tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post9152195390038095468..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: Hunger Games and Blood Tax Mrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-79347540082203300732013-12-13T09:50:01.601-06:002013-12-13T09:50:01.601-06:00This is a really great comparison. When you think ...This is a really great comparison. When you think about it, both the "Capitol" and the Sultan required the children from each region or the "blood tax" for the essentially same reason. Basically, they both wanted to show their citizens "who's boss." The Capitol required the Hunger Games to take place as retribution to the Districts for their original uprising, and to make sure they remain under the control of the Capitol. The sultan required the blood tax to make sure each region of the Ottoman Empire remained loyal to the sultan, seeing as it was rather decentralized. Brooke M. Hathawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04304555587010084062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-38065520905811319072013-12-12T12:15:47.806-06:002013-12-12T12:15:47.806-06:00Interesting correlation. I see the parallel too. S...Interesting correlation. I see the parallel too. Similarly, in the Hunger Games the tributes would undergo horrible obstacles to advance to "victor." Yet I'm sure the Ottomans weren't entirely "humane" towards their young soldiers - how else would they have such an excellent elite? They were supposed to be loyal to the sultan, or like in the Hunger Games, the Capitol. They didn't necessarily kill each other in the Ottoman empire to advance. I think of it as the "victors" from the Hunger Games protecting President Snow. Miranda Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859444065172895868noreply@blogger.com