The Hunger Games Violence Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Hunger Games.

Quote #7

HAYMITCH: Don't kill her. You'll just create a martyr.

SENECA: Well, it seems we've already got one.

HAYMITCH: I hear these rumors out of District 11. This could get away from you.

Live by the sword, die by the sword. If you encourage violence, violence may end up visiting you, too. That's something Haymitch isn't afraid of reminding Crane, if it gets Haymitch what he wants.

Quote #8

CLOVE: Where's Lover Boy? Oh, I see. You were gonna help him, right? Well, that's sweet. You know, it's too bad that you couldn't help your little friend. That little girl, what was her name again? Rue?

KATNISS: Yes.

CLOVE: Yeah, well, we killed her, and now we're gonna kill you.

Clove is nuts, in part because she views killing Katniss not as something that she needs to do to survive, but because she really seems to be enjoying it. The Careers have been well trained to enjoy violence.

Quote #9

KATNISS: Maybe Cato likes berries too.

Katniss is past the point of playing nice. Even our heroine needs to get violent in order to stay alive in this twisted scenario.