This is overtly visible in Panem, where prolonged exposure to the Hunger Games has dulled people's senses to the carnage that ensued. Towards the end of the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss exposes the Capitol's ruthlessness when another tribute is slowly torn apart by wild animals. “'Why don't they just kill him,' I ask Peeta. 'You know why,' he says... And I know. No viewer could walk away from the show now. From the Strategist's point of view, this is the last word in entertainment” (Collins 339). Not only are the Capitol's inhabitants accustomed to the carnage of the Games, they derive sadistic pleasure from it