornucopia. Katniss is almost killed by a girl tribute, however is saved by Thresh, the male tribute from district 11, who showed Katniss mercy for her treatment of Rue. Crane later released wild beasts, which killed Thresh, leaving Peeta, Katniss and Cato as the remaining tributes. While on top of the cornucopia, Cato takes Peeta and Katniss on. He gets Peeta in a headlock, but Catniss shoots an arrow at his hand and Peeta throws him off the cornucopia and he is devoured by the wild beasts.
Crane changes the rule again, only allowing one victor. However, at the moment that Peeta and Katniss are about to take poisonous berries as a means of double suicide so that the Hunger Games had no victor, Crane changes his mind once again, proclaiming them both winners of the 74th annual Hunger Games.
