Silka Sharp

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Silka Sharp
Biographical Information
Age	14-18
Occupation	Career Tribute (50th Hunger Games)
Home	District 1
Weapon	Axe
Fate	Deceased
Physical Information
Gender	Female
Height	Over 6'0"
Appearances
Book Appearances	Sunrise on the Reaping
Book Mentioned	Catching Fire
Movie Appearances	The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Silka Sharp was a Career Tribute from District 1 who participated in the 50th Hunger Games. She was a part of the Career alliance, and she placed 2nd out of 48 tributes.

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What was the District 1 female's ranking in the 50th Hunger Games?

In the 50th Hunger Games, the female tribute from District 1 achieved a commendable 2nd place among 48 contenders. She was allied with the Career group.

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What is the significance of the Quarter Quell in the Hunger Games?

The Quarter Quell, held every 25 years, commemorates the districts' defeat by the Capitol during the First Rebellion. This special edition of the Hunger Games features enhanced celebrations and a unique reaping twist, making it more challenging. The Quarter Quell serves to remind the districts of their failed rebellion and impose further punishment.

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What is the Career alliance in the Hunger Games?

The Career alliance or Career pack is a strategic group formed by tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4 before each Hunger Games. They train exclusively together, assess each other's skills, and develop a game strategy. Their traditional approach is to collectively eliminate other tributes, then confront each other. They also typically secure and share the Cornucopia supplies.

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Why were twice the number of tributes reaped for the 50th Hunger Games?

During the second Quarter Quell, also known as the 50th Hunger Games, each district was mandated to send four tributes instead of the usual two. This rule was enforced by the Capitol to symbolize that for every Capitol citizen killed, two rebels lost their lives. Consequently, the arena hosted 48 tributes, doubling the brutality of the games.

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What role did the District 1 female play in the 50th Hunger Games?

In the 50th Hunger Games, the District 1 female was a Career Tribute, part of the Career alliance. Her weapon of choice was an axe. She demonstrated significant prowess, securing the 2nd place among 48 tributes. However, she did not survive the games.

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Biography

50th Hunger Games

Silka was part of the Career pack in these Games.

During the 50th Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell, the Capitol demanded that twice the number of tributes be reaped for the event. This year, Silka Sharp was one of two girls representing District 1, alongside Panache Barker, Carat, and Loupe.

Chariot rides

Silka had gotten along badly with Maysilee Donner in the locker room before the chariot rides, leading Maysilee to insult her outfit in front of the other tributes. Silka made to attack her, but was stopped by a Peacekeeper. After Louella McCoy was killed in the chaos of the chariot parade, Silka dismounted her own chariot. When the horses refused to keep moving despite Panache's insistence, Silka removed one of her shoes and beat the outside horse until she drew blood, then was knocked to the ground by the horse's kick.

Interviews

Silka was the first tribute to be interviewed, wearing a long green dress. She bragged to Caesar Flickerman about her size and strength, her ability with an axe, and her receiving a training score of ten.

Arena

Silka's podium was directly to the right of Haymitch's podium. Silka was part of a pack of sixteen Career tributes. This alliance was likely responsible for most of the eighteen bloodbath deaths. They claimed supplies from the Cornucopia, including the only safe food and drink in the arena, and for the first three days, they scoured the mountain area for potential victims. During this time, a number of tributes died to the arena's many poisonous substances. On the fourth day, a volcanic eruption killed another dozen tributes, including half the Careers. At this point, Silka was one of thirteen total tributes left alive. The lava flow forced them into the forest, possibly separating her from her four allies. She managed to survive despite the mutts and poisons.

On the sixth day, three Gamemakers were mopping and taking care of the oozing slime on the forest floor of the arena. When Haymitch Abernathy, Maysilee Donner, Silka, and Maritte came across them, the Gamemakers tried to flee to Sub-A, but all were killed. One had a trident thrown at him by Maritte, another was attacked by one of Maysilee's darts, and the third plummeted to her death after she leaped headfirst into Sub-A, cracking her head on the concrete. Silka was shocked when she saw Maysilee and Maritte's actions, and Maysilee criticized her for sucking up to the Capitol in a sad effort to win the Games. She then said she was going to kill Maritte, before a bomb was sent by a hovercraft and separated the tributes.

While Haymitch was taking care of Wellie in a tree, Silka was sobbing at the foot of the tree. Haymitch threw Silka some chocolate that he had received from sponsors. She scampered away in the night, presumably ashamed that she had shown such emotion. Haymitch supposed District 1 didn't reward its tributes for showing humanity. He left Wellie armed with Maysilee's dart gun, loaded with a single poisoned dart. Haymitch returned after receiving a sponsor gift containing what he anticipated to be poisoned milk from President Snow (which he discarded), and an ornate picnic basket. He was met with the sight of a decapitated Wellie, whose body lay in a heap - her head in Silka's left hand, dripping blood onto the forest floor. Silka had decapitated her with her axe. When confronted by Haymitch, Silka claimed Wellie attacked her, which was when he noticed a poison blow dart hanging harmlessly from Silka's sleeve.

Death

Silka made it to the final two, at which point she fought Haymitch Abernathy, one of the male tributes from District 12, in hand-to-hand axe combat. Both sustained nearly fatal wounds in their battle; Haymitch gouged out her eye with his knife, and she disemboweled him with her axe. He had to hold his intestines in while he fled. She chased him to a cliff at the edge of the arena, cornering him, and threw her axe. But, just then Haymitch collapsed on the ground, narrowly dodging the attack. Due to the severity of his wounds, she thought she could outlast him even without her weapon, but Haymitch knew the axe would be flung back by the force field protecting the arena's generator. It was; the axe lodged itself in her head. She initially refused to die, emitting a "strangled gurgle," but ultimately succumbed to her injuries, leaving Haymitch as the victor.

Physical description

Silka is described as being "bigger than Haymitch and just as fast". She was over 6 feet tall.

Throughout the chariot parade, training, and the games themselves, she was primarily dressed in "snot-green," to represent her district.

Personality

She is described to be very confident. Despite still having the basic arrogance and lack of remorse of the typical Career Tribute, she was devastated at the death of her final ally Maritte.

Etymology

"Silka" may be derived from silk, a natural fiber and textile. Sharp is an English surname, which could relate to her ferocity in the Hunger Games.

Trivia

• She was the only known tribute outside of District 7 and District 12 who used an axe in the Games.