Haymitch Abernathy was the only living Hunger Games victor from District 12 before Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark won the 74th Hunger Games, and works as a mentor to subsequent tributes from the district.

Biography
Haymitch Abernathy was the only living tribute from District 12 up until the 74th Hunger Games. A survivor from the 50th Hunger Games, Haymitch participated in the segundo Quarter Quell at the age of sixteen. During the Games, he formed a temporary alliance with Maysilee Donner, his fellow District 12 tribute. Near the end of the Games, when there were only a few tributes left...

Character Analysis
Haymitch is a former District 12 tribute and winner of the Hunger Games who is now a middle-aged drunk. His job is to come out of his alcoholic stupor long enough to coach Katniss and Peeta to victory in the Hunger Games. (Ha.) He tends to use condescending names like "sweetheart," which does nothing to endear him to the sometimes-haughty Katniss.

Despite his shortcomings, Haymitch serves as a very human and intermittently likable mentor figure for Katniss and Peeta. He coaches the pair from a position of experience: he understands the rules of the Hunger Games and the celebrity...