She most likley made up the word and used it because it sounded cool. But, Panem is the Latin word for bread. Maybe somthing to do with Peta-- ;)
Because she felt like it
It's a critique on violence in american entertainment
Panem is supposedly located in the ruins of North America.
No. It may but it is never acknowledged. In the book it is just panem. Write Suzanne Collins if you want her to write another hunger games book! ;)
The Hunger Games trilogy is set in a post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem, which is comprised of 12 districts and the Capitol. The exact year is not specified, but it is suggested to be several centuries ahead of our present time.
The setting of "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian world called Panem, which is divided into 12 districts and the Capitol. The story mainly takes place in District 13, which had been thought to be destroyed by the Capitol.
Collins doesn't give an actual date or year in which the novel is set. But she does state outright that it is post apocalypse and the country of Panem rose from the ashes of a crumbling, half-submerged North America.
Suzanne Collins chose the name "Panem" as a reference to the phrase "Panem et Circenses" which translates to "bread and circuses" in Latin. This phrase symbolizes the government's control over its people through the distribution of food and entertainment, mirroring the tactics used in the dystopian society of "The Hunger Games".
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It is extremely unlikely that something like The Hunger Games would happen in real life. If it were to occur, it would take hundreds of years to have North America develope into a nation like Panem. So therefore, you probably have nothing to worry about for a while.
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