in the hunger games the capital has 12 districts that they control. they make children from each district fight to the death for their own entertainment. too much violence leads to desensitization. the hunger games book is based on a dystopian society where violence is used to control and entertain. teenagers are forced to fight to the death for a TV show, entertainment. the capital does this just to show the districts how much control they really have. violence has become so normal to the capital that they enjoy watching the teens kill each other off. i believe that he also does this to remind the districts each year who has power. katniss also tells us about the fence that keeps them in and electrocutes anyone who tries to pass. but since …show more content…
the Capitol shows the show across all 12 districts to keep and maintain its power. by broadcasting the games, it keeps the districts in control, sending them into fear. well, the capitals people take in and enjoy every show, becoming more and more desensitized to the cruel things going on. in addition, they buy the tributes and send them gifts to make the show better. they enjoy their suffering and see them as pawns in their game show, dehumanizing them.this shows us just how detached they are from violence. the Capitol its like being detached from violencethey place bets on the tributes they only see them as toys in their games which is sad since they're also humansthey show a complete lack of empathy proving that so much exposure to things like this could make you become desentized they dress up have parties live a good life they pull these kids from their family's to kill them off one by one they have no empathy they do it for fun they place bets and broadcast it to the rest of the districts they're cruel people who's been blinded with power and power. too much violence leads to dehumanization, the capitol celebrates the hunger games showing the lack of empathy and lack of concern for the tributes. i feel as if we can become desensitized to violence. i feel that us as a society should not normalize these things, but we've been so exposed and conditioned to violence that we might become like them