Propaganda is already a cornerstone of The Hunger Games series exploration of its battle-royale-obsessed dystopia.
As they move to strike her, Haymitch intervenes.
Haymitchs mother and brother are forced to phone in reaction to the Propo cameras.
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Plutarch edits this footage into the recap feeds.
It legitimizes the hastily thrown together and illegal reaping of Haymitch.
There is continued emphasis on the ways that individual human beings can be used as propaganda.
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The interview segment of The Hunger Games is, of course, the most obvious part of this.
ButSunrise on the Reapingtakes it one step further.
Haymitch scoops Louella up and takes her body to Snows mansion.
Due to the aforementioned live feed delays, no one sees it but Haymitch and Snow.
Still,the events leading up to that moment and Haymitchs audacity are infuriating to Snow.
This tightens the narrative that parallels Haymitch and Katniss.
But this isnt Louella.
Louella is likely programmed, and an orphan of traitors, per Plutarch.
A pump embedded in her chest is used to regulate or control her.
Sometimes the little girls ears bleed.
LouLou cannot reliably speak, at least not uncannily.
They lean into this by having the girl behave more animalistic and arming her with a snake.
And in mere seconds!
He snaps his fingers to emphasize their speed.
I guess it was the right thing to do, given our natures.
We almost wiped ourselves out even without them, so you could imagine.
But oh, the possibilities!
The events ofSunrise on the Reapingshow the likelihood that the third quarter quell was meant for specific tributes.
InCatching Fire, his wife and additional child are never mentioned.
In short, rigging the Reaping, the games, and everything in between is likely commonplace.
