The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Summary

More than 60 years separateThe Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & SnakesandThe Hunger Games , so numerous exploitation happened during that time that directly sham Katniss ’s story . From important Hunger Games to characters gaining power , many things after the 10th annual Games direct to Katniss becoming the Mockingjay and being the face of the Second Rebellion that reshaped Panem . However , ten incidents are key to understand what happens in the first fourHunger Gamesfilms .

10Mags Wins The 11th Hunger Games

The Games drastically changed after Lucy Gray won

There was a blunt difference between the 10th and 11th Hunger Games , as Snow and Gaul work to improve the frightening competition to get more people to watch and actively enter . The bowl presumptively changed , and the Gamemakers added an inducement for the districts to want to gain the Games . From the eleventh yearly event and on , the victor meet a monetary prize and food parcels for their district and last in the luxurious Victors ' Village . So , Mags was the first winner to get these benefit and to enter in a Victory Tour .

Rachel Zegler play Lucy Gray Baird with a Southern accent in The Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes , and some are singular why .

9Snow Becomes President Of Panem

Coriolanus rises to power after betraying Sejanus and Lucy Gray

The accurate year that Snow became the United States President of Panem is unknown , but it fall out sometime between the last ofThe Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesand the First Quarter Quell . After cuckold Sejanus by warning Gaul about his disaffected plans , Snow was rewarded by being welcomed back to the Capitol , where he studied under Gaul and became an apprentice Gamemaker . He quickly climbed the social rank until he finally take on the championship of President Snow — the next enemy of the Girl on Fire .

8The First Quarter Quell Is Played

Districts had to vote for who would compete in the 25th Hunger Games

By the time the 25th Hunger Games rolled around , President Snow and the Gamemakers introduced a twist . Instead of a distinctive competition , a Quarter Quell would happen every 25 age to celebrate the day of remembrance of the Capitol ’s victory over the territorial dominion . They were " proclaim versions " of the Games stand for to remind the dominion of their expiration during the First Rebellion and the continued control the Capitol held over them . The First Quarter Quell feature the districts voting for their tributes — the victor is unidentified . Snow claimed that these themes were pre - set by the beginner of the Games , but the Third Quarter Quell establish that they could easily be convert .

7Haymitch Abernathy Wins The Second Quarter Quell

Haymitch outlasts 47 other tributes

The twist for the Second Quarter Quell was that there were double the tributes from each dominion . Instead of one boy and one girl from each , the districts had to send two boy and two girls to their likely deaths . As a 16 - year - old , Haymitch Abernathy was one of the tribute choose from District 12 , and he went on to gain the 50th Hunger Games . He was the first victor from District 12 since Lucy Gray , but his triumph fall with a price .

President Snow was infuriated with Haymitch ’s use of the sports stadium ’s personnel field to win , so he had the winner ’s female parent , brother , and lady friend stamp out . Haymitch fall into a depression and move around to alcohol as a manage mechanics , as seen when he mentored Katniss and Peeta inThe Hunger Games . The Second Quarter Quell not only changed Haymitch ’s life but also change the life of the succeeding brass of the Second Rebellion .

6Alma Coin Becomes President Of District 13

The revolution begins

Like Snow ’s rise to power , it ’s indecipherable when exactly Alma Coin became the president of District 13.Given her historic period inMockingjay , one could assume that she was born sometime around the First Quarter Quell . So , Coin belike take on the part of the loss leader of District 13 sometime following the Second Quarter Quell . She was one of the driving forces behind the Second Rebellion . After the City Circle bombardment ( which she orchestrated and was what kill Primrose Everdeen ) , Coin became the interim president of Panem . However , Coin ’s ideal were too skinny to Snow ’s , so Katniss ultimately killed her .

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes serves as a prequel to the first four Hunger Games movies and contains slew of connection to the other films .

5Finnick Odair Wins The 65th Hunger Games

Finnick becomes the youngest victor ever

Finnick was undoubtedly one of the most prominent graphic symbol in theHunger Gamesseries , even if he was n’t introduced untilCatching Fire . Before appearing in the second photographic film , though , Finnick was chosen as the male District 4 tribute for the sixty-fifth Hunger Games , which he won at 14.He was the youngest victor in the account of the Games , but survey his win , President Snow forced Finnick into sex trafficking by threatening his love ones . Instead of money , he expect for secret ( mostly about Snow ) from those who bribe him .

Ten year later , Finnick reelect to the sports stadium for the Second Quarter Quell , where he modernize a partnership and friendly relationship with Katniss and Peeta . Finnick was a part of the Johnny Reb ' plan to protect the District 12 victors and overrule the Capitol . He continued to contribute to the freedom fighter ' fight by revealing the secrets about Snow to rally the dominion . Finnick also struggle during the Second Rebellion , buthe woefully sacrificed his life during a battle with mutts , leaving behind his married woman , Annie Cresta , and their unborn baby .

4Snow Fires Tigris

The two cousins' relationship is irreparable

3Katniss’s Father Dies

Mr. Everdeen is killed in a mining accident

Five years before Katniss volunteered to take Prim ’s place in the 74th Hunger Games , her sire died in a mine explosion . Mr. Everdeen taught Katniss everything she know about hunting , archery , and medicine , and they shared a deep connection , which made his expiry all the more hard for her . The tragedy dramatically changed Katniss ' life as she was drive into becoming the primary caretaker because of her female parent ’s onanism .

2Johanna Mason Wins The 71st Hunger Games

Tragedy strikes Johanna’s life after becoming a victor

Three days before Katniss and Peeta succeed the 74th Hunger Games , Johanna Mason from District 7 was declared the superior of the 71st Hunger Games . Her strategy was to appear weak before reveal herself as a remorseless killer . woefully , like many other victor before her , President Snow had Johanna ’s home kill accompany her winnings , which turned her into the hardened somebody Katniss met during the Second Quarter Quell . Like Finnick , Johanna was a part of the rebels ' plot , but she and Peeta were trance by the Capitol after Katniss ruin the force sphere . District 13 later saved Johanna , and she survived the Second Rebellion .

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes takes place 64 geezerhood before Katniss Everdeen ’s first Hunger Games , but the moving picture has many nods to the Girl on Fire .

1Peeta Gives Katniss Bread

Peeta becomes the Boy with the Bread

Five geezerhood before Katniss and Peeta became tributes , Peeta burnt a loaf of bread at his family ’s bakehouse so that he could give it to a starving Katniss . This bit of kindness was never block by Katniss , even though she was still convinced that he wanted her drained during the first half of the 74th Hunger Games . Peeta commit Katniss shekels was the jump of their deep and complex relationship , which kick in to President Snow ’s downfall 65 years followingThe Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes .

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The Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel movie mark 64 years before the result of the original moving picture with   Katniss Everdeen .   The film center on a young Coriolanus Snow ( Tom Blyth ) and show his lift to king as the loss leader of Panem . Taking station during the tenth Hunger Games , Snow is tasked with mentoring Lucy Gray Baird ( Rachel Zegler ) , the testimonial from District 12 .

The Hunger Games is a multi - movie dealership star Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen . The films are based on the young grownup dystopian book series by generator Suzanne Collins . The first motion-picture show was free in 2012 , followed by Catching Fire in 2013 , Mockingjay Part 1 in 2014 , and Mockingjay Part 2 in 2015 . In 2023 , the fifth film in the series was put out , The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes .

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Coriolanus Snow in Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel movie set 64 years before the events of the original movie with Katniss Everdeen. The film centers on a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and shows his rise to power as the leader of Panem. Taking place during the 10th Hunger Games, Snow is tasked with mentoring Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the tribute from District 12.

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Julianne Moore as President Coin in The Hunger Games

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Johanna Mason in her character poster from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird in Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.

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The Hunger Games is a multi-movie franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. The films are based on the young adult dystopian book series by author Suzanne Collins. The first film was released in 2012, followed by Catching Fire in 2013, Mockingjay Part 1 in 2014, and Mockingjay Part 2 in 2015. In 2023, the fifth film in the series was released, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

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