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The Hunger Games had been arranged by the Capitol as a punishment for trying to rebel against them. The Capitol forced a random female and male to represent their district by fighting to the death in a forest-themed arena. When Katniss is in the arena, she tried to create alliances with the other teams to prevent herself and her friends from being killed. The main purpose of the Hunger Games was for there to be one survivor, which Katniss obviously didn't understand. It came to the Capitol's attention that not everyone was killing others, which angered them. The people were not receiving their punishment, so the Capitol made a new rule that there would be only one survivor; not one team. This meant that, if circumstances required you to do so, kill your teammates.

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Throughout the story, we can see that the villagers partaking in "the lottery" are extremely nervous for the event that they may be picked and killed. According to Old Man Warner, "It's not how it used to be." Old Man Warner means that you were supposed to be honored to die; you were dying for the greater good of the community. The villagers obviously didn't want to die; they showed signs of nervousness and hope that they weren't picked. Because the villagers did nothing about the practice that they did not want to partake in, they let it happen each year in silence. If the villagers decided to put an end to it, they wouldn't have their lives at stake every year.

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Destructive silence causes bad things to happen

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Destructive silence causes bad things to happen

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The people in the small village where the story takes place are required to partake in a cruel practice each year. The "Lottery" is the random selection of an individual from the village who will be stoned to death by other civilians. The original reason for the tradition was the belief that the sacrifice would give plentiful crops. However, the tradition had been corrupted and forgotten over years, and the villagers had continued to carry out the tradition because it was an original practice that they had always done, not because the crops will be heavy because of it. The villagers seemed to forget the true meaning of the ritual, and end up brutally murdering innocent civilians for no reason what so ever.

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In the Hunger Games, Panem was required to have two people drafted from each 'sector' to fight to the death as punishment for trying to start a rebellion against the Capitol (government). The residents of sector 12 waited silently for two names to be called. If you or a loved one's name was called, you had to watch them fight to the death and likely die. Since the civilians don't try to fight back against the cruel practice, they allow it to happen, causing their loved ones to die slowly.

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Destructive silence causes bad things to happen

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Destructive silence causes bad things to happen

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In the Hunger Games, a tradition commences, in which two people are chosen from each "sector" and are required to fight to the death. The Capitol started the Hunger Games in order to show that they were in charge. The twelve remaining districts of Panem had 2 people drafted from them as a punishment for their failed rebellion.

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How are "destructive silence causes bad things to happen" and "blindly following tradition without understanding" themes in both stories?

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How are "destructive silence causes bad things to happen" and "blindly following tradition without understanding" themes in both stories?