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=== Edizioni della Memoria ===
L’ ''Edizione della Memoria'' si celebra ogni 25 anni.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dill|first=Margo|title=Catching Fire Discussion Questions (Chapters Ten Through Fifteen)|url=http://www.brighthub.com/education/homework-tips/articles/53114.aspx|publisher=Bright Hub|date=20 July 2010|accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref> Ogni Edizione della Memoria ha delle regole speciali, scritte alla fine dei Giorni Bui, quando vennero inventati gli Hunger Games.<ref name=rdf12>''La ragazza di fuoco'', capitolo 12</ref>
Il Presidente di Panem sceglie da una scatola la busta con il numero dell’edizione e legge le regole in televisione. Le Edizioni della Memoria servono anche per ricordare alcuni aspetti della ribellione prima dei Giorni Bui.
Per la prima Edizione della Memoria (i 25esimi Hunger Games), venne abolita l’estrazione dei nomi dei tributi. Per ricordare ai Distretti che i loro figli morivano perché avevano dato inizio alla ribellione, i tributi vennero scelti con una votazione.<ref name=rdf12 />
The ''Quarter Quell'' is a special Hunger Games that occurs every 25 years.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dill|first=Margo|title=Catching Fire Discussion Questions (Chapters Ten Through Fifteen)|url=http://www.brighthub.com/education/homework-tips/articles/53114.aspx|publisher=Bright Hub|date=20 July 2010|accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref> Each Quarter Quell includes a new twist to the rules, supposedly prescribed at the end of the Dark Days when the Hunger Games were first created. The rule changes serve as a reminder of some aspect of the rebellion. Officially, whoever came up with new rules assumed the Hunger Games would go on for centuries and wrote rule changes for many Quarter Quells. It is hypothesized in the series that the rules are made up at the time to serve the Capitol's purposes; no one outside the government really knows. The President selects the year number from a box of envelopes and announces the rule change live on television.
Alla seconda Edizione della Memoria, invece di due tributi per ogni distretto ne furono sorteggiati quattro, per ricordare che durante la rivolta morirono due abitanti dei Distretti per ogni cittadino di Capitol City.<ref>''La ragazza di fuoco'', capitolo 3</ref> Il vincitore di quell'edizione è stato Haymitch Abernathy, che scoprì l’esistenza del campo di forza attorno all'arena e lo usò a suo favore.
In the first Quarter Quell (the 25th Hunger Games), the usual random selection did not take place. To remind the districts that they chose to rebel, each district had to vote to choose which boy and girl would compete in the Games. The victor of the first Quarter Quell is presumed to have passed away before the events of ''Catching Fire''.
Alla terza Edizione della Memoria, narrata ne ''La ragazza di fuoco'', i tributi vengono sorteggiati tra i vincitori ancora in vita, che sono 59,<ref>''La ragazza di fuoco'', capitolo 14</ref> per ricordare che nemmeno i più forti dei Distretti possono sperare di prevalere su Capitol City. La terza Edizione della Memoria non ha un vincitore, perché Katniss, Peeta ed altri tributi si alleano con l’intenzione di distruggere l’arena e scappare. Alcuni di loro vengono salvati dai ribelli del Distretto 13, mentre Peeta, Enobaria e Johanna vengono catturati da Capitol City.
In the second Quarter Quell (50th Hunger Games), two boys and two girls were reaped in each District, doubling the total number of tributes to 48. This was to remind the districts that two rebels died for each Capitol citizen during the rebellion. The victor was [[Haymitch Abernathy]], who won by discovering the properties of the [[force shield|force field]] surrounding the arena and using them to his advantage during the final battle with a girl from District 1, causing his attacker's thrown axe to fly back and hit her in the head. The Capitol believed it had been humiliated by Haymitch's actions and retaliated by killing his family and girlfriend shortly after the Games. President Snow ruled Panem during that year's games.
In the third Quarter Quell (75th Hunger Games), described in the novel ''[[Catching Fire (2009 novel)|Catching Fire]]'', the rule change determined that the tributes from each district were to be chosen from among its surviving victors. At the time of the third Quarter Quell, 59 victors are still alive. This Quell's message was that not even the strongest among the Districts could hope to defy the Capitol. The only living female victor from District 12 was Katniss Everdeen, which meant that she would automatically go back to the arena. She believed that this rule was made intentionally to ensure her death, as the Capitol was not happy with her actions in the 74th Games. Of the two male victors in District 12, Haymitch's name was drawn, but Peeta volunteered to replace him. The 75th Games had no winner: on the third day, with seven tributes (Katniss, Peeta, Finnick, Johanna, Beetee, Brutus, and Enobaria) remaining, Katniss destroyed the force field surrounding the arena by taking advantage of a lightning strike with wires tied around her arrow.
Unbeknownst to Katniss and Peeta, half of the other tributes in the 75th Games were part of a conspiracy (which also involved some high-ranking officials from the Capitol) to escape from the Games and help initiate a new rebellion orchestrated by the survivors of District 13. Katniss was rescued from the arena as planned and taken to District 13, along with the surviving tributes from District 3 and 4, Beetee and Finnick. In the confusion of the force field explosion, the remaining tributes – Peeta, Enobaria from District 2, and Johanna from District 7 – were captured by the Capitol. Annie Cresta was also taken to the Capitol as an attempt to get at Finnick, who loved her. Annie had been a previous victor and was reaped for the 75th Hunger Games. But an elderly woman named Mags volunteered for her, to spare her from what had previously made her unstable.
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