The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Summary
Even thoughThe Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakestells Coriolanus Snow ’s origin story , the movie also contains plenty of references to the Girl on Fire , who will bedevil the future president of Panem 64 years later on . The 2023 dystopian action cinema is based on the book of the same name , which serve as a prequel to the originalThe Hunger Gamestrilogy and explains how President Snow turn into a ruthless loss leader with no regard for human life . Butthe movie also reveals why Snow has so much hatred for Katniss Everdeen during the 74th ( and seventy-fifth ) Hunger Games .
Given that it is a prequel , The Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesfeatures many Easter eggs that foreshadow the events ofThe Hunger Games , Catching Fire , and both region ofMockingjay . Some characters are relate to of import digit in the trilogy , and a few credit line reference book iconic quotes from the first four film . However , the most significant Easter eggs in the prequel study as nods to the girl who will later ruin Snow and everything he worked for .
10Lucy Gray Wearing Her Mother’s Dress At The Reaping & In The Hunger Games
One of the first reference to Katniss inThe Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesis during the Reaping in District 12 forthe tenth Hunger Games . When Lucy Gray Baird is choose as the female tribute for the pitiful minelaying district , she walks onstage wear off a colored garb . Afterward , when she assemble Coriolanus Snow , her mentor , in the Capitol , Lucy Gray explain to him that the vesture belonged to her female parent . As fans will recall , Katniss also wear her mother ’s dress during the Reaping for the 74th hungriness Gameswhen she volunteered in Primrose ’s property . to boot , Lucy Gray ’s outfit features paint images of katniss and primrose flowers .
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9Lucy Bowing At The Reaping
After performing " Nothing you may Take From Me " during the Reaping ceremonial occasion , Lucy Gray gives the masses of District 12 ( and the rest of Panem ) a bow remindful of one that Katniss did inThe Hunger Games . During her individual training sitting , where the Gamemakers rate the testimonial for the 74th Games , Katniss is frustrated that the official are n’t pay any attention to her . So , she shoots an arrow at them , which pierces an apple ( the intended target ) in a roast pig ’s sass on their buffet board . later on , Katniss gives them a fore like to the one Lucy Gray pass 64 years prior .
8The Bow & Arrows In The Arena Of The 10th Hunger Games
The mentors and their tribute tour the arena before the tenth Hunger Games start inThe Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds of Snakes . While there , Coriolanus detect a bow and arrows that are undoubtedly a nod to Katniss . Throughout the trilogy , the Girl on Fire ’s weapon system of choice is a bow and arrow . Plus , her pointer institute down the force field around the stadium for the third Quarter Quell inCatching Fire , officially plain - starting the Second Rebellion and attend as the beginning of the oddment for President Snow .
7The Obvious Disdain For District 12
District 12 is infamously know as the poorest district in Panem , puddle other citizens of the nation look down upon its residents and think very little of them in theHunger Gamestrilogy . The Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesclarifies that the hatred towards the excavation settlement started long before Katniss volunteered to take her baby ’s place in the 74th annual games . The residents of the Capitol never hide their disgust for District 12,and even Coriolanus is disappointed when he is assigned the female testimonial from there .
6Coriolanus' Time As A Peacekeeper In District 12
A significant component ofThe Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesis devote to Coriolanus ' clip as a Peacekeeper in District 12 . After cheating to help Lucy Gray win , he is punish and send to the districts instead of attend the University in the Capitol . During the view in District 12 , there are legion allusions to Katniss and her rest home , andit becomes open why President Snow holds so much hatred for the coaling and minelaying colony64 years after he was a Peacekeeper there .
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5Lucy Gray Writing The Hanging Tree
The origin story of " The Hanging Tree , " a birdcall Katniss sings inMockingjay — Part 1during a propo for the rebellion , is revealed inThe Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes . Lucy Gray wrote the song after witnessing an innocent humankind hung after he was wrongfully charge for stamp out three man . However , the lyric of " The Hanging Tree " can also represent Coriolanus and Lucy Gray ’s love story since they meet at the tree before running away together . Now , the song and what it means to President Snow takes on a brand - new substance .
4Katniss' Score Playing During 1 Pivotal Scene
When Coriolanus and Lucy Gray join the Covey for a Clarence Shepard Day Jr. at the lake in the prequel , Lucy Gray ’s cousin , Maude Ivory , bring her a swamp white potato , which Lucy Gray calls katniss . After she says the name , James Newton Howard ’s score , " Katniss , " fromCatching Fire , plays in the scope , further foreshadowing the Girl on Fire ’s future tense and her relationship with President Snow . Lucy Gray and her reference book to katniss ( the works ) come back to ghost Coriolanus when Katniss ( the girl ) becomes a tribute in the 74th Hunger Games and is the electric discharge that lights a ardor under the uprising .
3Lucy Gray Looking For Katniss At The End Of The Film
The last time Coriolanus ever take in Lucy Gray inThe Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesis when she leaves him at the cabin and says she is looking for katniss . However , Lucy Gray is really trying to run away from him because she finally recognizes the evil in his soul . Lucy Gray ’s fate is unfortunately unknown ( even to Coriolanus ) . But katniss is link up with her last words to Snow , so Katniss Everdeen is undoubtedly a constant reminder of the missy he either drink down or lost , which could be why he scorn Katniss so much in the trilogy .
2The Mockingjays Tormenting Coriolanus When He Searches For Lucy
After learning that Lucy Gray is seek to allow him and hides a snake under her scarf that bites him , Coriolanus is furious . However , it is not until the mockingjays in the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree above him protrude mimicking Lucy Gray ’s voice that he begin shoot ( perhaps hitting and bolt down the girl he claim to love).Years later , Katniss becomes the Mockingjay , the symbol of the revolt that want to take down President Snow . So , all his life , Coriolanus hated mockingjays . Related : Every Sung In The Hunger Games : The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
1The Growing Tension Between Coriolanus & Tigris
The terminal allusion to Katniss ' future in the prequel is the development of Coriolanus and Tigris ' relationship . Tigris is Coriolanus ' cousin and one of the few category member he has leave . They were by each other ’s side throughout the Dark Days , and because of that , they became closer than ever . However , when Coriolanus goes down a dark path , Tigris pulls away from him . In one of the last view , Tigris , who had been holler her cousin " Coryo " throughout the picture , call him by his full name and notes that he looks just like his Father of the Church , who was a brutal human being .
Coriolanus and Tigris evidently retain to grow apart , which make Tigris ' actions inMockingjay — Part 2understandable . When Katniss and her team try shelter at Tigris ' shop during the war , Tigris also discover that she was a stylist for the Games before President Snow hold her too slimy and fired her . So , given what chance inThe Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes , it makes sense why Tigris helps Katniss overcome her full cousin .
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