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Titus was the male tribute from District 6 during an unknown Hunger Games "a few years" prior to the 74th. He was infamous for committing acts of cannibalism.[1]

Biography

Katniss Everdeen recalled Titus when thinking of "those raging beast tributes, the kind who tries to eat someone's heart after they've killed them." While in the arena, he went "completely savage" and tried to eat the bodies of his victims. As a result, the Gamemakers had to electrically stun him so they could retrieve bodies before he consumed them. Although there were no rules in the arena, cannibalism did not play well with the Capitol audience.[1]

Death

Titus was eventually killed in an avalanche, which was thought to have been set up by the Gamemakers to ensure that the victor was not a cannibalistic "lunatic". This set a precedent that cannibalism would not be tolerated in the Games.[1]

Etymology

The name Titus may be a reference to the Shakespeare play "Titus Andronicus", in which the titular character goes insane after the rape of his daughter, Lavinia. Though the character in the play does not commit cannibalism himself, he kills his daughter's rapists and tricks their mother into eating the remains.

Trivia

  • Titus is the only known cannibal tribute.
  • Titus was the first named District 6 citizen in the series, and he would be the only one until Otto and Ginnee's appearance in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.[2]
  • The prequel novel revealed that some Capitol citizens had to resort to cannibalism during the Dark Days, when rebels cut off food supply to the city.[3] This could be a contributing factor to the audience's discomfort at witnessing it in the Games.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The Hunger Games, Chapter 10
  2. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 7
  3. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 2
The Hunger Games trilogy
Novels The Hunger GamesCatching FireMockingjay
Main Characters Katniss EverdeenPeeta MellarkGale HawthorneHaymitch AbernathyEffie Trinket
Supporting Characters Primrose EverdeenPresident SnowCinnaMrs. EverdeenMr. EverdeenPresident CoinClaudius TemplesmithCaesar FlickermanMadge UnderseePaylorPlutarch HeavensbeeSeneca Crane
Tributes MarvelGlimmerCatoCloveFoxfaceThreshRueMaysilee DonnerTitus
Past Victors Augustus BraunAnnie CrestaBeetee LatierBlightBrutusCashmereCeceliaChaffEnobariaFinnick OdairGlossJohanna MasonLymeMags FlanaganMorphlingsPorter Millicent TrippSeederWiressWoof
Groups RebellionGamemakersPrep teamTributesVictors
Locations PanemThe CapitolDistrict 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13
Behind the Scenes Suzanne CollinsGary RossFrancis Lawrence
Films The Hunger Games (film)Catching Fire (film)Mockingjay - Part 1Mockingjay - Part 2
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