Tribute Becomes A Victor Analysis

are held beside the fact it’s tradition. While citizens are repeatedly told stories of war and chaos and how the Games must take place to keep peace and stability, it appears to serve more as entertainment for those of the Capitol. This is apparent when Katniss arrives in the Capitol and a TV interview airs commenting on a Game’s previous year. Two of the hosts comment on how much they enjoyed the Games; “‘Do you remember this year?’ ‘One of my favourite years and one of my favourite arenas…. At this moment, here, this moment is a moment that you never forget, the moment when a Tribute becomes a victor’” (The Hunger Games). The commentator was referencing the specific moment when one Tribute brutally killed another to win the games. The Capitol glamorizes murder; the use of television to broadcast …show more content…
How could the Capitol be okay with murder? How could selected Tributes find enjoyment in ‘hunting’ other Tributes? Milgram is best known for attempting to explain this by using the shock experiment. Participants of the experiment are instructed by an authority to administer a shock to a recipient. Recipients are asked questions and with every incorrect answer, the participant administers a shock and the shock voltage increases. Though recipients feel severe pain, participants are instructed to continue with the process. This article reveals the motivators for group violence and states that the ideal environment that fosters “extreme violence by groups are difficult conditions of life in a society (economic deterioration, political confusion and chaos, and very great social changes), or group conflict that becomes intractable, and often their combination” (Staub). Both Chicago and Panem rose from the rubble of war remains, and the founders established a system to ensure chaos would never strike