What if They Didn't Have Nightlock?

[Lunariette, Gamemaker, Avox Rights Defender]

What do you think would have happened in the end when Caesar Flickerman announced that there could only be one victor...if Katniss did not have the nightlock?

[Lunariette, Gamemaker, Avox Rights Defender]

I think Peeta would have killed himself before Katniss could do anything, personally. But before that he would have his whole emotional spiel that would haunt Katniss for the rest of her life.

[Georgina]

That's a difficult one but I think Katniss was always so set on making it out alive like she had promised she would, that even though she had undeniably become attached in some way to Peeta, I don't think she would have sacrificed herself. Peeta always seemed to put her first so I think he would have sacrificed himself but without giving Katniss the option to sacrifice herself first. So yeah, basically I agree with you.

[[deleted user]]

If there wasn't nightlock in The Hunger Games, the whole plot of the series would be lost. A normal girl from a district of Panem, which is controlled by the Capitol, has a basis for this cruel enjoyment of children set in an arena murdering each other for fame, glory, and riches. However, this seems to be very unfair for the districts as they have to send out two of their beloved children to compete in the brawl. Katniss rebels and shows that the competitors of The Hunger Games are more than a piece of the game. Without nightlock, the whole point of rebelling and taking a stand would be pointless without a symbolic object in the book. Because of this, without the nightlock, The Hunger Games trilogy would be boring and pointless, thus losing hundreds of millions of devoted fans.

[Georgina]

Wow, very good point.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks.

[Helen]

I agree with Wise. I'm sure without the nightlock they could have found another way of attempting suicide in order to rebel, but the berries were a good thing for Collins to go with as they then served as a symbol - plus they would have killed Katniss & Peeta instantly. Had she gone with something else there would have been the possibility of one dying before the other, making the other the winner and having the capitol then intervene to save the winner from whatever mortal wound had been inflicted.