Are the Hunger Games Hobbes State of Nature?

The Cornucopia Bloodbath 

Hobbes State of Nature exist were no government, no civilization, no laws, and no common power to restrain human nature. This means there is a "war against all" where human beings constantly seek to destroy each other for power. They live brutish and nasty lives. The Hunger Games is shown as Hobbes State of Nature but it is because they are forced into this situation. 

On the surface of the Hunger Games it is shown that the intended goal is that there can only be one victor to the games. This means that out of the 24 people that are forced to participate in the games, only one can win and go back to their district. This means that they are forced to go man vs. man and against each other. They are destined from the beginning to kill each other not because they want to but because they have to in order to survive. Another example on why the Hunger Games on the surface is State of Nature is because in the very first scene when they arrive to the arena and the countdown reaches one, the tributes get killed getting weapons and food at the cornucopia. The game makers strategically put it there for the reason that they knew that it was going to be a blood bath. There is a lack of authority and each tribute is on their own which means they are going to do whatever it is they need to do to survive. A third reason why it is State of Nature is because of the game makers. They add dogs and trees to put the tributes in tough situations and to get one another to kill each other. At the end of the games Seneca creates beastly dogs to kill off the tributes. When Katniss and Peeta successfully run from the dogs, Seneca creates two more dogs to really get them. They are physically trying to kill off the tributes by making the dogs and putting them in the area.

The Game Makers manipulating the game 

            One could argue that the tributes really want to kill one another but the reason that the Hunger Games is Hobbes State of Nature is because they were forced to participate in the games and also because the game makers make everything inconvenient for them. They are the ones that really create the rules to the game and they made it so that only one person could win. They knew with only one victor others would have to die and the game makers know who they want to win so they will give them the more advantage more so than the other tributes. That's why State of Nature is only on the surface because in reality the game is being controlled by the game makers.