Bonnie and Twill’s relationship is another example of an “artificial family,” not unlike the kind that Collins depicts between Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch. The efforts of the people of District 8 to rebel illustrate the limitations of direct confrontation with the government. While such action sends a message and often accomplishes a great deal, it also leads the government to send brute force, quelling the rebellion quickly and violently. Katniss’s efforts to dismantle the government from the inside may prove more effective in the end, because they use the government’s own power against it.