For the people of the districts, the game is a serious survival game, but on the other hand, it is just a fun game in direct to the residents of the Capitol. This is one of the cases that makes the people in the Capitol uneducated, because they don't know how important human life is. For example, in the movie, the Capitol kids played with the balloon knife and pretended to kill people with this toy (quote from the movie). Indirectly, it also affects their education and manners. In other words, they might become criminals in the future when they grow up. For the people of each district, they have to see their family being killed by other tributes, which is really sad and painful for them. According to the novel, Rue, who is the District 11 tribute, was killed by another tribute and her family was watching through the monitor. After his death, his family rages in the Districts