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FOR QUESTION TWO!
Panem is a dystopian society because the people from sectors 1-12 don't know if they are going to be picked to play in the Hunger Games, which are fear educing battles where children anywhere from 12-16 have to fight for their lives in a kill or be killed situation. On the other hand, the children of the capitol get to live luxurious lives and don't have to worry about being in the Hunger Games, seeing as they think they're superior to the people who live in the sectors
Hope this helps, im in love with this series, both the movies and the books, so if you need anymore help I'll probably be hopping on in to answer the question.
FOR QUESTION ONE!
The tributes are given stylists so that they can impress the people of the capitol. If they succeed, the capitol people can send little presents to the tributes while they're in the Hunger Games. These presents can either be food from their districts, tools to help the tributes, or salves and medicine to help with burns, cuts, infections, ect. It is ironic seeing as even though the tributes have gained popularity, that also means they will be put through harder challenges by the Game Maker for that Hunger Game and the other tributes will want them gone. A good example of this is when Katniss impressed everyone with her flaming dress. The capitol loved the show and soon all eyes were on her, but not just the capitols eyes, also the tributes eyes. All the tributes basically wanted her dead within the first few minutes of being in the Hunger Games, and the group of tributes from sectors 1 and 2 were hunting her. Another example is when Katniss is guided away from the edge of the dome using fire, and when she is one of the last 3 living tributes, the Game Maker sends out monstrous dogs that Katniss notices have the eyes of the fallen tributes.
There you are. Hope this is good enough of an answer, this question was a little confusing for me. Also, for the 3rd part of the question, where it asks " Does this ceremony remind you of events in our world? " I couldn't really find anything that would be close to what the ceremony means in our world, sorry about that.
