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The townspeople participate in the lottery because Mr Summers says they should. They follow him because he has more power and barely anyone questions why they have to participate.

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The competitors in the Hunger Games are forced to follow tradition because of the people who have more power than them.

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The people in District 12 blindly follow tradition because they are poor and want to have the resources to survive.

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The purposes of the Hunger Games are to provide entertainment for the Capitol and to remind the districts of the Capitol's power and its lack of remorse or forgiveness for the failed rebellion of the current competitors' ancestors.

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Old Man Warner snorted. "Pack of crazy fools," he said. "Listening to the young folks, nothing`s good enough for them. Next thing you know, they`ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while. Used to be a saying about `Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.` First thing you know, we`d all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There`s always been a lottery,"

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The townspeople don't blindly follow tradition because they actually believe that the sacrifice of another will bring them fortune in the summer.