“What’s an Avox?” I ask stupidly. “Someone who committed a crime. They cut her tongue so she can’t speak,” says Haymitch. “She’s probably a traitor of some sort. Not likely you’d know her.” … ... what. So they kill innocent teenagers every year, broadcasted to wide acclaim, like a freaking football game, but traitors to the country are just rendered mute and forced to be servants? And not just any servants, servants with access to high security areas! I could buy them being rendered mute and forced to work in mines or factories or something, but domestic servants to high profile people in the Captial itself? … no. Just … no. Where are the gruesome public executions? It's not like the book is shying away from violence, so why this … madness?!
They can obviously afford to feed an extra kid easily, since again, these assholes were keeping a pig. I love how you're not letting that go. I approve: my school kept pigs, my neighbors kept pigs … the pig stuff in this book is just dumb.
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Date: 2011-12-23 10:20 pm (UTC)“Someone who committed a crime. They cut her tongue so she can’t speak,” says Haymitch. “She’s probably a traitor of some sort. Not likely you’d know her.”
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... what.
So they kill innocent teenagers every year, broadcasted to wide acclaim, like a freaking football game, but traitors to the country are just rendered mute and forced to be servants? And not just any servants, servants with access to high security areas! I could buy them being rendered mute and forced to work in mines or factories or something, but domestic servants to high profile people in the Captial itself? … no. Just … no.
Where are the gruesome public executions? It's not like the book is shying away from violence, so why this … madness?!
They can obviously afford to feed an extra kid easily, since again, these assholes were keeping a pig.
I love how you're not letting that go. I approve: my school kept pigs, my neighbors kept pigs … the pig stuff in this book is just dumb.