We all want to win. There’s always an opportunity to pass the game off like we only play for the fun of it, but that’s a load of garbage. Winning feels better than losing for pure enjoyment. Fake smiling over the loss gets us through the day, but we all want to win. Katniss wanted to win the Hunger Games to feed her family and live a life without fear—while that’s amiable and noble, it’s also not the complete truth. Ben Higgins might have wanted to find his future wife—the love of his life—we also know that’s also a quarter of the truth.
The real truth is simple. “The Hunger Games” and “The Bachelor” are quite similar when looked at accordingly.
1. The Safe Haven
The Cornucopia is the heart of the games. Everything else surrounding it is insignificant unless you know how to play the game. It’s this large, shiny, metal display that draws the contestants to it. In other words, I just described the perfect man. Oddly enough, that perfect man sounds an awful lot like Edward Cullen. It’s also a bloodbath to get to the Cornucopia (the male contestant) until you eventually reach it, then it’s your safe haven, for a little while at least. The mutts (crazy females) are set loose to destroy all other contestants until only one is left standing.
2. The Real Intentions
It’s all about selling themselves. Who can look the best, who can draw the most attention, who can make an impression in the first five minutes of being on camera, so when faced with death or rejection they get a second chance of redemption from their supporters. Katniss received those parachutes because of her instant impression for being the caring sister—the volunteer. It’s no different from the contestants who sell themselves to stay in the “future wife” zone.
3. Behind the Scenes
There are game controllers who determine the most loved outcome. If you’ve ever seen “UnREAL” or “Spy Kids: Game Over” you know there’s a panel of people controlling every move. Making decisions and taking guesses based on actions that haven’t even technically happened yet. It’s all about bulldozing everyone else to have the most loved candidate win and to be lovable up until the end—until they win, which they always do.
4. The Fakeness
During the interviews while all the contestants try and win the Capitol over in order to pretty much not die there’s a certain voice everyone uses supplied with a fake smile. You all know every single one of them is capable of murder, so those fake laughs, fake smiles, and fake voices are just a rouse to get the audience’s attention. The same goes for “The Bachelor” women. When they go through the day after everything happens and retell it or share an opinion they sound like their words aren’t their words—almost like…it’s scripted. But people adore the competition and who’s going to win no matter how morally wrong or predestined the entire show is.
5. The Contestant’s Personalities
There’s always one—the person the majority of the population wants to see have the happiest ending regardless of the fact that she must outwit and kill 23 other victims. That winner is usually the sweet one, the one we all know is strong and understanding, who has enough compassion alone to win over other districts with her antics, but can slit a throat as quickly as the rest of them still alive. I just described the winner of “The Bachelor”. It’s a ruthless game. It might not be as much of a bloodbath, but it’s a passive aggressive game played by determined women.
6. The Look
For some reason right before the real action starts everyone looks phenomenal. The dresses twirl. The suit jackets sparkle (I think that’s a little pretentious). Hair is in exceptional order. No frizz. Everything’s tame but attention-grabbing. Don't let the dress foul you. They're already marked for death by every other person standing next to them.
