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Sacrifice Theme In Mockingjay

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Bestselling author, Suzanne Collins, on her novel, Mockingjay, delves yet again into the world of Panem; now plunged into chaos thanks to one, Katniss Everdeen. Collin’s theme is displaying upon readers that sacrifices have to be made for the “betterment” of society, but be weary of who you sacrifice for. She adopts a troubled tone to drive the point that amidst all the chaos and anarchy, not even those you root for know all the answers. Collins begins by having Boggs’s, Katniss’ military commander, legs blown off and life taken away from him by a landmine to firmly affix her theme. During a mission filming, the acting of Katniss and her squad was so bad, Boggs couldn’t help but lose his focus and composure when trying to reprehend them. …show more content…

On the home stretch of the plot to kill Snow, Katniss arrives at Snow’s mansion when she notices human shield of children unknowingly guarding the mansion. Before she can do anything, more rebels arrive on the scene invoking a retaliation of silver parachutes; silver parachutes that usually contain food, medicine, and gifts. These parachutes however blow up maiming and killing many of the children, rebel medics quickly rush onto the scene and one medic in particular catches Katniss’ eye, “First I get a glimpse of the blonde braid down her back… Then I’m pushing through the crowd… That’s when the rest of the parachutes go off.” (347) Primrose Everdeen, Katniss’ sister, throughout the novel has sacrificed much for Panem in order to move through rebel medical ranks, but Collins decided now she’d make the ultimate sacrifice for Panem. Not for Katniss, Prim didn’t even know Katniss was near until it was too late, she sacrificed herself for the rebels, Panem, and her fellow children; too bad she sacrificed for the ones ignorant of their leader’s real goal. The immolation of Prim left Katniss with nothing to gain and sent her down a spiral of grief and “insanity” that left the fate of Panem hanging in the balance. The balance is saved however when Snow’s long awaited day of execution comes. Before Katniss executes the President she remembers the revelations that President Coin, former leader of District 13 and current leader of Panem, is responsible for Prim’s death, want a 76th Hunger Games, and is essentially a female version of Snow. Katniss instead of executing Snow like she wanted to for most of the book assassinates Coin. “It seemed to balance the need for vengeance with the least loss of life.” (369) And that it does, in

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