She also fooled Katniss and Peeta in the process. But she is afraid that her mother will die and Prim will grow up to fast. Deciding to play up their romance in hopes of some food from their sponsors, Katniss kisses Peeta.
As she is kissing him she realizes that she truly does care for him, and it is the first time she actually wants to kiss him again. Still hungry and cold, the two decide to share a sleeping bag and get some sleep.
Mentors can also withhold gifts when they feel that it's necessary. Districts also can send gifts to their tributes or another one if they so choose: when Rue dies in the 74th Hunger Games , Katniss receives a gift of bread from District 11 which she believes was originally meant for Rue but authorized to be sent to her as a thank-you gift for what she did for her. In this case, Katniss believes that the entire district pooled their money together for the gift and notes that its the first time a district sent a gift to a tribute not part of their district.
During the 75th Hunger Games , District 3 repeatedly sends gifts of bread rolls to Katniss' alliance of tributes, both because the District 3 tributes are part of it and as a signal for when the breakout from the arena is to take place. In the 65th Hunger Games , a sponsor sent a beautiful golden trident to Finnick Odair.
Katniss recalled it was the most expensive gift she had ever seen given in any of the Hunger Games. In the 74th Hunger Games , Katniss received burn medicine, broth, and crescent bread from Rue's district, alongside sleep serum and a container of the rich lamb dish she enjoyed during her time in the Capitol.
In the 75th Hunger Games , the alliance of Beetee , Mags , Katniss, Peeta, Johanna , Wiress , and Finnick received bread from various districts several times, always able to divide it equally between them. They also received a spile which helped them get water from the trees, and a tube of ointment to help their skin recover from the poisonous fog. Panem The Capitol Academy University. District 1 District 2 District 4. Read some spoiler-free coverage of the Hunger Games over here and here.
How hard would it have been, really, to send Katniss a bottle of water during her first few days in the arena? Surely even the poorest in the districts could scrounge up a couple of bucks to send to their tribute.
The reality of the games, however, is that nothing is cheap. Prices are inflated to a point where many rich Capitol citizens would need to contribute for even the smallest of presents. This is why it was so important to get sponsors both before and during the games. Sponsoring a tribute is very much like a corporate sponsorship of an athlete.
By plastering their logo over everything companies increase brand awareness and revenue. In the Hunger Games, the incentive is not publicity, but instead win ning big in betting pools, and based on the culture of Capitol citizens bragging rights for picking and supporting the victor.
Centives decided to model the price of the sponsorship along two primary variables. We know from the books that gifts sent later in the game are more expensive than those sent earlier in the game. This makes sense. The bidders are competing to sponsor a smaller number of individuals, and each individual has a higher chance of winning.
Something similar happens in the world of corporate athletic sponsorship where advertising gets more expensive as sports leagues build towards the final. The other factor that went into our calculations was how valuable the gift was. Just as it costs more to put bigger stickers on NASCAR vehicles, Centives reasoned that more useful gifts would cost more to send, since it gave the sponsor more attention and more bragging rights if the person they sponsor wins.
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