The Doll and the Desensitization to Violence (9/16)

The doll’s passive expression, in contrast to the violence it facilitates, reflects how the contestants and even the audience grow desensitized to the brutality of the games. At the beginning, the doll’s actions seem grotesque and unnatural, but as the story progresses, viewers become almost accustomed to the doll’s role in the killings, just as the contestants begin to numb themselves to the horror around them.