In regard to the Hunger Games - do they rig the lotteries to pick the contestants? so they can go for maximum anguish?
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Toddson - May 17, 2011 11:57:27 am PDT #14751 of 28293
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Polgara - May 17, 2011 12:00:46 pm PDT #14752 of 28293
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It's rigged against the poor and hungry. Does that count?
Polter-Cow - May 17, 2011 12:00:49 pm PDT #14753 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There is no indication of that, but I certainly suspected it at times.
Toddson - May 17, 2011 12:03:12 pm PDT #14754 of 28293
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, the entire system is rigged against the poor. I was thinking of more specific trickery, i.e., deliberately putting very young girls up against older, stronger people who've been training for the "game".
§ ita § - May 17, 2011 12:04:24 pm PDT #14755 of 28293
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
At least one of the lotteries was rigged, wasn't it?
le nubian - May 17, 2011 12:58:13 pm PDT #14756 of 28293
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I believe they rigged the lotteries. Maybe not in every district, and it was clear the poor could "buy" in so they were at greater risk.
Amy - May 17, 2011 1:09:57 pm PDT #14757 of 28293
Because books.
In reality, any child treated like Harry would have grown up with a serious case of attachment disorder (that's what it's called, right?), and probably would never be able to create or maintain a normal human relationship--at least not without serious therapy.
But fictional reality is different. In real life, *most* children aren't suffering the kind of abuse and neglect Harry is (or if they are, chances are they're not reading books), but a lot of children feel isolated or misunderstood or unloved. Harry's story is a hopeful fantasy for them, and that's what this kind of book is supposed to be -- the fairy tale aspects of good vs. evil and secret worlds and magic remove remove it from the reality of CPS or foster homes and present it on a metaphorical level that a lot of readers can identify with, for different reasons.
If this were a realistic adult novel, of course, it would be not only horrifying but unbelievable.
Connie Neil - May 17, 2011 2:25:23 pm PDT #14758 of 28293
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But fictional reality is different
Wrod. I imagine most kids at sometime in their life feel like they've at least metaphorically been shoved under the stairs and no one gives a damn about them.
smonster - May 17, 2011 3:31:14 pm PDT #14759 of 28293
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Well, in the richer districts the "Careers" would volunteer on a regular basis. In the poorer districts, whoever gets picked gets picked. When Prim got picked, it seemed like a freak chance. I suppose they could rig the drawings, but I'm not sure why they would bother. They're already plenty rigged with the tessarae and such.
Strix - May 17, 2011 3:33:53 pm PDT #14760 of 28293
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I edited it and put in quick-edits. Your error was that every time you open a spoiler span tag, you need to close it. You only closed it once at the end of each post.
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My bad.