All 50 Uses of
tribute
in
The Hunger Games
- PART I "THE TRIBUTES"
p. 1..5tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence(editor's note: In this novel, tribute is used specifically to refer to teenagers forced to play in the Hunger Games. The teenagers are a type of payment demanded by the central government.)
- In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate.
p. 18..7 *tributes = things paid for protectionEditor's NotesEditor's notes:
In this book, tributes refers to the teenagers forced to play in the Hunger Games. Outside of this novel, tribute typically has other meanings.
The general meaning upon which this book's usage is based refers to payment by one nation for protection by another; or payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence.
- The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland.
p. 18..7tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- The last tribute standing wins.†
p. 18..8
- The last tribute alive receives a life of ease back home, and their district will be showered with prizes, largely consisting of food.†
p. 19..3
- I volunteer as tribute!†
p. 22..3
- The rule is that once a tribute's name has been pulled from the ball, another eligible boy, if a boy's name has been read, or girl, if a girl's name has been read, can step forward to take his or her place.†
p. 22..4
- But in District 12, where the word tribute is pretty much synonymous with the word corpse, volunteers are all but extinct.†
p. 22..6
- "Let's give a big round of applause to our newest tribute!" trills Effie Trinket.†
p. 23..8
- It's time to choose our boy tribute!†
p. 25..5
- Maybe tributes have tried to escape in the past.
p. 34..2tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- The time allotted for the tributes to say goodbye to their loved ones.
p. 34..5
- "They don't always have bows," I say, thinking of the year there were only horrible spiked maces that the tributes had to bludgeon one another to death with.
p. 39..3
- To appear weak and frightened, to reassure the other tributes that he is no competition at all, and then come out fighting.
p. 41..1
- The tribute train is fancier than even the room in the Justice Building.†
p. 42..2
- No wonder the District 12 tributes never stand a chance.
p. 56..5tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- Some of our tributes have still been strong enough to make a go of it.
p. 56..5
- The rich people who back tributes — either because they're betting on them or simply for the bragging rights of picking a winner — expect someone classier than Haymitch to deal with.
p. 56..6
- The audience will think you've mixed it up with another tribute before you've even made it to the arena.†
p. 57..5
- The Hunger Games aren't a beauty contest, but the best-looking tributes always seem to pull more sponsors.
p. 58..3tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- This geographical advantage was a major factor in the districts losing the war that led to my being a tribute today.†
p. 59..2
- The people begin to point at us eagerly as they recognize a tribute train rolling into the city.†
p. 59..9
- Most of the stylists are familiar, constants in the ever-changing pool of tributes.
p. 64..5tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to roll in and die for their entertainment? I look up and find Cinna's eyes trained on mine.
p. 65..8
- My partner, Portia, is the stylist for your fellow tribute, Peeta.†
p. 66..1
- Since the baggy miner's jumpsuits are not particularly becoming, our tributes usually end up in skimpy outfits and hats with headlamps.
p. 66..5tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- One year, our tributes were stark naked and covered in black powder to represent coal dust.
p. 66..5
- "And we both see it as our job to make the District Twelve tributes unforgettable," says Cinna.
p. 66..8
- Pairs of tributes are being loaded into chariots pulled by teams of four horses.
p. 68..1
- The tributes from District 1 ride out in a chariot pulled by snow-white horses.
p. 69..1
- The tributes from District 11 are just rolling out when Cinna appears with a lighted torch.
p. 69..4
- It is traditional to cut away to the faces of the tributes during the speech.
p. 71..8
- When the national anthem plays, they do make an effort to do a quick cut around to each pair of tributes, but the camera holds on the District 12 chariot as it parades around the circle one final time and disappears into the Training Center.
p. 71..9
- As I glance around, I notice a lot of the other tributes are shooting us dirty looks, which confirms what I've suspected, we've literally outshone them all.
p. 72..2
- 6 The Training Center has a tower designed exclusively for the tributes and their teams.
p. 73..1
- But when I remember the other couples, standing stiffly apart, never touching or acknowledging each other, as if their fellow tribute did not exist, as if the Games had already begun, I know what Haymitch means.†
p. 79..2
- "Weren't they worried that some of the tributes might decide to jump right over the side?" says Peeta.
p. 81..3tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- I've never seen tributes on the Training Center roof before.
p. 81..6
- If that's all you'd heard it would just sound like the words of a scared tribute, not someone contemplating the unquestionable goodness of the Capitol.†
p. 84..0
- Did it give them hope, or simply add to their terror when they saw the reality of twenty-four tributes circled together, knowing only one could live?
p. 87..9tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- There will be three days in which all the tributes practice together.
p. 88..3
- The thought of meeting the other tributes face-to-face makes me queasy.
p. 88..4
- In the Training Center, they will have weights, but don't reveal how much you can lift in front of the other tributes.
p. 92..1
- Anger temporarily blocked out my nervousness about meeting the other tributes, but now I can feel my anxiety rising again.
p. 93..4
- The other tributes are gathered in a tense circle.
p. 93..6
- We are forbidden to engage in any combative exercise with another tribute.†
p. 94..0
- When Atala begins to read down the list of the skill stations, my eyes can't help flitting around to the other tributes.
p. 94..1tributes = payments by one nation for protection by another;
or: payments extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
- Almost all of the boys and at least half of the girls are bigger than I am, even though many of the tributes have never been fed properly.
p. 94..3
- The tributes from 1, 2, and 4 traditionally have this look about them.
p. 94..6
- It's technically against the rules to train tributes before they reach the Capitol but it happens every year.
p. 94..7
Definition:
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(tribute as in: demanded they pay tribute) payment by one nation for protection by another;
or: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence(editor's note: In this novel, tribute is used specifically to refer to teenagers forced to play in the Hunger Games. The teenagers are a type of payment demanded by the central government.)