Vehicles?

[Marrs ღ (FAF)]

I was wondering if the Capitol has any 21st century transportation like cars, motorbikes etc. Or any internet. Or cellphones. Or normal shows on TV.

Also, if these luxuries exist in the Hunger Games world, do they also apply for upper districts who can afford it?

[Meghan]

As far as I am aware, only the Capitolites have access to this sort of technology. Especially cars, as the only times they are really mentioned are when officials are using them. I doubt that citizens have much access to them because they generally are depicted as walking in the books. I could be wrong, but that seems to be the way we generally do it here.
I am not sure about internet, as we have never mentioned it specifically. They would have phones, though, and we know this because we see it depicted several times in the books. The victors also seem to have phones.

Everyone has a tv for the games (or if they don't, they go to the district squares), and it would make a lot of sense that the Capitolites specifically would have their own tv shows. They are a citizenship that thrives on entertainment. The book describes several things of luxury that they have, such as music chips. I expect these things would be in full use. I could see district one having some access to these things, since they create them, but I highly doubt that anyone else would be allowed.

Most people in the districts can get away with guitars or other instruments, and cigarettes seem to be a hot commodity around the towns. Small things like that district members can get their hands on, but for the most part, they seem to have anything of value taken away.

So yeah, I am not 100% sure on everything, but this seems to be how things generally work. Hope this helps, and if you have more questions ask here or in the cbox and somebody will definitely answer them for you.

[rook]

Apr 13, 2014 5:23:44 GMT -5 Marrs ღ (FAF) said:

I was wondering if the Capitol has any 21st century transportation like cars, motorbikes etc. Or any internet. Or cellphones. Or normal shows on TV.

Also, if these luxuries exist in the Hunger Games world, do they also apply for upper districts who can afford it?

Cars - The Capitol use hovercrafts and trains to travel long distances (eg. between the Districts). They probably have an underground rail network too. As for cars, we know they have some kind of steampunk victorian cars (seen in the movie, after Katniss and Peeta leave the Justice Building). I don't see why they wouldn't have futuristic motorbikes too. So yes, to those two, but not the same style cars and motorbikes we have today.

Internet - I'll say no to this. The Capitol is very oppressive, even to it's own people (controlling them with propaganda/entertainment). The Internet would be internal, only inside the Captiol, if it did exist. However I think that the Captiol wouldn't want the freedoms that the Internet brings, even to it's own citizens.

Cellphones - Yes, but they are a luxury item, so only in the Capitol or very rich people in District One or Two.

TV - Yes, they have televisions in the Capitol - The shows would be mostly Propaganda or entertainment related. The Districts would probably only be able to watch the Hunger Games, or the news.

Hope this helps!