President Snow: War. Terrible war. Widows, orphans, a motherless child. This was the uprising that rocked our land. Thirteen districts rebelled against the country that fed them, loved them, protected them. Brother turned on brother until nothing remained. And then came the peace, hard fought, sorely won. A people rose up from the ashes, and a new era was born. But freedom has a cost. And the traitors were defeated. We swore as a nation we would never know this treason again. And so it was decreed that each year the various districts of Panem would offer up, in tribute, one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage, and sacrifice. The lone victor, bathed in riches, would serve as a reminder of our generosity and our forgiveness. This is how we remember our past. This is how we safeguard our future.
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Peeta: I just don't want them to change me.
Katness: How would they change you?
Peeta: I don't know. They'd turn me into something I'm not. I just don't want to be another piece in their game, you know?
Katness: You mean you won't kill anyone?
Peeta: No. I mean, I'm sure I would, just like anybody else when the time came, but I just keep wishing that I could think of a way to show them that they don't own me. If I'm gonna die, I want to still be me. Does that make any sense?
Katness: Yeah. I just can't afford to think like that.
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President Snow: Seneca, why do you think we have a winner?
Seneca: What do you mean?
President Snow: I mean, why do we have a winner? I mean, if we just wanted to intimidate the districts, why not round up 24 of them at random and execute them all at once? Be a lot faster. Hope.
Seneca: Hope?
President Snow: Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it's contained.
Seneca: So . . .
President Snow: So contain it. |
史諾總統：戰爭，可怕的戰爭。孤兒寡婦，失去母親的孩子。這場叛亂搖撼了我們的國家，十三個行政區背叛了養活他們、愛他們、保護他們的國家。兄弟鬩牆，直到一切全都毀滅。但經過艱苦的奮戰，終於贏得勝利，和平來臨，一群人從廢墟中站了起來，一個新紀元誕生了。但是自由是有代價的，當叛徒被擊敗，我們發誓，做為一個國家，我們絕不容許再發生這種叛亂。因此我們頒布命令，每一年施惠國的各區，都要提供一對少年男女，在這場盛會中，為了榮譽、勇氣和犧牲。奮戰到死。最後活下來的勝利者，將獲得我們的原諒與慷慨贈予，有享不盡的榮華富貴。我們以這樣的方式記住我們的過去，我們以這樣的方式保衛我們的未來。
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比德：我不想讓他們改變我。
凱妮絲：他們會怎麼改變你？
比德：我不知道，他們會把我變成某種 完全背離我本性的人，我不想做他們遊戲中的另一顆棋子。妳明白嗎？
凱妮絲：你是說，你不會殺任何人？
比德：我會，我的意思是，我覺得當時機來臨時我會像大家一樣去殺人。但是，我一直希望自己能想出辦法，向他們表示他們並不擁有我。如果我得死，我也要死得像我自己，這麼說有道理嗎？
凱妮絲：有，我只是不敢有那種想法。
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史諾總統：西尼卡，你想我們為什麼有贏家？
西尼卡：您的意思是？
史諾總統：我的意思是，為什麼我們需要一位贏家？如果我們只是要嚇阻那些行政區，為什麼不隨機抽24個人，然後立刻全部處決，那樣不是更快？希望。
西尼卡：希望？
史諾總統：希望，這是唯一比恐懼更強烈的東西。一點點希望會鼓舞人，許多的希望卻會招致危險，一點星火無妨，只要別燎原就好。
西尼卡：所以？
史諾總統：所以，別讓星火燎原。 |
