Timeline for Why did the Capitol's highly civilized people never vote down the Hunger Games?
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 9:59 | comment | added | too | @Royal Canadian Bandit: The exact number would be 73 * 23 (1 survivor for every game including democratic 1st Quarter Quell) + 47 (2nd Quarter Quell) + 21 (supposedly 3 survivors) = 1747 | |
| Mar 3, 2014 at 14:56 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | I'd put the exact number of children killed during participation in the Hunger Games at 1725. The second Quarter Quell (the Games that Haymitch won) had twice as many tributes, so we get 1800 Tributes in the first 74 Games (we'll ignore the 75th because nobody who died in that was a child at that point in time, as far as I know). Then subtract one winner for the first 73 Games, and two winners for the 74th Games. That's considerably less than the population of even the smallest districts killed over the course of 74 years; not as bad as you might think. | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 0:13 | comment | added | Royal Canadian Bandit | @Manu343726: Two tributes per district, 1 boy and 1 girl, and 12 districts. 2*12*75 = 1800, rounded up to 2000. | |
| Mar 2, 2014 at 0:00 | comment | added | Manu343726 | "The Hunger Games lasted for 75 years and killed fewer than two thousand children" Mmmm I'm not a Hunger Games expert, but as far I know there are 11 districts which participate on the games (i.e. 11 tributes per year, 10 dead children per year). So, that are 750 children killed. How do you spect there are two thousands??? | |
| Feb 28, 2014 at 22:03 | comment | added | Doc | I think your final point is the most important one. It was stated many times throughout the books and movies that the point of the games was to remind everyone of the horrors of war, and to prevent people from beginning another war. "One small sacrifice to prevent a greater disaster" if you will. | |
| Feb 27, 2014 at 23:02 | comment | added | HorusKol | The parallels between the Capitol and the "decadent" view of Rome are pretty clear within the books and the movies. | |
| Feb 27, 2014 at 21:32 | history | answered | Royal Canadian Bandit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |