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All districts, except District 6, have access to the government owned train, but it is very expensive to use. There is only one way citizens can use the train at no cost, and that is if they are chosen as tributes for the Hunger Games. In District 12, Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute in place of her sister. Her family is not wealthy so she got to ride the train to the Capitol for the first time, “Of course, I’ve never been on a train, as travel between districts is forbidden except for officially sanctioned duties,” (The Hunger Games, 41). The Capitol controls the district’s transportation in order to stifle communication among the districts. If the people are allowed to communicate freely they would be able to plot the overthrow of the
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In the third and final book, Mockingjay, Peeta is held captive by President Snow and is used to “break” Katniss and the rebellion. During one of Katniss’ emotional breakdowns, she talks with her sister, Prim, about what they think the Capitol is doing with Peeta, ‘“So, what do you think they’ll do to him?” I ask. Prim sounds about a thousand years old when she speaks. “Whatever it takes to break you,”’(Mockingjay, 151). Another tribute who has suffered through the Capitol’s torture is Finnick Odair, a male victor from District 4. In Mockingjay, Finnick is deeply distressed and unable to focus on anything but saving Annie Cresta, his wife who has been kidnapped and is being tortured in the Capitol. Katniss realizes that Finnick's problems over the last few years are due to the Capitol’s emotional torture, “As I whisper my discovery of Snow’s plan to break me, it dawns on me. This strategy is very old news to Finnick. It’s what broke him,”(Mockingjay, 155). Katniss knows that she is not alone in this pain that President Snow is
In the third and final book, Mockingjay, Peeta is held captive by President Snow and is used to “break” Katniss and the rebellion. During one of Katniss’ emotional breakdowns, she talks with her sister, Prim, about what they think the Capitol is doing with Peeta, ‘“So, what do you think they’ll do to him?” I ask. Prim sounds about a thousand years old when she speaks. “Whatever it takes to break you,”’(Mockingjay, 151). Another tribute who has suffered through the Capitol’s torture is Finnick Odair, a male victor from District 4. In Mockingjay, Finnick is deeply distressed and unable to focus on anything but saving Annie Cresta, his wife who has been kidnapped and is being tortured in the Capitol. Katniss realizes that Finnick's problems over the last few years are due to the Capitol’s emotional torture, “As I whisper my discovery of Snow’s plan to break me, it dawns on me. This strategy is very old news to Finnick. It’s what broke him,”(Mockingjay, 155). Katniss knows that she is not alone in this pain that President Snow is