The story of Cavour and his beloved Sardinia is full of violence, betrayal, and heartbreak (so pretty much the Hunger Games...). The reason Cavour was even able to lead Italy into becoming a unified country was because of everyone's cooperation. Those who believed in the radical or religious ideas of government, eventually worked through their differences to obtain the one common goal that everyone had: unity. Likewise, the tributes of the Catching Fire (second movie in case you were not aware) united as well despite Katniss's dislike of Finnick, Katniss's mistrust of Johanna (so pretty much just Katniss hating everyone), and the minor detail that everyone was supposed to kill each other. Just look at everyone trying to be friends! With these unities created, actions could be taken.
Cavour, in charge of Sardinia don't forget, needed to kick out the Austrians from the North. Napoleon III comes to the rescue! Just as the game maker leads the tributes to one another via poisonous smoke, tidal waves, and lighting among other things, Napoleon leads each of the Italian states to one another. However, kicking out Austria was a small task, it is the preservation that is the most important. Napoleon III scared of reigning too much power for Italy and disrupting the balance of power, abandoned them. This resulted in Sardinia losing some of the land it conquered. Likewise, as the game maker fought for power, the union slightly faltered as tributes were killed. The unity in both cases still existed but was not as strong as it once had been.
Napoleon had to make things difficult for poor Italy :(
Despite these obstacles of betrayal, Italy as well as the tributes worked for their goals. Katniss and her friends started a revolution by destroying the game board and Cavour started unification of Italy under one government by setting up a parliamentary monarch under Victor Emmanuel (HE SUCCEEDED!!!) "Italy was united on paper"(textbook) but still had many problems to face.
Italy has fallen apart, now its on its way to being put back together.
One last point I would like to touch upon is the other countries reaction to Italy. The moment the countries found out about the power of Italy was like the moment Gale found out Peeta and Katniss were engaged:
Betrayal at its finest
Anyway the countries felt threatened because if Italy became united, they would have a bigger role in trade and become a stronger country overall. Italy was a growing power and no one knew what to do. There was no way to stop the process unification. There was no way to stop the mocking jay revolution.
Hope this all made sense! Hope I did the Hunger Games justice (that statement is directed at you Kiersten).
Thanks for reading and may the odds be ever in your favor ;)
Oh and one more thing.... whilst browsing tumblr I came across the possibly the coolest thing ever
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