District 4

"Do you like seafood? Shrimp and crabmeat? Often overlooked, District 4 plays an essential role, bringing us the bounty of the sea. These citizens are adept with nets and tridents, and can swim like fish themselves."

- Description from The Hunger Games: Tribute Guide

District 4 is one of the wealthier districts of Panem. Its industry is fishing, which is useful for tributes in the Games as they have experience in using nets and tridents, making fishhooks from scratch, swimming, and identifying edible sea life. In Catching Fire Katniss notices during her victory tour that District 4, along with 3 and 8, seems happy to see her, suggesting that it is a rebellious district.

Being one of the wealthier districts, District 4 tends to produce Career Tributes who volunteer to participate in The Hunger Games. This is also the case for Districts 1 and 2. These children are raised to win the Games, making them stronger and much more capable of winning than the average tribute. The bread is a salty, fish-shaped loaf, tinted green by seaweed. Their source of income is fishing.

Known tributes

 * Mags- (Tribute in the 3rd Quarter Quell, Winner of unknown Games)
 * She was an expert at edible plant life, able to make nearly anything into a fishhook. She is the only known person in the book to be alive when the Hunger Games started, being five at the time. She probably participated in the 7th - 13th hunger games. Mags also participated in the third Quarter Quell. She killed herself in the Quarter Quell when she walked into a thick cloud of deadly fog that attacks the respiratory system and causes limbs to twitch rapidly. It also causes blisters to rise if skin touches slightly.


 * Finnick Odair- (Tribute in the 3rd Quarter Quell, Winner of The 65th Hunger Games)
 * He was tall, athletic, with golden skin, bronze hair, and sea-green eyes. He was very popular and was sponsored by nearly everyone. In Catching Fire, it is mentioned that Finnick is one of the best swimmers in his district. He received a trident and wove a net out of vines, using them to ensnare and spear his opponents. After the Games, he had many 'lovers' in the Capitol, but his heart belonged to Annie Cresta. He also participated in the Quarter Quell. President Snow sold him as a prostitute, and his lovers would tell him secrets which Finnick then reveals in Mockingjay. Finnick dies in Mockingjay while fending off mutts in a sewer system. Katniss says, "It's as if I'm Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky, Beetee's trident, Annie in her wedding dress, waves breaking over the rocks. Then it's over."


 * Annie Cresta- (Winner of the 70th Hunger Games)
 * During the 70th Hunger Games, she "went mad" after she saw her District partner beheaded. When the arena flooded, she survived thanks to being the best swimmer. Katniss meets her in Mockingjay. It would seem that "mad" is an exaggeration; her PTSD is more pronounced than most Victors, but she seems to be mostly stable. She is reaped for the 3rd Quarter Quell, but Mags volunteers for her. When she and Finnick reunite, Katniss says, "And suddenly, it's as if there's no one in the world but these two, crashing through space to reach each other. They collide, enfold, lose their balance, and slam against a wall, where they stay. Clinging into one being. Indivisible. A pang of jealousy hits me. Not for either Finnick or Annie but for their certainty. No one seeing them could doubt their love.”

Though never mentioned by name, both tributes from this district seem to die rather quickly in the 74th Hunger Games, not making it past the fifth night. It is rare for Career Tributes to die so quickly. The boy tribute was killed immediately in the initial battle at the Cornucopia. In the movie the boy from 4 was killed by Cato. The girl tribute died by tracker jackers when Katniss Everdeen dropped their nest on the Careers along with Glimmer. In the movie the girl from 4 was seen being killed by Glimmer at Cornicopia. However, in the Hunger Games the District 4 tributes are not classed as Career tributes.

Everyday life
Not much is known about District 4's way of living, aside from their specialization in fishing. Even their bread is tinted green because of the seaweed it contains. In Catching Fire, it is mentioned that District 4 is by the sea, of course.

Occupations
Based on the capitol.pn website
 * Longliner
 * Trawler
 * Canner
 * Ships Captain