I want to know how the system of districts can develop in a single country that used to be homogeneous? I mean - how the divide of various industries came about?
Through strong policing & fences, physical borders & fear and intimidation. When Gale gets lashed in CF, Katniss was shocked but the older generation, Haymitch & Mrs Everdeen, they weren't so surprised. They grimaced, but it wasn't something /new/ to them. They'd seen such situations before (~25years ago, seeing as Haymitch won the 50th Games). Also, the new Peacekeeper who whipped Gale was only abated when one of the others fudged something about the correct number of lashes already being dispensed. So it stands to reason that the Capitol had a strict system of rules, in which border control is sure to feature, and using Peacekeepers, punishments and fences (electric fence separating D12 & the wilderness that led to D13), enforced separation between all the Districts.
The individual industries could have been a way of creating dependence on the system of Panem for their other goods. Should any one District want to revolt, the Capitol could simply cut off their supplies. And for places like D12 where coal is produced, I imagine it must be pretty difficult to sustain the District if this happens. It also isolates them, and it's a much scarier prospect to revolt against an all-powerful system of the Capitol when you're all alone. This helps maintain their control over the Districts.
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Date: 2011-12-20 12:18 pm (UTC)Through strong policing & fences, physical borders & fear and intimidation.
When Gale gets lashed in CF, Katniss was shocked but the older generation, Haymitch & Mrs Everdeen, they weren't so surprised. They grimaced, but it wasn't something /new/ to them. They'd seen such situations before (~25years ago, seeing as Haymitch won the 50th Games). Also, the new Peacekeeper who whipped Gale was only abated when one of the others fudged something about the correct number of lashes already being dispensed. So it stands to reason that the Capitol had a strict system of rules, in which border control is sure to feature, and using Peacekeepers, punishments and fences (electric fence separating D12 & the wilderness that led to D13), enforced separation between all the Districts.
The individual industries could have been a way of creating dependence on the system of Panem for their other goods. Should any one District want to revolt, the Capitol could simply cut off their supplies. And for places like D12 where coal is produced, I imagine it must be pretty difficult to sustain the District if this happens. It also isolates them, and it's a much scarier prospect to revolt against an all-powerful system of the Capitol when you're all alone. This helps maintain their control over the Districts.