The first example of a social contract in Panem is the need to be disarmed. Katniss expresses the intensity of the social contract when she claims that “my bow is a rarity” (Collins 3). Her father had the ability to make and sell bows. Her father was afraid of the severe penalty, being executed publicly (Collins 3). It is a social contract when the Capitol provides security for all the other districts. On the other hand, people living in the districts are not allowed to own simple weapons like bows and arrows. It is unnecessary because the Capitol has more sophisticated equipment that only requires the pressing of buttons to kill. The people sacrifice the liberty to own weapons, and to defend themselves. They are allowed to live peacefully by the Capitol, so long as they follow the rules. The second example of a social contract in Panem is the need to keep quiet about Capitol’s governance. Katniss expresses that “I avoid discussing tricky topics, like reaping, or food shortages, or the Hunger Games. Prim might begin to repeat my words, and then where would we be?” (Collins 3). Rebellion is unlikely to happen when people are prevented from discussing issues that make them irritated with the Capitol. It prevents the occurrence of new ‘Dark Days’. Repression happens in all districts as it can be noted that people in one district are not supposed to know what happens in the other districts (Collins 103). Katniss claims that “even though the information seems harmless, they don’t want people in different districts to know about one another” (Collins 103). The people in the districts forego the freedom of speech and expression so that they can live peacefully with the Capitol. People have no freedom to criticize the government. Criticizing the Capitol’s method of governance may cause an uprising. Another social contract in Panem involves the people in districts submitting all of their work benefits to the Capitol. Rue explained to Katniss when she thought that they had enough to eat because they came from an agricultural district. She says, “Oh, no, we’re not allowed to eat the crops” (Collins 102). Katniss explains that in the coal district, the only coal they can obtain is through filling their boots when they get out of the mine (Collins 102). In the quota system, the Capitol accumulates all the wealth. It distributes food to the districts the way it pleases. In most cases, the people in the districts are given just enough to keep them alive. The people in the districts forego the right to acquire wealth and make personal investments. As a result, the people in the districts are poor and frequently die of hunger or malnutrition. Their deaths are reported to be caused by other diseases such as tuberculosis to cover up the ongoing starvation. Another social contract is the ‘reaping’ that leads to the Hunger Games. Each year a boy and a girl are offered from each district for the Hunger Games. Reaping refers to selecting randomly those who will fight in the Hunger Games. It shows the districts’ submission to the Capitol instead of real wars (Collins 10). The reaping agreement is also supported by a social contract known as the ‘tesserae’. The ‘tesserae’ allows a teenager to obtain more to eat at the expense of increasing the chances of being selected. It is evident when Katniss exclaims that Gale’s name appears 42 times in the ball that holds the names (Collins 10). It is like a rotary, the more you enter, the higher yo