Talk:Vytal Festival Tournament (WoR episode)/@comment-5717877-20151010033812/@comment-4010415-20151011180945

Really, it's actually not that much like The Hunger Games.

Divergent - Their government sees importance in being able to put people into specific categories, so everyone is predictable. They feel like, if everyone sticks to their roles, there won't be chaos, and everything will be peaceful. But then the assholes in one of the factions decided they were better than everyone else and should be the ones in charge of everything and weed out the divergents themselves.

The Hunger Games - I think the apocalypse happened, or some shit? Anyway, the government oppresses the districts, so they'll do what they want and work. One of the districts decided to rebel and was destroyed, and the government holds the Hunger Games to remind everyone not to rebel against the government... and also so the weird wacky rich people have something entertaining to watch every year. People who use government assistance have their name put in the bowl more than people who manage on their own, if I remember correctly.

At least, that's my understanding of the two series.